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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 8 - Department of Community Services and Development › Section 12085.

12085. (a) (1) Although the economic well-being of the state has progressed to a level surpassing that of any other achieved in world history, and although these benefits are widely shared throughout the state, poverty continues to be the lot of a substantial number of citizens of the state. California can achieve its full economic and social potential as a state only if every individual has the opportunity to contribute the full extent of that individual’s capabilities and to participate in the workings of society. The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of the state to provide a range of services and activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in our communities, particularly those areas of communities where poverty is an acute problem. Specifically, it is the policy of the state to assist low-income participants, including homeless individuals and families, migrants, and the elderly poor, to do all of the following:
(A) Secure and retain meaningful employment.
(B) Attain an adequate education.
(C) Make better use of available income.
(D) Obtain and maintain adequate housing and a suitable living environment.
(2) It is further the policy of the state to do all of the following in assisting participants:
(A) Provide emergency assistance to meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs, including the need for health services, nutritious food, housing, and employment-related assistance.
(B) Coordinate and establish linkages between governmental and other social services programs to ensure the effective delivery of those services to low-income individuals.
(C) Encourage the use of entities in the private sector of the community in efforts to ameliorate poverty.
(3) The Legislature finds that it is the purpose of this article to strengthen, supplement, and coordinate efforts to further these policies.
(b) In order to employ the resources of both the public and private sectors of the state, and to effectuate the purposes of this article, there is, within the California Health and Human Services Agency, a Department of Community Services and Development.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 27. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 8 - Department of Community Services and Development › Section 12085.5.

12085.5. Any reference in any provision of law or regulation to the State Office of Economic Opportunity or the Department of Economic Opportunity shall be deemed to refer to the Department of Community Services and Development.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 8 - Department of Community Services and Development › Section 12086.

12086. (a) The department is under the direction of an executive officer known as the Director of Community Services and Development. The director shall be appointed by the Governor subject to the confirmation of the Senate, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The director shall receive the salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1. The chief deputy director shall be appointed by the Governor and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The Governor also may appoint, to serve at the Governor’s pleasure, one deputy director for the department.
(b) Subject to the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500), of Division 5), the director shall appoint any other employees necessary for the administration and the affairs of the department, and shall prescribe their duties.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 28. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 8 - Department of Community Services and Development › Section 12087.5.

12087.5. (a) The department shall develop and administer the Energy Efficiency Low-Income Weatherization Program and expend moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of the program.
(b) The department may develop requirements, guidelines, and subgrantee contract provisions for the program, including those necessary or desirable to ensure the effective implementation of Sections 12087.9 and 12087.10.
(c) Before a subgrantee contract is executed for the provision of local service, the department shall do both of the following:
(1) No less than 30 days before finalization of the program guidelines, post the draft program guidelines on the department’s internet website.
(2) Hold a public hearing to obtain public input on the draft program guidelines with notice of the hearing published prominently on the department’s internet website no less than 15 days before the hearing.
(d) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 does not apply to the development and adoption of program requirements, guidelines, and subgrantee contract provisions pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 754, Sec. 1. (AB 1232) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 8 - Department of Community Services and Development › Section 12087.6.

12087.6. (a) The department, for any appropriation to the department for the Energy Efficiency Low-Income Weatherization Program in the 2017–18 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter, in its contract procurement processes for single-family energy efficiency and renewable energy services, shall develop new program processes and solicitations that do all of the following:
(1) Give weight and priority to applicants that can demonstrate that they have existing ties to the local communities they would be servicing, among the other factors considered. This shall apply to both regional administrators and direct service providers.
(2) Give preference to organizations with demonstrated performance and outcomes related to low-income energy efficiency and renewable energy services.
(3) Take appropriate measures to ensure that all potential applicants are aware of changes in procurement process pursuant to this act.
(b) The department shall consult with community stakeholders, including, but not limited to, legislative staff, in the development, design, and goals of procurements on and after July 1, 2017. This consultation shall occur at least three months prior to the release of a request for applications that would commence the procurement cycle.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 24, Sec. 5. (SB 89) Effective June 27, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 8 - Department of Community Services and Development › Section 12087.9.

