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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3062.

3062. The accusation shall be delivered by the foreman of the grand jury to the district attorney of the county, unless he is the officer accused.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3063.

3063. The district attorney shall have a copy of the accusation served upon the defendant, and by notice in writing shall require the accused to appear before the superior court of the county, at a time stated in the notice, and answer the accusation. Appearance shall not be required in less than 10 days from the service of the notice. After service, the original accusation shall be filed with the clerk of the court.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3064.

3064. The defendant shall appear at the time stated in the notice and answer the accusation, unless for some sufficient cause the court assigns another day for that purpose. If he does not appear, the court may proceed to hear and determine the accusation in his absence.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3065.

3065. The defendant may answer the accusation either by objecting to its sufficiency or any article therein, or by denying the truth of the accusation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3066.

3066. If he objects to the legal sufficiency of the accusation, the objection shall be in writing. The objection need not be in any specific form. It is sufficient if it presents intelligibly the grounds of the objection.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3067.

3067. If he denies the truth of the accusation, the denial may be oral and without oath. The denial shall be entered upon the minutes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3068.

3068. If an objection to the sufficiency of the accusation is not sustained, the defendant shall answer thereto forthwith.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3069.

3069. If the defendant pleads guilty, or refuses to answer the accusation, the court shall render judgment of conviction against him. If he denies the matters charged, the court shall immediately, or at such time as it appoints, try the accusation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3070.

3070. The trial shall be by a jury, and conducted in all respects in the same manner as the trial of an indictment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3071.

3071. The district attorney and the defendant are each entitled to such process as is necessary to enforce the attendance of witnesses as upon a trial of an indictment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3072.

3072. Upon a conviction and at the time appointed by the court it shall pronounce judgment that the defendant be removed from office. To warrant a removal, the judgment shall be entered upon the minutes, and the causes of removal shall be assigned therein.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3073.

3073. The same proceedings may be had on like grounds for the removal of a district attorney, except that the accusation shall be delivered by the foreman of the grand jury to the clerk, and by him to a judge of the superior court of the county. The judge shall appoint a person to act as prosecuting officer in the matter, or place the accusation in the hands of the district attorney of an adjoining county, and require him to conduct the proceedings.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3074.

3074. Any officer subject to removal pursuant to this article may be removed from office for willful or corrupt misconduct in office occurring at any time within the six years immediately preceding the presentation of an accusation by the grand jury.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 702.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Removal from Office › ARTICLE 3 - Removal Other Than by Impeachment › Section 3075.

3075. In a proceeding under this article, appeal is to the court of appeal.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 178. Effective September 28, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8 - Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees › Section 3100.

3100. It is hereby declared that the protection of the health and safety and preservation of the lives and property of the people of the state from the effects of natural, manmade, or war-caused emergencies which result in conditions of disaster or in extreme peril to life, property, and resources is of paramount state importance requiring the responsible efforts of public and private agencies and individual citizens. In furtherance of the exercise of the police power of the state in protection of its citizens and resources, all public employees are hereby declared to be disaster service workers subject to such disaster service activities as may be assigned to them by their superiors or by law.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 38.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8 - Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees › Section 3101.

3101. For the purpose of this chapter the term “disaster service worker” includes all public employees and all volunteers in any disaster council or emergency organization accredited by the Office of Emergency Services. The term “public employees” includes all persons employed by the state or any county, city, city and county, state agency, or public district, excluding a person who is legally employed but who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 29. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8 - Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees › Section 3102.

3102. (a) All disaster service workers shall, before they enter upon the duties of their employment, take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter.
(b) In the case of intermittent, temporary, emergency or successive employments, then in the discretion of the employing agency, an oath taken and subscribed as required by this chapter shall be effective for the purposes of this chapter for all successive periods of employment which commence within one calendar year from the date of that subscription.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the oath taken and subscribed by a person who is a member of an emergency organization sanctioned by a state agency or an accredited disaster council, whose members are duly enrolled or registered with the Office of Emergency Services, or any accredited disaster council of any political subdivision, shall be effective for the period the person remains a member with that organization.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 105. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8 - Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees › Section 3103.

3103. The oath or affirmation required by this chapter is the oath or affirmation set forth in Section 3 of Article XX of the Constitution of California.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1250.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8 - Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees › Section 3104.

3104. The oath or affirmation may be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths. The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker may be taken before his appointing power or before any person authorized in writing by his appointing power.
No fee shall be charged by any person before whom the oath or affirmation is taken and subscribed.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 38.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8 - Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees › Section 3105.

