2009 California Government Code - Section 18720-18720.5 :: Article 3.5. Employment Procedures

18720.  It is the purpose of this article to ensure that the
employment procedures of each state agency conform to the federal and
state laws governing employment practices, including the use of
employment forms. The State Personnel Board and the Department of
Fair Employment and Housing shall work cooperatively to develop
uniform employment forms where possible pursuant to the provisions of
this article and shall coordinate their enforcement of this article.

18720.1.  The State Personnel Board shall be responsible for the
collection and review of all employment forms used by state agencies
for civil service employment and for the development of standard
employment forms for general use by all state agencies. The board may
designate an appointing power to review employment forms in
accordance with Section 18654 and board rules. Each state agency
shall use the standard forms. However, the board, or an appointing
power designated by the board, may approve the use of a nonstandard
form by a state agency if the information requested on the form is
job-related and the forms and procedures to be used conform with
federal and state law governing employment practices. Copies of
nonstandard forms approved by a designated appointing power shall be
transmitted to the board. Nonstandard forms proposed by a state
agency shall be accompanied by a petition submitted by the agency
which specifies the reasons why a nonstandard form is necessary to
meet the agency's needs.

18720.2.  The Department of Fair Employment and Housing shall
collect and review all other forms used by state agencies for
employment, and occupational licensing and registration, to ensure
conformance to law and to develop standard forms for general use by
all state agencies. Each state agency shall use the standard forms.
The department, however, may approve the use of a nonstandard form by
a state agency based on a petition submitted by the agency which
specifies the reasons why a nonstandard form is necessary to meet the
agency's needs.

18720.3.  Each state agency is responsible for ensuring that the
employment application forms, and occupational licensing and
registration forms, used by the agency conform to federal and state
laws governing registration and employment practices. An agency shall
not use a form which is not approved by either the State Personnel
Board or by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.

18720.4.  State agencies shall exhaust existing supplies of forms
which conform with federal and state law before using any new form
approved by the State Personnel Board or the Department of Fair
Employment and Housing pursuant to this article.

18720.5.  A violation of this article shall constitute an unlawful
employment practice which is subject to the enforcement provisions of
the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Chapter 7
(commencing with Section 12960) of Part 2.8 of Division 3 of Title
2), except Sections 12975 and 12976 thereof, or to enforcement
pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 18670) and Article 3
(commencing with Section 18700) of this chapter and Article 2
(commencing with Section 19700) of Chapter 10.