12087.9. By January 1, 2021, the Department of Community Services and Development shall coordinate with the California Energy Commission and the State Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity to identify best practices from model programs and funding mechanisms, and provide a recommended action plan to do all of the following:
(a) Ensure greater cross-referral between public health agencies, the State Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity, and the Low-Income Weatherization Program for comprehensive energy and healthy home improvements for low-income multifamily residents in disadvantaged communities.
(b) Promote projects that include energy improvements that do all of the following:
(1) Provide net financial benefits, inclusive of rent and utility costs.
(2) Provide health benefits to tenants in low-income multifamily properties.
(3) Provide increased indoor air quality and address asthma or respiratory issues triggered by mold and moisture.
(c) Create mechanisms for enforcing state energy upgrade program requirements to maintain the affordability of benefiting units to low-income tenants.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 754, Sec. 2. (AB 1232) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 8 - Department of Community Services and Development › Section 12087.10.

12087.10. The department, in coordination with relevant agencies, shall provide an assessment of the effectiveness of the program on or before January 1, 2023. The assessment shall contain all of the following:
(a) A compilation of actual rates of rent increases and of tenant long-term relocation or eviction, for any reason, after energy upgrades received with the goal of better enforcing or adjusting affordability contracts and measures.
(b) A summary of the total number of properties that are not regulated by deed restrictions or other legally binding provisions that are below market rate multifamily affordable housing participating in the program, the marketing and outreach efforts of the department or the appropriate administrator pursued for this market segment, and the reasons given for nonparticipation, if any.
(c) In coordination with participating public health programs, a database of conditions found in homes that impact or could impact health negatively encountered when doing energy or health audits to track neighborhood hotspots and provide data for environmental screening and social determinants of health tools.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 754, Sec. 3. (AB 1232) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 8 - Department of Community Services and Development › Section 12088.

12088. The Department of Economic Opportunity, a separate, independent entity in state government, is hereby transferred to the Health and Welfare Agency, and renamed the Department of Community Services and Development. The functions, authorities, and responsibilities of the Department of Economic Opportunity with respect to the functions of the department are transferred to the Director of Community Services and Development. All functions, authorities, and responsibilities of the Director of the Department of Economic Opportunity with regard to the functions of the Department of Economic Opportunity are transferred to the Department of Community Services and Development.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 187, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 8 - Department of Community Services and Development › Section 12089.

12089. (a) The Naturalization Services Program is hereby established, to be administered within the Department of Community Services and Development. The department shall administer the Naturalization Services Program to provide funding to community-based organizations to assist legal permanent residents in obtaining citizenship. The department shall seek input from stakeholders in designing the methodology for the distribution of funds appropriated for purposes of this section. The Naturalization Services Program shall be implemented to the extent that funds are appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act.
(b) In order to ensure accountability, effectiveness, and accessibility, the Naturalization Services Program shall emphasize both of the following:
(1) Collaboration among grantees and other providers in their region, including the State Department of Education English as a Second Language and civic grantees.
(2) Development of a referral system in each service area to ensure immigrants are informed about adult education, English literacy, and citizenship services in their region.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 515, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 8 - Department of Community Services and Development › Section 12090.

12090. The Department of Community Services and Development shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, land, and other property real or personal held for the benefit or use of the Department of Economic Opportunity.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 187, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 8 - Department of Community Services and Development › Section 12091.

12091. All unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds available to the Department of Economic Opportunity shall be transferred to the Department of Community Services and Development. All funds so transferred shall be for the use and for the purpose for which the appropriation or other funds were originally made available.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 187, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 9 - California Program for Agricultural Employees › Section 12092.

12092. As used in this article, the following terms apply:
(a) “Agricultural employee” has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code.
(b) “Parole” has the same meaning as that term is used in Section 1182(d)(5)(A) of Title 8 of the United States Code, which authorizes the United States Attorney General, on a case-by-case basis, to parole an alien applying for admission to the United States if there is an urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.
(c) “Program” means a program for an agricultural employee to be granted parole.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 636, Sec. 2. (SB 831) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 9 - California Program for Agricultural Employees › Section 12092.1.

