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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.5 - Use of a Foreign Language in Public Services › Section 7299.5.

7299.5. The Department of Human Resources may exempt state agencies from the requirements of Section 7299.4, where it determines that any of the following conditions apply:
(a) The agency’s primary mission does not include responsibility for furnishing information or rendering services to the public.
(b) The agency has consistently received such limited public contact with the non-English-speaking public that it has not been required to employ bilingual staff under Section 7292 and the agency employs fewer than the equivalent of 25 full-time employees in public contact positions.
In order to receive an exemption, each state agency shall petition the Department of Human Resources for the exemption and receive approval in writing by the date established by the department. An agency may receive an exemption for up to five survey cycles, if it demonstrates that it meets the requirements of subdivision (a) or (b), and provides all required documentation to the Department of Human Resources.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 427, Sec. 3. (AB 1062) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.5 - Use of a Foreign Language in Public Services › Section 7299.6.

7299.6. The Department of Human Resources shall review the results of the surveys and implementation plans required to be made by Section 7299.4, compile this data, and provide a report to the Legislature every two years. The report shall identify significant problems or deficiencies and propose solutions where warranted.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 360, Sec. 5. (SB 1309) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.5 - Use of a Foreign Language in Public Services › Section 7299.7.

7299.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and commencing January 1, 2025, in the event of an emergency within the jurisdiction of a local agency that provides emergency response services and that serves a population within which 5 percent or more of the people speak English less than “very well” according to data from the American Community Survey and jointly speak a language other than English, the local agency shall provide information related to the emergency in English and in all languages spoken jointly by the 5 percent or more of the population that speaks English less than “very well.”
(b) (1) By January 1, 2025, each local agency shall use data from the American Community Survey or data from an equally reliable source to determine which languages meet the requirements of subdivision (a) in the local agency’s jurisdiction.
(2) Each local agency shall reassess the data every five years to ensure that the language or languages in which the local agency provides information are consistent with the requirements of subdivision (a).
(c) A local agency providing information pursuant to this section shall do both of the following:
(1) Ensure that the quality of information translated and provided to individuals that speak English less than “very well” is as comprehensive, actionable, and timely as the information provided to English-speaking persons.
(2) Endeavor to utilize community members with the cultural competencies and language skills necessary to effectively communicate with those that speak English less than “very well” using, whenever feasible, native speakers of the relevant languages who also speak English fluently.
(d) Commencing January 1, 2027, the Office of Planning and Research shall survey a sample of local agencies every three years to determine the extent to which local agencies are complying with the requirements of this section and shall report the findings to the Legislature pursuant to Section 9795.
(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Emergency” means a situation that calls for immediate action to respond to the threat of serious harm or mass casualties, including conditions of natural disaster or conditions posing extreme peril to the safety of persons and property in the territorial limits of the local agency.
(2) “Emergency response services” means police, fire, or emergency medical services.
(3) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, or a department of a city or county.
(f) This section does not relieve a local agency of its responsibilities under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2).
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 587, Sec. 1. (AB 1638) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.5 - Use of a Foreign Language in Public Services › Section 7299.8.

7299.8. It is not the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to prohibit the establishment of bilingual positions, or printing of materials, or use of qualified interpreters, where less than 5 percent of the people served do not speak English or are unable to communicate effectively, as determined appropriate by the state or local agency. It is not the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to require that all public contact positions be filled with qualified bilingual persons.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 259, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.7 - Open-Space Land Dedication › Section 7301.

7301. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) “Land” means any right or interest, including development rights, in real property which is essentially unimproved and devoted to an open-space use as defined in Section 65560 or real property which is of significant historic or cultural value.
(b) “Person” means a transferee of property subject to tax under the Inheritance Tax Law (Part 8 (commencing with Section 13301) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), which includes open-space land, where the total property transferred to such transferee does not include sufficient money or other liquid assets to pay the state inheritance tax on the transfer.
(c) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Resources Agency.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.7 - Open-Space Land Dedication › Section 7303.

7303. The inheritance tax referee shall certify the appraised value of the land and the amount of taxes due and payable by the transferee. Such certification shall accompany any offer of land to the state.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.7 - Open-Space Land Dedication › Section 7304.

