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CA Govt Code § 12629 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 8.2 - International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organizations|Section 12629.

12629.  (a) If the Attorney General has probable cause to believe that the organization is not complying with this article, the Attorney General may conduct whatever investigation is necessary, and may seek a subpoena to obtain from public records, court officers, taxing authorities, trustees, officers and employees of an organization, and other sources, whatever information, copies of instruments, documents, reports, and records that are needed for the establishment and maintenance of the register.(b) The Attorney General may, upon receipt of a complaint regarding an international student exchange organization, report the matter to the organization involved, the USIA, or the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel, as the Attorney General deems appropriate.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 825, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Govt Code § 12630 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 8.2 - International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organizations|Section 12630.

12630.  Any person or organization who violates any provision of this article or who willfully and knowingly provides false or incorrect information to the Attorney General in filing documents required by this article, whether or not the documents are verified, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 825, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Govt Code § 12650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 9 - False Claims Actions|Section 12650.

12650.  (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the False Claims Act.(b) For purposes of this article:(1) “Claim” means any request or demand, whether under a contract or otherwise, for money, property, or services, and whether or not the state or a political subdivision has title to the money, property, or services that meets either of the following conditions:(A) Is presented to an officer, employee, or agent of the state or of a political subdivision.(B) Is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient, if the money, property, or service is to be spent or used on a state or any political subdivision’s behalf or to advance a state or political subdivision’s program or interest, and if the state or political subdivision meets either of the following conditions:(i) Provides or has provided any portion of the money, property, or service requested or demanded.(ii) Reimburses the contractor, grantee, or other recipient for any portion of the money, property, or service that is requested or demanded.(2) “Claim” does not include requests or demands for money, property, or services that the state or a political subdivision has paid to an individual as compensation for employment with the state or political subdivision or as an income subsidy with no restrictions on that individual’s use of the money, property, or services.(3) “Knowing” and “knowingly” mean that a person, with respect to information, does any of the following:(A) Has actual knowledge of the information.(B) Acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information.(C) Acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.Proof of specific intent to defraud is not required.(4) “Material” means having a natural tendency to influence, or be capable of influencing, the payment or receipt of money, property, or services.(5) “Obligation” means an established duty, whether or not fixed, arising from an express or implied contractual, grantor-grantee, or licensor-licensee relationship, from a fee-based or similar relationship, from statute or regulation, or from the retention of any overpayment.(6) “Political subdivision” includes any city, city and county, county, tax or assessment district, or other legally authorized local governmental entity with jurisdictional boundaries.(7) “Political subdivision funds” means funds that are the subject of a claim.(8) “Prosecuting authority” refers to the county counsel, city attorney, or other local government official charged with investigating, filing, and conducting civil legal proceedings on behalf of, or in the name of, a particular political subdivision.(9) “Person” includes any natural person, corporation, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business, or trust.(10) “State funds” mean funds that are the subject of a claim.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 647, Sec. 1. (AB 2492) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 12652.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 9 - False Claims Actions|Section 12652.5.

12652.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the University of California shall be considered a political subdivision, and the General Counsel of the University of California shall be considered a prosecuting authority for the purposes of this article, and shall have the right to intervene in an action brought by the Attorney General or a private party or investigate and bring an action, subject to Section 12652, if it is determined that the claim involves the University of California.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 652, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Govt Code § 12653 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 9 - False Claims Actions|Section 12653.

12653.  (a) Any employee, contractor, or agent shall be entitled to all relief necessary to make that employee, contractor, or agent whole, if that employee, contractor, or agent is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of that employee’s, contractor’s, or agent’s employment because of lawful acts done by the employee, contractor, agent, or associated others in furtherance of an action under this section or other efforts to stop one or more violations of this article.(b) Relief under this section shall include reinstatement with the same seniority status that the employee, contractor, or agent would have had but for the discrimination, two times the amount of back pay, interest on the back pay, and compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the discrimination, and, where appropriate, punitive damages. The defendant shall also be required to pay litigation costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. An action under this section may be brought in the appropriate superior court of the state.(c) A civil action under this section shall not be brought more than three years after the date when the retaliation occurred.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 113. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 12654 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 9 - False Claims Actions|Section 12654.

