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CA Govt Code § 7460 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 1 - Declaration of Policy|Section 7460.

7460.  This chapter shall be known as the “California Right to Financial Privacy Act.”(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1320.)
CA Govt Code § 7461 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 1 - Declaration of Policy|Section 7461.

7461.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:(a) Procedures and policies governing the relationship between financial institutions and government agencies have in some cases developed without due regard to citizens’ constitutional rights.(b) The confidential relationships between financial institutions and their customers are built on trust and must be preserved and protected.(c) The purpose of this chapter is to clarify and protect the confidential relationship between financial institutions and their customers and to balance a citizen’s right of privacy with the governmental interest in obtaining information for specific purposes and by specified procedures as set forth in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1320.)
CA Govt Code § 7465 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 7465.

7465.  For the purposes of this chapter:(a) The term “financial institution” includes state and national banks, state and federal savings associations, trust companies, industrial loan companies, and state and federal credit unions. Such term shall not include a title insurer while engaging in the conduct of the “business of title insurance” as defined by Section 12340.3 of the Insurance Code, an underwritten title company, or an escrow company.(b) The term “financial records” means any original or any copy of any record or document held by a financial institution pertaining to a customer of the financial institution.(c) The term “person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or any other legal entity.(d) The term “customer” means any person who has transacted business with or has used the services of a financial institution or for whom a financial institution has acted as a fiduciary.(e) The term “state agency” means every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other state agency, including the Legislature.(f) The term “local agency” includes a county; city, whether general law or chartered; city and county; school district; municipal corporation; district; political subdivision; or any board, commission or agency thereof; or other local public agency.(g) The term “supervisory agency” means any of the following:(1) The Department of Business Oversight.(2) The Controller.(3) The Administrator of Local Agency Security.(4) The Bureau of Real Estate.(5) The Department of Insurance.(h) The term “investigation” includes, but is not limited to, any inquiry by a peace officer, sheriff, or district attorney, or any inquiry made for the purpose of determining whether there has been a violation of any law enforceable by imprisonment, fine, or monetary liability.(i) The term “subpoena” includes subpoena duces tecum.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 401, Sec. 36. (AB 2763) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Govt Code § 7471 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 3 - Confidentiality of, and Access to, Financial Records|Section 7471.

7471.  (a) Except in accordance with requirements of Title 11 (commencing with Section 14160) of Part 4 of the Penal Code or Section 7473, 7474, 7475, or 7476, no financial institution, or any director, officer, employee, or agent of a financial institution, may provide or authorize another to provide to an officer, employee, or agent of a state or local agency or department thereof, any financial records, copies thereof, or the information contained therein, if the director, officer, employee, or agent of the financial institution knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the financial records or information are being requested in connection with a civil or criminal investigation of the customer, whether or not an investigation is being conducted pursuant to formal judicial or administrative proceedings.(b) This section is not intended to prohibit disclosure of the financial records of a customer or the information contained therein incidental to a transaction in the normal course of business of a financial institution if the director, officer, employee, or agent thereof making or authorizing the disclosure has no reasonable cause to believe that the financial records or the information contained in the financial records so disclosed will be used by a state or local agency or department thereof in connection with an investigation of the customer, whether or not an investigation is being conducted pursuant to formal judicial or administrative proceedings.(c) This section shall not preclude a financial institution, in its discretion, from initiating contact with, and thereafter communicating with and disclosing customer financial records to, appropriate state or local agencies concerning suspected violation of any law.(d) A financial institution that refuses to disclose the financial records of a customer, copies thereof, or the information contained therein, in reliance in good faith upon the prohibitions of subdivision (a), or discloses the financial records of a customer, copies thereof, or the information contained therein, in reliance in good faith upon subdivision (c), subdivision (d) of Section 7470, or subdivision (b) of Section 14164 of the Penal Code, shall not be liable to its customer, to a state or local agency, or to any other person for any loss or damage caused in whole or in part by the refusal or the disclosure.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 757, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Govt Code § 7473 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 3 - Confidentiality of, and Access to, Financial Records|Section 7473.