12092.1. To address the state’s critical need for labor provided by agricultural employees, and the economic harm California faces from the uncertainty surrounding the immigration status of the state’s agricultural employee workforce, the Governor, on behalf of this state, may enter into an agreement with the United States Attorney General, or the United States Attorney General’s designee, to establish a program for the United States Attorney General, or the United States Attorney General’s designee, to grant an agricultural employee, living in the state, parole.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 636, Sec. 2. (SB 831) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1 - Governor › ARTICLE 9 - California Program for Agricultural Employees › Section 12092.2.

12092.2. Subject to the implementation of the program, on the third year of the renewal of the program, the Governor shall prepare a report to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795, on the impact of the program on all of the following:
(a) The state’s critical need for labor provided by agricultural employees.
(b) The state’s ability to attract and maintain its agricultural employee workforce.
(c) Other effects on the state’s economy.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 636, Sec. 2. (SB 831) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 1.6 - Governor s Office of Business and Economic Development › Section 12096.

12096. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Economic Revitalization Act.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 475, Sec. 2. (AB 29) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 2 - The Lieutenant Governor › ARTICLE 1 - Duties › Section 12101.

12101. The Lieutenant Governor may appoint and, subject to the approval of the Director of Finance, fix the salaries of one secretary and such clerical assistants as the Lieutenant Governor deems necessary for the Lieutenant Governor’s office.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 33. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 12152.

12152. (a) To assist in the discharge of the duties of the Secretary of State’s office, the Secretary of State may appoint one Assistant Secretary of State, whose powers, duties, and liabilities shall be those of a deputy, and any deputies and clerical, expert, technical, and other assistants necessary for the proper conduct of the Secretary of State’s office. The Assistant Secretary of State and all deputies are civil executive officers.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but consistent with Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution and with subdivision (a) of this section, the Governor shall appoint four employees of the Secretary of State’s office, who may be nominated by the Secretary of State, and who are exempt from state civil service.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 34. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 12153.

12153. The Secretary of State shall appoint a competent person to the position of Chief of Archives.
In case of the appointee’s absence or inability to perform the duties of the Chief of Archives, the Secretary of State shall designate some other competent person to act in the Chief of Archive’s place.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 35. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12159.

12159. The Secretary of State shall keep a correct record of the official acts of the legislative and executive departments of the government, and shall, when required, lay the same and all matters relative thereto before either branch of the Legislature, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned by law.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 36. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12160.

12160. The Secretary of State is charged with custody of:
(a) The enrolled copy of the Constitution.
(b) All acts and resolutions passed by the Legislature.
(c) The Journals of the Legislature.
(d) The Great Seal.
(e) All books, records, deeds, parchments, maps, and papers, kept or deposited in the Secretary of State’s office pursuant to law.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 37. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12161.

12161. The Secretary of State shall attend at every session of the Legislature, for the purpose of receiving bills and resolutions and perform such other duties as may be devolved upon the Secretary of State by resolution of the two houses, or either of them.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 38. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12162.

12162. The Secretary of State shall keep a register and attest the official acts of the Governor and shall affix the Great Seal, with the Secretary’s attestation, to commissions, pardons, and other public instruments, to which the official signature of the Governor is required.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 39. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12163.

12163. The Secretary of State shall receive and record in proper books the official bonds of all officers whose bonds are required by law to be filed with the Secretary of State.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 40. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12164.

12164. The Secretary of State shall record all conveyances made to the state, except (1) evidences of title acquired for state highway purposes and retained by the Department of Transportation, and (2) conveyances of tax-sold property.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 41.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12165.

12165. The Secretary of State shall certify and declare the result of all elections upon a question submitted to the electors of the state by either initiative or referendum petition filed in the Secretary’s office and make official declaration of the vote upon each question.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 41. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12166.

12166. Within 100 days after the final adjournment of each session of the Legislature, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the State Printing Office the Secretary’s certificate showing what acts, or sections, or parts of acts of the Legislature are delayed from going into effect by referendum petition properly certified and filed in the Secretary’s office.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 42. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12167.

12167. Within 60 days after the day on which a general election is held throughout the State, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the State Printing Office the Secretary’s certificate showing:
(a) What laws or constitutional amendments, proposed by initiative petition and approved by the people, have gone into operation, and the date of going into operation.
(b) The result of all elections upon a question submitted to the electors of the State by initiative or referendum petition within the preceding two years.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 43. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12168.