7304. The secretary shall establish criteria to evaluate the significance of the land offered and the feasibility of the state accepting any right or interest in such land. Land offered to the state pursuant to this chapter shall be accepted or rejected by the secretary within 120 days of the receipt of the offer.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.7 - Open-Space Land Dedication › Section 7305.

7305. Upon receipt of the offer, the secretary shall notify the county in which the land being offered is located of the state’s consideration. The secretary shall consult with the Wildlife Conservation Board and the Department of Parks and Recreation to evaluate any offer. Pursuant to Section 11005, the secretary shall accept an offer of land only upon approval of the Director of Finance.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.7 - Open-Space Land Dedication › Section 7306.

7306. Upon acceptance of an offer of land pursuant to this chapter, the secretary shall forward appropriate certification of such acceptance to the Controller.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 220, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.7 - Open-Space Land Dedication › Section 7307.

7307. Land accepted by the state pursuant to this chapter shall be maintained and preserved in perpetuity as open-space land, except as provided in Section 7308.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.7 - Open-Space Land Dedication › Section 7308.

7308. Unless otherwise provided in the terms of acceptance or prohibited by encumbrances on the land, real property conveyed to the state under this chapter may be conveyed, transferred, exchanged, or granted only if the secretary finds that the state has received in exchange land of comparable significance or a combination of money and land of comparable significance, at least equal to the fair market value of the land conveyed, transferred, exchanged, or granted.
The findings of the secretary as to land of comparable significance or of money and land of comparable significance, and of fair market value, shall be conclusively presumed in favor of any person to whom the land is conveyed, transferred, exchanged, or granted.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 195.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.7 - Open-Space Land Dedication › Section 7309.

7309. Notwithstanding Section 14103 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, inheritance tax imposed on land offered to the state pursuant to this chapter shall not be delinquent until 160 days after receipt of an offer by the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.8 - Housing Contracts › Section 7310.

7310. (a) A city, county, city and county, or local law enforcement agency that does not, as of June 15, 2017, have a contract with the federal government or any federal agency to detain adult noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration custody, is prohibited from entering into a contract with the federal government or any federal agency, to house or detain in a locked detention facility owned and operated by a local entity, noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration custody.
(b) A city, county, city and county, or local law enforcement agency that, as of June 15, 2017, has an existing contract with the federal government or any federal agency to detain adult noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration custody, shall not renew or modify that contract in such a way as to expand the maximum number of contract beds that may be utilized to house or detain in a locked detention facility noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration custody.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 363, Sec. 4. (SB 112) Effective September 28, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.8 - Housing Contracts › Section 7311.

7311. (a) A city, county, city and county, or local law enforcement agency that does not, as of June 15, 2017, have a contract with the federal government or any federal agency to house or detain any accompanied or unaccompanied minor in the custody of or detained by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement or the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is prohibited from entering into a contract with the federal government or any federal agency to house minors in a locked detention facility.
(b) A city, county, city and county, or local law enforcement agency that, as of June 15, 2017, has an existing contract with the federal government or any federal agency to house or detain any accompanied or unaccompanied minor in the custody of or detained by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement or the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall not renew or modify that contract in such a way as to expand the maximum number of contract beds that may be utilized to house minors in a locked detention facility.
(c) This section does not apply to temporary housing of any accompanied or unaccompanied minor in less restrictive settings when the State Department of Social Services certifies a necessity for a contract based on changing conditions of the population in need and if the housing contract meets the following requirements:
(1) It is temporary in nature and nonrenewable on a long-term or permanent basis.
(2) It meets all applicable federal and state standards for that housing.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 17, Sec. 6. (AB 103) Effective June 27, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 17.95 - Private Detention Facilities › Section 7321.

7321. (a) A private detention facility operator shall comply with, and adhere to, all local and state public health orders and occupational safety and health regulations.
(b) As used in this section, “private detention facility operator” and “private detention facility” have the same meaning as in Section 7320.
(c) This section shall not be construed to limit or otherwise modify the authority, powers, or duties of state or local public health officers or other officials with regard to state prisons, county jails, or other state or local correctional facilities.
(d) This section is declaratory of existing law.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 294, Sec. 2. (AB 263) Effective September 24, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 18 - Bidding and Outreach Programs › Section 7400.