7473.  (a) A customer may authorize disclosure under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7470 if those seeking disclosure furnish to the financial institution a signed and dated statement by which the customer:(1) Authorizes such disclosure for a period to be set forth in the authorization statement;(2) Specifies the name of the agency or department to which disclosure is authorized and, if applicable, the statutory purpose for which the information is to be obtained; and(3) Identifies the financial records which are authorized to be disclosed.(b) No such authorization shall be required by a financial institution as a condition of doing business with such financial institution.(c) Any officer, employee or agent of a state or local agency seeking customer authorization for disclosure of customer financial records shall include in the form which the customer signs granting authorization written notification that the customer has the right at any time to revoke such authorization, except where such authorization is required by statute.(d) (1) An agency or department examining the financial records of a customer pursuant to this section shall notify the customer in writing of such examination within 30 days of the agency or department’s receipt of any of the customer’s financial records, except that by application to a judge of a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the records are located upon a showing of good cause to believe that disclosure would impede the investigation, such notification requirements may be extended for two additional 30-day periods. Thereafter, by application to a court upon a showing of extreme necessity for nondisclosure, such notification requirements may be extended for three additional 30-day periods. At the end of that period or periods the agency or department shall inform the customer that he has the right to make a written request as to the reason for such examination. Such notice shall specify the financial records which were examined and, if requested, the reason for such examination.(2) Wherever practicable, an application for an additional extension of notification time shall be made to the judge who granted the first extension of notification time. In deciding whether to grant an extension of the notification time, the judge shall endeavor to provide the customer with prompt notification, consistent with the purpose of this chapter, and on the presumption that prompt notification is the rule and delayed notification the exception.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1346.)
CA Govt Code § 7475 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 3 - Confidentiality of, and Access to, Financial Records|Section 7475.

7475.  An officer, employee, or agent of a state or local agency or department thereof, may obtain financial records under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 7470 only if he obtains a search warrant pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1523) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code. Examination of financial records may occur as soon as the warrant is served on the financial institution. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a financial institution from notifying a customer of the receipt of a search warrant, unless a court orders the financial institution to withhold notification to the customer upon a finding that such notice would impede the investigation.The financial records sought pursuant to this section by a search warrant shall be made available to an officer, employee, or agent of a state or local agency or department thereof within 10 days after the warrant is served on the financial institution unless prior to the expiration of such 10 days such institution makes a written showing to the court that issued the warrant that the records cannot reasonably be made available within the 10 days and that an additional period of time is required to make the records available. Upon such showing the court shall extend the period of time within which the records must be made available to whatever period of time is reasonably necessary.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1346.)
CA Govt Code § 7485 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 5 - Penalties and Remedies|Section 7485.

7485.  (a) Any person who, with the intent to violate, knowingly participates in a violation of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.(b) Any person who, with the intent to violate, knowingly induces or attempts to induce a violation of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.(c) If a customer files a motion to quash and the court finds no reasonable grounds existed for such a filing, the court in its discretion may impose such civil sanctions as are otherwise authorized by law.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1320.)
CA Govt Code § 7486 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 5 - Penalties and Remedies|Section 7486.

7486.  In any successful action to enforce liability for a violation of the provisions of this chapter, the customer may recover the cost of the action together with reasonable attorney’s fees as determined by the court.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1320.)
CA Govt Code § 7487 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 5 - Penalties and Remedies|Section 7487.

7487.  In addition to any other remedy contained in this chapter or otherwise available, injunctive relief shall be available to any customer aggrieved by a violation, or threatened violation, of this chapter. In any successful action by the customer, costs together with reasonable attorney’s fees as determined by the court may be recovered.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1320.)
CA Govt Code § 7488 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 5 - Penalties and Remedies|Section 7488.

7488.  An action to enforce any provision of this chapter must be commenced within three years after the date on which the violation occurred.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1320.)
CA Govt Code § 7489 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 5 - Penalties and Remedies|Section 7489.

7489.  Evidence obtained in violation of this chapter is inadmissible in any proceeding except a proceeding to enforce the provisions of this article.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1320.)
CA Govt Code § 7490 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 7490.

7490.  Except as provided in Sections 6069, 10145, 10146, and 17766.5 of the Business and Professions Code, Sections 25134, 25241, 29535, and 31111 of the Corporations Code, Sections 12300.3, 14250, 14251, 14252, 14253, 14254, 14255, 14406, 14653, 17409, 18612, 18945, 18986, 22406, and 24406 of the Financial Code, Section 12586 of the Government Code, Sections 1351.1, 1352 and 1357 of the Health and Safety Code, Sections 904 and 1703 of the Insurance Code, Section 1092 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, and Section 11703.4 of the Vehicle Code, no waiver by a customer of any right or procedure hereunder shall be valid, whether oral or written, and whether with or without consideration.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 764, Sec. 6.)
CA Govt Code § 7491 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 7491.