12654.  (a) A civil action under Section 12652 shall not be filed more than six years after the date on which the violation of Section 12651 is committed, or more than three years after the date when facts material to the right of action are known or reasonably should have been known by the Attorney General or prosecuting authority with jurisdiction to act under this article, but in no event more than 10 years after the date on which the violation is committed, whichever of the aforementioned occurs last.(b) A civil action under Section 12652 may be brought for activity prior to January 1, 1988, if the limitations period set in subdivision (a) has not lapsed.(c) In any action brought under Section 12652, the state, the political subdivision, or the qui tam plaintiff shall be required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a guilty verdict rendered in a criminal proceeding charging false statements or fraud, whether upon a verdict after trial or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, except for a plea of nolo contendere made prior to January 1, 1988, shall estop the defendant from denying the essential elements of the offense in any action which involves the same transaction as in the criminal proceeding and which is brought under subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 12652.(e) Subdivision (b) of Section 47 of the Civil Code shall not be applicable to any claim subject to this article.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 647, Sec. 6. (AB 2492) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 12654.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 9 - False Claims Actions|Section 12654.5.

12654.5.  For statute of limitations purposes as provided herein, any pleading filed by the Attorney General or prosecuting authority pursuant to this article shall relate back to the filing date of the complaint of the person who originally brought the action, to the extent that the claim of the state or political subdivision arises out of the conduct, transactions, or occurrences set forth, or attempted to be set forth, in the prior complaint of that person. (Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 647, Sec. 7. (AB 2492) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 12655 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 9 - False Claims Actions|Section 12655.

12655.  (a) The provisions of this article are not exclusive, and the remedies provided for in this article shall be in addition to any other remedies provided for in any other law or available under common law.(b) If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of the article and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.(c) This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote the public interest.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1420, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 12656 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 9 - False Claims Actions|Section 12656.

12656.  (a) If a violation of this article is alleged or the application or construction of this article is in issue in any proceeding in the Supreme Court of California, a state court of appeal, or the appellate division of a superior court, the person or political subdivision that commenced that proceeding shall serve a copy of the notice or petition initiating the proceeding, and a copy of each paper, including briefs, that the person or political subdivision files in the proceeding within three days of the filing, on the Attorney General, directed to the attention of the False Claims Section in Sacramento, California.(b) Timely compliance with the three-day time period is a jurisdictional prerequisite to the entry of judgment, order, or decision construing or applying this article by the court in which the proceeding occurs, except that within that three-day period or thereafter, the time for compliance may be extended by the court for good cause.(c) The court shall extend the time period within which the Attorney General is permitted to respond to an action subject to this section by at least the same period of time granted for good cause pursuant to subdivision (b) to the person or political subdivision that commenced the proceeding.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 69, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Govt Code § 12657 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 10 - Securities and Commodities|Section 12657.

12657.  For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:(a) “Securities law” shall mean the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 (Division 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Title 4 of the Corporations Code) and any other rule or order issued by the Commissioner of Business Oversight under this law.(b) “Commodities law” shall mean the California Commodity Law of 1990 (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 29500) of Title 4 of the Corporations Code) and any other rule or order issued by the Commissioner of Business Oversight under this law.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 143, Sec. 66. (SB 251) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Govt Code § 12658 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 10 - Securities and Commodities|Section 12658.

12658.  (a) Whenever it appears to the Attorney General that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of the securities law or the commodities law, the Attorney General may, in the Attorney General’s discretion, bring an action in the name of the people of the State of California in the superior court to enjoin the acts or practices or to enforce compliance with the securities law or the commodities law. Upon a proper showing, a permanent or preliminary injunction, restraining order, or writ of mandate shall be granted and a receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court may be appointed for the defendant or the defendant’s assets, or any other ancillary relief may be granted as appropriate. A receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court appointed by the superior court pursuant to this section may, with the approval of the court, exercise any or all of the powers of the defendant’s officers, directors, partners, trustees, or persons who exercise similar powers and perform similar duties, including the filing of a petition for bankruptcy. No action at law or in equity may be maintained by any party against the Attorney General, or a receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court, by reason of their exercising these powers or performing these duties pursuant to the order of, or with the approval of, the superior court.(b) If the Attorney General determines it is in the public interest, the Attorney General may include in any action authorized by subdivision (a) a claim for ancillary relief, including, but not limited to, a claim for restitution or disgorgement or damages on behalf of the persons injured by the act or practice constituting the subject matter of the action, and the court shall have jurisdiction to award additional relief.(c) In any case in which a defendant is ordered by the court to pay restitution to a victim, the court may in its order require the payment as a money judgment, which shall be enforceable by a victim as if the restitution order were a separate civil judgment, and enforceable in the same manner as is provided for the enforcement of any other money judgment. Any order issued under this subdivision shall contain provisions that are designed to achieve a fair and orderly satisfaction of the judgment.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 114. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 12660 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 10 - Securities and Commodities|Section 12660.