12168. On demand, the Secretary of State shall furnish, to a person paying the fees therefor, a certified copy of all or any part of a law, record, or other instrument filed, deposited, or recorded in the Secretary’s office.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 44. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12168.5.

12168.5. (a) When not inconsistent with other provisions of law, in lieu of filing or recording documents presented in paper format, the Secretary of State may adopt rules and regulations to authorize the electronic filing, including filing by facsimile, of a document required to be filed with the Secretary of State under an act administered by the Secretary of State. The rules and regulations may set forth standards for the acceptance of a signature in a form other than the proper handwriting of the person filing a document that requires the person’s signature. A signature on a document electronically filed or filed by facsimile in accordance with those rules and regulations is prima facie evidence for all purposes that the document actually was signed by the person whose signature appears on the electronically filed document or facsimile.
The filing or recording shall constitute a unique computerized informational record. The record need not be retained in the form in which it is received, if the technology used to retain the record results in a permanent record that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes in the original document and from which an accurate image may be created during the period for which the record is required to be retained.
The filing officer may employ a system of microphotography, optical disk, or reproduction by other techniques that do not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 7550.5, the Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the Legislature at the commencement of the public comment period required under Article 5 (commencing with Section 11346) of Chapter 3.5 of Part 1 a report of, and a copy of, rules and regulations proposed pursuant to subdivision (a) to authorize the electronic filing, including filing by facsimile, of documents required to be filed with the Secretary of State.
(c) All film used in the microphotography process shall comply with minimum standards of quality approved by the United States Bureau of Standards and the American National Standards Institute. A true copy of the microfilm, optical disk, or other storage medium shall be kept in a safe and separate place for security purposes. A reproduction of a document filed, recorded, stored, or retained on microfilm, optical disk, or by other technology pursuant to this section shall be as admissible in a court as the original itself.
The Secretary of State shall obtain the approval of the Fair Political Practices Commission before applying this section to a filing or recording under the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000)).
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 45. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12169.

12169. The Secretary of State shall file in the Secretary’s office descriptions of seals in use by the different state officers and furnish those officers with new seals whenever required.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 46. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12170.

12170. On or before the 15th day of September in each even numbered year, the Secretary of State shall report to the Governor a detailed account of all of the Secretary of State’s official actions since the Secretary’s previous report. The report shall be accompanied with a detailed statement, under oath, of the manner in which all appropriations for the Secretary’s office have been expended.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 47. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12171.

12171. The Secretary of State shall compile and maintain a complete list of all districts for which certificates or copies of orders, ordinances or resolutions declaring districts formed or organized have been filed. This list shall contain the name of each district, the date of formation, and the county or counties in which the district is located.
The list of districts, and all certificates, maps, or copies of orders, ordinances or resolutions filed with the Secretary of State in connection with the formation, change of boundaries, merger, consolidation, or dissolution of districts, shall be open to inspection by the public.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12172.

12172. The Secretary of State shall, upon the request of the proponents of an initiative measure which is to be submitted to the voters of the state, review the provisions of the initiative measure after it is prepared prior to its circulation. In conducting the review, the Secretary of State shall do both of the following:
(a) Analyze and comment on the provisions of the measure with respect to form and language clarity.
(b) Request and obtain a statement of fiscal impact from the Legislative Analyst.
The Legislative Analyst shall furnish the Secretary of State with a statement of fiscal impact with respect to the initiative measure within 25 working days after being requested to do so by the Secretary of State pursuant to subdivision (b).
In the preparation of the statement of fiscal impact, the Legislative Analyst may use the fiscal estimate or the opinion prepared pursuant to Section 9005 of the Elections Code.
The review performed pursuant to this section shall be for the purpose of suggestion only and shall not have any binding effect on the proponents of the initiative measure.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 3 - Secretary of State › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12172.3.

