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CA Govt Code § 53244 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 2.6 - Abuse of Office|Section 53244.

53244.  (a) A local public officer, as defined in subdivision (b), who is convicted by a state or federal trial court of any felony under state or federal law for conduct arising out of, or in the performance of, his or her official duties shall forfeit any contract right or other common law, constitutional, or statutory claim against a local public agency employer to retirement or pension rights or benefits, however those benefits may be characterized, including lost compensation, other than the accrued rights and benefits to which he or she may be entitled under any public retirement system in which he or she is a member. The forfeiture provided by this section shall be in addition to, and independent of, any forfeiture of public retirement system rights and benefits pursuant to Section 7522.70, 7522.72, or 7522.74.(b) For the purposes of this section, “local public officer” means a person, either elected or appointed, who exercised discretionary, executive authority in his or her employment.(c) This section shall apply to any claim filed prior to the effective date of the act enacting this section, and still pending on that date, and any claim commenced after that date.(d) Upon conviction, a local public officer as described in subdivision (a), and the prosecuting agency shall each notify the public employer who employed the local public officer at the time of the commission of the felony within 60 days of the felony conviction. The operation of this section is not dependent upon the performance of the notification required by this subdivision.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 775, Sec. 2. (SB 39) Effective October 12, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 53245 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 2.7 - Salary Warrants and Checks|Section 53245.

53245.  (a) Any person now or hereafter employed by a county, city, municipal corporation, district, or other public agency may file with their appointing power a designation of a person who, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall, on the death of the employee, be entitled to receive all warrants or checks that would have been payable to the decedent had they survived. The employee may change the designation from time to time. A person so designated shall claim such warrants or checks from the appointing power. On sufficient proof of identity, the appointing power shall deliver the warrants or checks to the claimant. A person who receives a warrant or check pursuant to this section is entitled to negotiate it as if they were the payee.(b) For purposes of this section, “person” includes, but is not limited to, a corporation, a trust, or an estate.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 55, Sec. 2. (AB 444) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 53247 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 2.8 - Comparable Pay|Section 53247.

53247.  As used in this article, “local agency” means any county, city, city and county, including any charter county, city, or city and county, and any district, school district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or public agency of the state, or any instrumentality of one or more of any such agencies.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 906, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 53248 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 2.8 - Comparable Pay|Section 53248.

53248.  (a) No local agency shall adopt or continue in effect an ordinance or policy which prohibits consideration of comparability of the value of the work as one of the factors which may be used during the collective-bargaining process to negotiate salaries. Existing memoranda of understanding, presently in effect, would continue to control until they expire. Thereafter, there shall be negotiations in accordance with this article.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) “Comparability of the value of the work” means the value of the work performed by an employee, or group of employees within a class or salary range, in relation to the value of the work of another employee, or group of employees, to any class or salary range maintained by a local agency, and shall be measured by the composite of the skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions normally required in the performance of the work with other classes of employees. (2) “Skill” means the skill required in the performance of the work, including any type of intellectual or physical skill acquired by the employee through experience, training, education, or natural ability.(3) “Effort” means the effort required in the performance of the work, including any intellectual or physical effort.(4) “Responsibility” means the responsibility required in the performance of the work, including the extent to which the employer relies on the employee to perform the work, the importance of the duties, and the accountability of the employee for the work of others and for resources.(5) “Working conditions” means the conditions under which the work of an employee is performed, including physical or psychological factors.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 906, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 53250 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 3 - Firemen s Vacations|Section 53250.

53250.  The legislative body of a city or a fire protection district in which there is a regularly organized paid fire department or county fire warden department, shall grant to each regular or permanent member of the department an annual leave of absence from active duty of not less than fifteen consecutive days. It shall also grant each member a leave of absence from active duty of not less than four working shifts in each month of service.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 465, Sec. 1. Effective August 22, 1988.)
CA Govt Code § 53251 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 3 - Firemen s Vacations|Section 53251.

53251.  The legislative body shall arrange such leaves so as not to impair the efficiency of the department.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
CA Govt Code § 53252 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 3 - Firemen s Vacations|Section 53252.

53252.  Deduction shall not be made from the salary or pay of a member of the department granted such a leave of absence.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
CA Govt Code § 53260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 3.5 - Employment Contracts|Section 53260.

