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2019 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 2.5 - YOUTHS
CHAPTER 1 - The Youth Authority
ARTICLE 2 - Department of the Youth Authority
Section 1712.

Universal Citation:
CA Welf & Inst Code § 1712 (2019)
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1712.  

(a) The Director of the Department of Youth and Community Restoration shall be the appointing authority for all civil service positions of employment in the department. The director may delegate the powers and duties vested in the director by law, in accordance with Section 7.

(b) The director is authorized to make and enforce all rules appropriate to the proper accomplishment of the functions of the Department of Youth and Community Restoration. The rules shall be promulgated and filed pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided in Sections 12832 and 12833 of the Government Code. All rules and regulations shall, to the extent practical, be stated in language that is easily understood by the general public.

(c) The director shall maintain, publish, and make available to the general public, a compendium of rules and regulations promulgated by the department pursuant to this section.

(d) The following exceptions to the procedures specified in this section shall apply to the department:

(1) The department may specify an effective date that is any time more than 30 days after the rule or regulation is filed with the Secretary of State, provided that no less than 20 days prior to that effective date, copies of the rule or regulation shall be posted in conspicuous places throughout each institution and shall be mailed to all persons or organizations who request them.

(2) The department may rely upon a summary of the information compiled by a hearing officer, provided that the summary and the testimony taken regarding the proposed action shall be retained as part of the public record for at least one year after the adoption, amendment, or repeal.

(e) This section shall become operative July 1, 2020.

(Repealed (in Sec. 61) and added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 25, Sec. 62. (SB 94) Effective June 27, 2019. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)

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