7400. (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that subdivision (a) of Section 31 of Article I of the California Constitution prohibits state and local government agencies from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, and public contracting. The Legislature finds that this prohibition does not prevent governmental agencies from engaging in inclusive public sector outreach and recruitment programs that, as a component of general recruitment, may include, but not be limited to, focused outreach and recruitment of minority groups and women if any group is underrepresented in entry level positions of a public sector employer.
(2) The Legislature also finds and declares that increasing the number of businesses that participate in the bidding process in public contracting results in more vigorous competition, and thus assists state and local agencies in obtaining the desired quality of work at a lower cost.
(3) It is the intent of this section that all governmental agencies shall engage in general recruitment and outreach programs to all individuals, including persons who are economically disadvantaged.
(b) For purposes of this section, underrepresentation shall be determined by comparing the minority group or the number of women at the governmental agency with that group’s representation in the current civilian labor force in the jurisdiction of the governmental agency.
(c) State government employment shall use current state civilian labor force data to implement this section.
(d) It is the intent of this section to allow public sector employers to conduct outreach efforts with a goal of supplementing word-of-mouth recruitment that should result in increasing diversity of the public sector workforce.
(e) The type of recruitment activities allowed would include, but not be limited to, placement of job announcements in the following media instruments:
(1) General circulation newspapers, general circulation publications, and general market radio and television stations, including electronic media.
(2) Local and regional community newspapers.
(3) Newspapers, publications, and radio and television stations that provide information in languages other than English and whose primary audience is residents of minority and low-income communities.
(4) Publications, including electronic media, that are distributed to the general market and to newspapers, publications, and radio and television stations whose primary audience is comprised of minority groups or women.
(5) Recruitment booths at job fairs or conferences oriented to both the general market and the economically disadvantaged as well as those events drawing a significant participation by minorities or women.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 870, Sec. 2. (SB 1442) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 18 - Bidding and Outreach Programs › Section 7401.

7401. (a) The Governor’s Task Force on Diversity and Outreach, in its August 1, 2000, report, concluded that data on minority business participation is not currently available, and that lack of useful data on minority business participation in state contracting is an overarching issue to be addressed.
(b) In contracting for and procuring goods, services, information technology, construction, architecture, and engineering consulting, and other consulting services, state and local departments and agencies are authorized to engage in focused outreach activities in addition to general outreach, for purposes of increasing participation by California’s small business sector and increasing diversity in the state’s contracting and procurement activities.
(c) Outreach activities may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Invitations to bid distributed by state and local departments and agencies to state and local small business and trade associations and chambers of commerce, including ethnic chambers of commerce, and other business and professional associations, including professional minority, women, and disabled veteran-owned businesses and professional groups and associations, as appropriate.
(2) Publication of advertising concerning state and local contracting and procurement opportunities in trade papers and other publications focusing on small business enterprises, including publications and newspapers in languages other than English and those whose primary readership is minority, women, or disabled veteran-owned businesses.
(3) Outreach by small business advocates in each state or local government department or agency to state and local small business and trade associations and chambers of commerce, including ethnic chambers of commerce, and other business and professional associations, including professional minority, women, and disabled veteran-owned businesses and professional groups and associations, as appropriate.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 870, Sec. 2. (SB 1442) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 18.1 - Electronic and Information Technology › Section 7405.

7405. The Legislature finds and declares that the ability to utilize electronic or information technology is often an essential function for successful employment in the current work world.
(a) In order to improve accessibility of existing technology, and therefore increase the successful employment of individuals with disabilities, particularly blind and visually impaired and deaf and hard-of-hearing persons, state governmental entities, in developing, procuring, maintaining, or using electronic or information technology, either indirectly or through the use of state funds by other entities, shall comply with the accessibility requirements of Section 508 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794d), and regulations implementing that act as set forth in Part 1194 of Title 36 of the Federal Code of Regulations.
(b) Any entity that contracts with a state or local entity subject to Section 11135 for the provision of electronic or information technology or for the provision of related services shall agree to respond to, and resolve any complaint regarding accessibility of, its products or services that is brought to the attention of the entity.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 870, Sec. 3. (SB 1442) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 19 - Retirement System Stock Proxy Voting › Section 7450.