12172.3. The Secretary of State shall post on the Secretary’s Internet Web site and include in the pamphlet developed pursuant to Section 9018 of the Elections Code, information describing the following services that are available to the proponents of a proposed initiative measure.
(a) The Legislative Counsel’s cooperation in preparing an initiative measure pursuant to Section 10243.
(b) The Secretary’s review of prepared initiatives prior to circulation pursuant to Section 12172.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 168, Sec. 1. (AB 2439) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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12172.5. (a) The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state, and shall administer the provisions of the Elections Code. The Secretary of State shall see that elections are efficiently conducted and that state election laws are enforced. The Secretary of State may require elections officers to make reports concerning elections in their jurisdictions, which may include information about the identity of, and contact information for, the elections official who is responsible for conducting elections in the jurisdiction.
(b) If, at any time, the Secretary of State concludes that state election laws are not being enforced, the Secretary of State shall call the violation to the attention of the district attorney of the county or to the Attorney General. In these instances, the Secretary of State may assist the county elections officer in discharging the officer’s duties.
(c) In order to determine whether an elections law violation has occurred, the Secretary of State may examine voted, unvoted, spoiled, and canceled ballots, vote-counting computer programs, vote by mail ballot envelopes and applications, and supplies referred to in Section 14432 of the Elections Code. The Secretary of State may also examine any other records of elections officials as the Secretary of State finds necessary in making a determination under this subdivision, subject to the restrictions set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 7924.100) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of Division 10 of Title 1.
(d) The Secretary of State may adopt regulations to ensure the uniform application and administration of state election laws.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 169. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
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12172.6. Beginning in the year before the federal decennial census and continuing through the completion of the enumeration activities for that census, the Secretary of State shall include on the secretary’s Internet Web site information designed to educate the public regarding, and encourage participation in, the federal decennial census.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 652, Sec. 4. (AB 2592) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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12172.8. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to affirm and inform every Californian of their right and obligation to participate in the federal decennial census freely and without fear of fraud, intimidation, or harm.
(b) The Secretary of State may work with the California Census Office and the California Complete Count Committee to promulgate a California Census Bill of Rights and Responsibilities no later than February 1, 2020. The Census Bill of Rights and Responsibilities shall affirm the rights of all Californians to all of the following:
(1) To participate in the federal decennial census free of threat or intimidation.
(2) To confidentiality of the information provided in the census form.
(3) To respond to the census by means of the their chosen modality, either electronically, on paper, or by telephone.
(4) To request language assistance.
(5) To verify the identity of a census worker.
(c) The Secretary of State shall translate the California Census Bill of Rights in languages other than English, consistent with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 10503).
(d) The California Census Office may make the California Census Bill of Rights available on its internet website and available for inclusion on city and county census internet websites and census questionnaire assistance center internet websites.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 831, Sec. 1. (AB 1563) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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12173. (a) The Secretary of State’s office shall develop a program to utilize electronic communications and enhance the availability and accessibility of information on statewide candidates and ballot initiatives. This includes making information available online as well as through other information processing technology.
(b) The Secretary of State may electronically send all of the following election information to a voter:
(1) The date of the election.
(2) The voter registration deadline.
(3) Other information that assists the voter in registering to vote or casting a ballot.
(4) Information contained within the state voter information guide pursuant to Section 9082.7.
(c) The Secretary of State may send the information identified in subdivision (b) using one or both of the following methods:
(1) By electronic mail if the Secretary of State has the voter’s email address and provides the voter with an opportunity to opt out of receiving communications.
(2) By text message to the voter’s electronic device if the voter has consented to receiving text messages and the voter has been provided with an opportunity to opt out of receiving communications.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 656, Sec. 6. (AB 606) Effective January 1, 2018.)
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12175. The Secretary of State shall keep a fee book. There shall be entered in the book all fees, commissions, and compensation of whatever nature or kind that are earned, collected, or charged, with the date, name of payer, paid or not paid, and the nature of the service in each case. The book shall be verified annually by the Secretary of State’s affidavit entered therein.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1000, Sec. 46. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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12176. (a) Commencing July 1, 1992, all fees collected by the Secretary of State’s office pursuant to the Business and Professions Code, Civil Code, Code of Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, Corporations Code, Food and Agricultural Code, Harbors and Navigation Code, and this code, excluding Section 81008 of this code, shall be paid into the Secretary of State’s Business Fees Fund which was created by former Section 12181 and is hereby continued in existence in the State Treasury for the administration of that portion of the Secretary of State’s functions under these codes.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys deposited into the Secretary of State’s Business Fees Fund shall be used to support the programs from which fees are collected. It is further the intent of the Legislature that fees shall be sufficient to cover the costs of these programs and shall be expended, commencing in the 1992-93 fiscal year, to the extent that appropriations are made in the annual Budget Act. Of the fees collected, and any interest earned thereon, in excess of the authority of the Secretary of State to expend pursuant to the annual Budget Act, up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) may remain in the Secretary of State’s Business Fee Fund. Any additional excess fees and interest earned shall be transferred to the General Fund at the end of each fiscal year.