7491.  Should any other law grant or appear to grant power or authority to any person to violate the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall supersede and pro tanto override and annul such law, except those statutes hereinafter enacted which specifically refer to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1320.)
CA Govt Code § 7492 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 7492.

7492.  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be effected, without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1320.)
CA Govt Code § 7493 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 20 - Governmental Access to Financial Records|ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 7493.

7493.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude a state or local agency from obtaining a credit report or consumer credit report from anyone other than a financial institution.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1320.)
CA Govt Code § 7500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 21 - Public Pension and Retirement Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 7500.

7500.  Any city with a population of 1,000,000 or more, and any agency thereof, which has established any pension and retirement plan which requires officers and employees of one sex to pay greater contributions than those of another sex who are the same age shall revise the plan so that the contributions are the same commencing with contributions for service on and after January 1, 1975. This section shall not be construed as requiring or authorizing an increase in the contributions of any members of a pension and retirement plan.This section shall not be applicable to the Public Employees’ Retirement System.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1478.)
CA Govt Code § 7500.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 21 - Public Pension and Retirement Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 7500.5.

7500.5.  (a) This section shall only apply to the City of San Diego.(b) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:(1) “Federal system” means the old age, survivors, disability, and health insurance provisions of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq.). (2) “Local public employer” means the City of San Diego.(c) A local public employer shall provide coverage under the federal system to all employees who are not covered under a defined benefit plan.(d) The requirements of this section shall not apply with regard to replacing or changing an employer’s defined contribution plan that was in place on July 1, 2012, unless the defined contribution plan will replace or change the employer’s existing defined benefit plan.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 853, Sec. 1. (AB 1248) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 7501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 21 - Public Pension and Retirement Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 7501.

7501.  It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to safeguard the solvency of all public retirement systems and funds. The Legislature finds and declares that public agencies maintaining retirement systems can benefit from periodic and independent analysis of their financial condition. It is the purpose of Sections 7502, 7503, and 7504 to enable the State Controller to gather information to compare and evaluate the financial condition of such systems and to make such comparisons and evaluations.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 821, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 7502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 21 - Public Pension and Retirement Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 7502.

7502.  The Controller shall review the annual financial report of each state and local public retirement system submitted pursuant to Section 7504 giving particular consideration to the adequacy of funding of each system. The Controller shall also review the triennial valuation of each public retirement system submitted pursuant to Section 7504 and shall give particular consideration to the assumption concerning the inflation element in salary and wage increases, mortality, service retirement rates, withdrawal rates, disability retirement rates, and rate of return on total assets.The Controller shall establish an advisory committee that shall include actuaries who have attained the designation of Associate or Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and state and local public retirement system administrators to assist in carrying out the duties imposed by this section.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 415, Sec. 2. (AB 2375) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Govt Code § 7503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 21 - Public Pension and Retirement Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 7503.

7503.  All state and local public retirement systems shall prepare an annual report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 388.)
CA Govt Code § 7505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 21 - Public Pension and Retirement Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 7505.

7505.  Every state and local public retirement system shall permit any person entitled to the receipt of benefits to designate that payment of such benefits shall be transmitted to a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union for deposit in the person’s account, and the transmittal of such payment pursuant to this section shall discharge the public agency’s obligations in respect to such payment.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 454.)
CA Govt Code § 7506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 21 - Public Pension and Retirement Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 7506.

7506.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person entitled to the receipt of benefits from any state retirement system may authorize the payment of the benefits to be directly deposited by electronic fund transfer into the person’s account at the financial institution of his or her choice under a program for direct deposit by electronic transfer established by the Controller pursuant to Section 7506.5. The direct deposit shall discharge the state agency’s obligation in respect to that payment.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1317, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 7506.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS|CHAPTER 21 - Public Pension and Retirement Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 7506.5.

7506.5.  The Controller shall make an agreement with one or more financial institutions participating in the Automated Clearing House pursuant to the local rules, and shall establish a program, for the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer of the benefits, after any withholding required by law and authorized deductions, of any person entitled to the receipt of benefits from any state retirement system who authorizes the direct deposit thereof by electronic fund transfer into the person’s account at the financial institution of his or her choice.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1344, Sec. 1. Operative January 1, 1987, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1344.)