53260.  (a) All contracts of employment between an employee and a local agency employer shall include a provision that provides that regardless of the term of the contract, if the contract is terminated, the maximum cash settlement that an employee may receive shall be an amount equal to the monthly salary of the employee multiplied by the number of months left on the unexpired term of the contract, with the following exceptions:(1) If the unexpired term of the contract is greater than 18 months, the maximum cash settlement shall be an amount equal to the monthly salary of the employee multiplied by 18.(2) In the case of a district superintendent of schools, for contracts of employment executed on or after January 1, 2016, the maximum cash settlement shall be an amount equal to the monthly salary of the employee multiplied by 12.(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if a local agency employer, including an administrator appointed by the Superintendent, terminates its contract of employment with its district superintendent of schools, that local agency employer shall not provide a cash or noncash settlement to its superintendent in any amount if the local agency employer believes, and subsequently confirms, pursuant to an independent audit, that the superintendent has engaged in fraud, misappropriation of funds, or other illegal fiscal practices.(2) This subdivision applies only to a contract for employment executed on or after January 1, 2016.(c) The cash settlement formulas described in subdivision (a) are maximum amounts that may be paid by a local agency employer to an employee and not a target or example of the amount of the cash settlement to be paid by a local agency employer to an employee in all contract termination cases.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 240, Sec. 1. (AB 215) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Govt Code § 53261 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 3.5 - Employment Contracts|Section 53261.

53261.  The cash settlement specified in Section 53260 shall not include any other noncash items except health benefits, which may be continued for the same duration of time as covered in the settlement, pursuant to the same time limitations as provided in Section 53260, or until the employee finds other employment, whichever occurs first.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 962, Sec. 6. Effective September 28, 1992.)
CA Govt Code § 53262 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 3.5 - Employment Contracts|Section 53262.

53262.  (a) All contracts of employment with a superintendent, deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent, community college president, community college vice president, community college deputy vice president, general manager, city manager, county administrator, or other similar chief administrative officer or chief executive officer of a local agency shall be ratified in an open session of the governing body which shall be reflected in the governing body’s minutes.(b) Copies of any contracts of employment, as well as copies of the settlement agreements, shall be available to the public upon request.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 962, Sec. 6. Effective September 28, 1992.)
CA Govt Code § 53263 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 3.5 - Employment Contracts|Section 53263.

53263.  For purposes of this article, “local agency” means any general law county, general law city, and any district, school district, community college district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or public agency of the state, or any instrumentality of any one or more of these agencies.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 962, Sec. 6. Effective September 28, 1992.)
CA Govt Code § 53264 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 3.5 - Employment Contracts|Section 53264.

53264.  This article shall apply prospectively and shall affect any contract originally approved by the governing body, or any existing contract that is extended by the governing body, after the effective date of this article.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 962, Sec. 6. Effective September 28, 1992.)
CA Govt Code § 53290 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 4 - Transfer of Public Functions|Section 53290.

53290.  As used in this article:(a) “Local agency” means city, county, or district.(b) “Legislative body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or a city and county, the city council or board of trustees in the case of a city, and the board of directors or other governing body in the case of a district.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2399.)
CA Govt Code § 53291 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 4 - Transfer of Public Functions|Section 53291.

53291.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, whenever a local agency takes over or assumes any of the functions of another local agency under a law which provides that all or any employees of such other local agency become employees of the local agency assuming the function, the governing body of the local agency assuming the function may prescribe the qualifications and conditions under which such employees will become employees of the local agency. Any employees who do not meet such qualifications or conditions shall not become employees of the local agency.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2399.)
CA Govt Code § 53292 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 4 - Transfer of Public Functions|Section 53292.

53292.  (a) Whenever a special district or joint powers agency that provides fire protection or a city fire department is dissolved or the area it serves is decreased by reason of a consolidation, merger, incorporation, annexation, or contract, and the district, joint powers agency, or city fire department taking over the duties of the dissolved or decreased district, joint powers agency, or department decides to hire additional firefighters, it shall give first choice for the positions to be filled to firefighters employed by the dissolved or decreased district, joint powers agency, or department. As nearly as possible, the firefighters who are hired shall be given positions with a rank comparable to that which they held in the dissolved or decreased district, joint powers agency, or department. No firefighter shall be hired who is over the mandatory retirement age of the district, joint powers agency, or city fire department which is taking over the duties of the dissolved or decreased district, joint powers agency, or department.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where firefighters are hired as a result of the consolidation, merger, incorporation, annexation, or contract, the seniority or other employment rights of the employees of the district, joint powers agency, or fire department taking over the duties of the dissolved or decreased district, joint powers agency, or department shall not be impaired as a result of the consolidation, merger, incorporation, annexation, or contract, except as otherwise agreed upon in a county, other than a county of the first class, in a memorandum of understanding with each employee organization, which has been recognized pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1, and which represents employees of the district, joint powers agency, or department taking over the duties of the dissolved or decreased district, joint powers agency, or department who are in classes affected by the consolidation, merger, incorporation, annexation, or contract.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 394, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Govt Code § 53293 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 4 - Transfer of Public Functions|Section 53293.