7450. Every local agency in this state owning common stock and whose stock is by contract managed by a fiduciary shall request such fiduciary to forward any proxies for shares owned by the agency which are to be voted in a corporate election to the governing body of such local agency.
“Local agency,” for purposes of this section, includes every county, city, city and county, district, and authority, and each department, division, bureau, board, commission, agency, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1088.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 19 - Retirement System Stock Proxy Voting › Section 7451.

7451. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, every local agency in this state owning common stock shall, when returning proxies to a corporation, vote each proxy that is returned to the corporation. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a local agency in this state owning common stock from abstaining on a corporate or shareholder proposal and notifying the corporation in writing of the local agency’s desire to abstain on a corporate or shareholder proposal.
As used in section “local agency” includes every county, city, city and county, district, and authority, and each department, division, bureau, board, commission, agency, instrumentality or pension or retirement system of any of the foregoing.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 611.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 Financial Protection and Innovation.
(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. 2022, Ch. 452, Sec. 173. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 21 - Public Pension and Retirement Plans › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 7507.2.

7507.2. (a) There is hereby enacted the California Actuarial Advisory Panel. The panel shall provide impartial and independent information on pensions, other postemployment benefits, and best practices to public agencies and shall meet quarterly.
(b) The responsibilities of the California Actuarial Advisory Panel shall include, but are not limited to:
(1) Defining the range of actuarial model policies and best practices for public retirement plan benefits, including pensions and other postemployment benefits.
(2) Developing pricing and disclosure standards for California public sector benefit improvements.
(3) Developing quality control standards for California public sector actuaries.
(4) Gathering model funding policies and practices.
(5) Replying to policy questions from public retirement systems in California.
(6) Providing comment upon request by public agencies.
(c) The California Actuarial Advisory Panel shall consist of eight members. Each member shall be an actuary who has attained the designation of Associate or Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and who has demonstrated experience with public sector clients. Members shall be appointed by the entities listed below, and each member shall serve a three-year term, provided that, in the initial appointments only, the panelists named by the University of California, the Senate, and one of the panelists named by the Governor shall serve two-year terms. The Governor shall appoint two panelists, and one panelist shall be appointed by each of the following:
(1) The Teachers’ Retirement Board.
(2) The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
(3) The State Association of County Retirement Systems.
(4) The Board of Regents of the University of California.
(5) The Speaker of the Assembly.
(6) The Senate Committee on Rules.
(d) The California Actuarial Advisory Panel shall be located in the Controller’s office, which shall provide support staff to the panel.
(e) The opinions of the California Actuarial Advisory Panel are nonbinding and advisory only. The opinions of the panel shall not, in any case, be used as the basis for litigation.
(f) A member of the California Actuarial Advisory Panel shall receive reimbursement for expenses that shall be paid by the authority that appointed the member.
(g) The California Actuarial Advisory Panel shall report to the Legislature on or before February 1 of each year.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. (AB 2375) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 21 - Public Pension and Retirement Plans › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 7507.5.

7507.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Regents of the University of California provide written notice to the Legislature of any proposed changes to retirement plan benefits, employer or employee contribution rates, or actuarial assumptions affecting the University of California Retirement System, at least 60 days prior to the effective date thereof. The written notice shall be provided to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the fiscal subcommittees and shall consist of:
(a) A description and explanation of each specific proposed change to the benefit structure, contribution rates, or actuarial assumptions.
(b) The actuarial impact upon future annual costs of each proposed change.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 268, Sec. 16.95. Effective June 29, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 21 - Public Pension and Retirement Plans › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 7508.

7508. A retired member of a state retirement system, other than the University of California Retirement System, the Judges’ Retirement System, the Judges’ Retirement System II, and the State Teachers’ Retirement System, may, notwithstanding Section 9359.12, serve on a public board or commission and be entitled to receive for that service, per diem compensation for every day or portion thereof of actual attendance at meetings of the board or commission or any committee thereof, and necessary traveling expenses incurred in connection with the performance of his or her official duties, without loss or interruption of benefits provided by the system, so long as the service does not exceed a total of 50 meeting days.
This section shall not apply to service as a member of a board or commission the annual salary for which is prescribed by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Division 3 of Title 2.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 879, Sec. 1. Effective September 27, 1994. Operative November 9, 1994, by Sec. 16 of Ch. 879.)