At least weekly, all fees collected by the Secretary of State shall be paid into the State Treasury.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1117, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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12177. For services performed in the Secretary’s office, the Secretary of State shall charge and collect the fees fixed in this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 49. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
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12178. No Member of the Legislature or state officer shall be charged for a search relative to matters appertaining to the duties of the Member’s or officer’s office, nor shall a Member of the Legislature or state officer be charged a fee for a certified copy of a law or resolution passed by the Legislature relative to the Member’s or officer’s official duties.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 50. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
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12178.1. (a) Except for copies of documents on file prepared pursuant to Section 12182, the fee for preparing a copy of any law, resolution, record, or other document on file in the office of the Secretary of State, is one dollar ($1) for the first page, and fifty cents ($0.50) for each additional page.
(b) Except for copies of documents on file prepared pursuant to subdivision (a), the Secretary of State shall provide compilations, indexes, extracts, or summaries of information, including computer information, contained in the public records of the Secretary of State at a charge sufficient to recover costs. Except where a fee or charge is prescribed by statute, the fee or charge imposed pursuant to this subdivision shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) per inquiry.
(c) The Secretary of State may enter into contracts to provide information and copies and access to information, including direct access to computer information. The contracts may include reasonable conditions for access to information. The amounts payable pursuant to these contracts shall be sufficient to recover costs.
(d) The Secretary of State may require persons and firms regularly using the research facilities of the Secretary of State to use those research facilities only pursuant to a contract under subdivision (c).
(e) All fees, reimbursements, and contract amounts pursuant to this section shall be accounted as Secretary of State expenditure reimbursements.
(f) Fees for special handling pursuant to Section 12182 are in addition to amounts pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 494, Sec. 54. (SB 1532) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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12179. The fee for attesting each patent for land issued by the Governor is one dollar ($1) for each 160 acres, or fraction thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1000, Sec. 51. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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12179.1. The fee for attesting each commission, passport, or other document signed by the Governor is ten dollars ($10).
A fee shall not be charged for attesting pardons, extradition papers, military commissions, and commissions issued to nonsalaried state officers other than notaries public.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1000, Sec. 52. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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12180. The Secretary of State’s office may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to carry out this article, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1000, Sec. 54. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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12181. The Secretary of State’s office may refuse to perform a service or refuse a filing based on a reasonable belief that the service or filing is being requested for an unlawful, false, or fraudulent purpose, to promote or conduct an illegitimate object or purpose, or is being requested or submitted in bad faith or for the purpose of harassing or defrauding a person or entity.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 269, Sec. 8. (AB 75) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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12182. (a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect fees as provided in this article and may also by regulation establish fees to be charged and collected for copying and special handling in connection with filing documents, issuing of certificates, and other services performed by the office.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the fees shall approximate the estimated cost of copying and special handling.
(c) Fees charged for preclearance of documents and expedited filings may be in different amounts, that shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). Those fees may be charged only if the special handling does not cause disruption or delay in the process of normal handling of documents.
(d) Copying and special handling fees shall be paid into the Secretary of State’s Business Fees Fund.
(e) The preclearance or expedited filing of documents by the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s employees pursuant to this section shall be considered discretionary pursuant to Section 820.2.
(f) This section shall become operative commencing July 1, 2014.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 51. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
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12182.1. The Secretary of State shall establish by regulation an application, examination, and commission fee that shall not exceed the amount necessary to cover the costs of commissioning notaries public and the enforcement of laws governing notaries public. The fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per commission.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1000, Sec. 54. Effective January 1, 2000.)