53293.  No agency of the state, formed pursuant to general law or special act, for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries and which has as its primary function the control and conservation of floodwaters, shall contract to provide engineering or surveying services, as defined by Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) and Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8700), respectively, of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, except with another governmental agency whose boundaries encompass all or a portion of the agency performing the services, or where the agencies have a mutual interest in the project or area of service for which such engineering or surveying services are to be performed.The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any contract executed by any such agency prior to the effective date of this section.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 817.)
CA Govt Code § 53296 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 4.5 - Disclosure of Information: Local Government|Section 53296.

53296.  Definitions used in this article:(a) “Local agency” means any county, city, city and county, including any charter county, city, or city and county, and any district, school district, community college district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or public agency of the state, or any instrumentality of any one or more of these agencies.(b) “Disciplinary action” means any direct form of discipline as defined in personnel rules and regulations adopted by the local agency. “Disciplinary action” shall include the firing of an employee.(c) “Disclosure of information” means the written provision of evidence regarding gross mismanagement or a significant waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.(d) “Complaint” means any written document containing a disclosure of information as specified in subdivision (c).(e) “Employee” means any person employed by a local agency.(f) “Manager” means any employee having significant responsibilities for formulating or administering local agency or departmental policies and programs or administering the local agency or a department.(g) “Supervisory employee” or “supervisor” means any employee regardless of job description or title, having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, layoff, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibility to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend this action, if, in connection with the foregoing, the exercise of this authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment.(h) “Officer” means any appointed member of a local board, commission, or other governing body who supervises or is responsible for the work of one or more local agency employers.(i) “Administrative procedure” means any written administrative procedure adopted by the local agency for presentation of a grievance for ultimate decision by the governing body of the local agency. The term does not include grievance procedures embodied in collective bargaining agreements.(j) “Reprisal action” means any act of intimidation, restraint, coercion, discrimination, or disciplinary action against any employee, or applicant for employment, who files a complaint pursuant to Section 53297. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 503, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Govt Code § 53297 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 4.5 - Disclosure of Information: Local Government|Section 53297.

53297.  (a) An employee, or applicant for employment, shall have the right to file a complaint with the local agency within 60 days of the date of the act or event which is the subject of the complaint.(b) Prior to filing a written complaint pursuant to this article, the employee shall first make a good faith effort to exhaust all available administrative remedies. The 60-day time limit specified in subdivision (a) shall be extended by the amount of time actually utilized by the employee in pursuing available administrative remedies.(c) A complaint pursuant to this article shall be filed in accordance with the locally adopted administrative procedure. If there is no administrative procedure, the complaint shall be filed with the governing body.(d) All complaints brought by employees under this article shall be filed under penalty of perjury.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 353, Sec. 7.)
CA Govt Code § 53298 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 4.5 - Disclosure of Information: Local Government|Section 53298.

53298.  (a) No local agency officer, manager, or supervisor shall take a reprisal action against any employee or applicant for employment who files a complaint pursuant to Section 53297.(b) This article is not intended to prevent a local agency from taking, directing others to take, recommending, or approving any personnel action with respect to any employee or applicant for employment if the local agency reasonably believes that the action or inaction is justified on the basis of separate evidence which shows any of the following:(1) The employee’s complaint has disclosed information that he or she knows to be false or has disclosed information without regard for the truth or falsity thereof.(2) The employee’s complaint has disclosed information from records which are closed to public inspection pursuant to law.(3) The employee’s complaint has disclosed information which is confidential under any other provision of law.(4) The employee was the subject of an ongoing or existing disciplinary action prior to the disclosure of information with the local agency.(5) The employee has violated any other provision of the local personnel rules and regulations, has failed to perform assigned duties, or has committed any other act unrelated to the disclosure that would otherwise be subject to personnel action.(c) It is not a violation of this article for an officer, manager, or supervisor to take disciplinary action against an employee if that officer, manager, or supervisor had no prior knowledge that a complaint had been filed by that employee.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 503, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)