12660.  (a) Any person who violates any provision of the securities law or the commodities law shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation, which shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General in any court of competent jurisdiction.(b) As applied to the penalties for acts in violation of the securities law or the commodities law, the remedies provided by this section and by other sections of this article are not exclusive, and may be sought and employed in any combination to enforce the provisions of this article.(c) No action shall be maintained to enforce any liability created under subdivision (a) unless brought before the expiration of four years after the act or transaction constituting the violation.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 876, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Govt Code § 12661 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 6 - Attorney General|ARTICLE 10 - Securities and Commodities|Section 12661.

12661.  (a) The Attorney General may take any actions as are authorized by Section 6d of the federal Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 1 et seq.) as amended before or after the effective date of this section.(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed as a limitation on the powers of the Attorney General under this division or any other law administered by the Attorney General.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 876, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Govt Code § 12725 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 12725.

12725.  This chapter may be cited as the California Community Services Block Grant Program.(Added by Stats. 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 3. Effective October 18, 1983. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12726 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 12726.

12726.  (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide authorization for the Governor of the State of California to assume responsibility for the Community Services Block Grant (Subtitle B, Title VI, Public Law 97-35, as amended), and to further provide for the state to implement this block grant in conformity with the principles, purposes, and policies of the California Community Services Block Grant Program set forth herein.(b) The Legislature intends that the California Community Services Block Grant Program shall be governed by the principle of community self-help, thereby promoting new economic opportunities for Californians living in poverty through well planned, broadly based and locally controlled programs of community action.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1436, Sec. 1. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12727 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 12727.

12727.  All activities of the California Community Services Block Grant Program eligible entities shall have the following basic and specific purposes:(a) The basic purpose of this chapter is to stimulate an effective concentration of all available local, state, private, and federal resources upon the goal of enabling low-income families, and low-income individuals of all ages, in rural and urban areas to attain the skills, knowledge, and motivations and to secure the opportunities needed for them to become fully self-sufficient.(b) The specific purposes of this chapter are to promote, as methods of achieving an effective concentration of resources on the goal of individual and family self-sufficiency, the following:(1) The strengthening of community capabilities for planning and coordinating federal, state, private, and other assistance related to the elimination of poverty, so that this assistance, through the efforts of local officials, organizations, and interested and affected citizens, can be made more responsive to local needs and conditions.(2) The coherent organization of a range of services related to the needs of the poor, so that these services may be made more effective and efficient in helping families and individuals to overcome poverty-related problems in a way that takes into account, and supports, their progress in overcoming identified causes of poverty.(3) The implementation, subject to adequate evaluation, of new types of services and innovative approaches toward eliminating causes of poverty, so as to develop increasingly effective methods of employing available resources.(4) Maximum feasible participation of members of the groups and residents of the low-income areas to be served by programs and projects in the development and implementation of those programs and projects, in order to assure that all programs and projects are meaningful to, and widely utilized by, their intended beneficiaries.(5) The broadening of the resource base directed towards the elimination of poverty, so as to secure, in addition to the services and assistance of public officials, private religious, charitable, and neighborhood organizations, and individual citizens, a more active role for business, labor, and professional groups able to provide employment opportunities or otherwise influence the quantity and quality of services of concern to the poor.(c) It is the finding of the Legislature that these state purposes and the intent of the federal Community Services Block Grant will best be served by enacting the program policies and requirements contained in this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12728 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 12728.

12728.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this chapter shall supersede and prevail over any provisions of law relating to or in any way dealing with the subject matter of this chapter or federal economic opportunity programs which were repealed by federal Public Law 97-35, as amended.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1436, Sec. 1.2. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12729 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 12729.

12729.  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.(Added by Stats. 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 3. Effective October 18, 1983. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)