3105. (a) The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker of the state shall be filed as prescribed by State Personnel Board rule within 30 days of the date on which it is taken and subscribed.
(b) The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker of any county shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county or in the official department personnel file of the county employee who is designated as a disaster service worker.
(c) The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker of any city shall be filed in the office of the city clerk of the city.
(d) The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker of any other public agency, including any district, shall be filed with any officer or employee of the agency that may be designated by the agency.
(e) (1) In its discretion, the board of supervisors of a county may require every disaster service worker of that county who legally changes their name, within 10 days from the date of the change, to file a new oath or affirmation in the same manner as the original filing. The county may maintain a record of each person so required to file a new oath of office indicating whether or not the person has complied. Any record maintained pursuant to this paragraph is a public record subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000)).
(2) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 3108 and 3109, failure of a disaster service worker to file a new oath of office required by the board of supervisors pursuant to this subdivision shall not be punishable as a crime.
(f) The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker may be destroyed without duplication five years after the termination of the disaster service worker’s service or, in the case of a public employee, five years after the termination of the employee’s employment.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 137. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8 - Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees › Section 3106.

3106. Compliance with this chapter shall, as to state employees, be deemed full compliance with Chapter 4, Part 1, Division 5, Title 2 of this code, requiring taking of oaths by state employees.
(Added by Stats. 1950, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 7.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8 - Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees › Section 3107.

3107. No compensation nor reimbursement for expenses incurred shall be paid to any disaster service worker by any public agency unless such disaster service worker has taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter. It shall be the duty of the person certifying to public payrolls to ascertain and certify that such disaster service worker has taken such oath or affirmation. Whenever there is more than one officer certifying to public payrolls the governing body of a city or county or school district may designate and make it the duty of a certain officer or officers to ascertain and certify that such disaster service worker has taken such oath or affirmation. The governing body of a city or county or school district may designate and make it the duty of a local disaster service officer to ascertain and certify that each volunteer disaster service worker has taken such oath or affirmation.
Nothing in this chapter, however, shall prevent the correction of any technical error or deficiency in an oath taken pursuant to this chapter; provided, such correction is made before the disaster service worker is actually paid or reimbursed.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 38.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8 - Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees › Section 3108.

3108. Every person who, while taking and subscribing to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, states as true any material matter which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of perjury, and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 126. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8 - Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees › Section 3109.

3109. Every person having taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, who, while in the employ of, or service with, the state or any county, city, city and county, state agency, public district, or disaster council or emergency organization advocates or becomes a member of any party or organization, political or otherwise, that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States by force or violence or other unlawful means, is guilty of a felony, and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 127. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8.5 - Volunteers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 3111.

3111. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Volunteer” means any person who, of his own free will, provides goods or services, without any financial gain, to any state agency, as defined in Section 11000;
(b) “Administrative volunteer” means any person serving voluntarily on boards, commissions or other similar bodies with California state government; and
(c) “Direct service volunteer” means any person involved in specific volunteer service that includes one to one relationships or assistance to recipients of government services.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1195.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8.5 - Volunteers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 3112.

3112. The Legislature finds and declares that:
(a) Since the spirit of volunteerism has long animated generations of Americans to give of their time and abilities to help others, the state would be wise to make use of volunteers in state service wherever practically possible.
(b) The spirit of citizen initiative and self-reliance that has prevailed throughout the United States for over the past two centuries needs to be recognized and fostered whenever possible in meeting the basic human needs in the state.
(c) In every community or neighborhood there are individuals who, by their personality, concern, experience, commitment, and training, can serve as citizen action leaders.
(d) There presently exists sufficient resources to assist citizen action efforts. There are an infinite number of skilled, experienced community groups, and volunteer organizations available to help mobilize citizen initiatives. Such groups include business and fraternal organizations, churches, women’s organizations, voluntary action centers, schools and other community organizations in both the public and private sectors.
(e) Legal and market disincentives and impediments need to be eliminated in order to establish an optimum environment for citizen initiative and volunteer action.
(f) There is a need for a clearinghouse, to provide information concerning resources and alternatives to foster self-reliance and citizen action.
(g) It is not the intent of the Legislature that volunteers replace or supplant public employees, where such employees are providing services deemed necessary for the government to perform, but that they add new dimensions to providing of governmental services.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1195.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8.5 - Volunteers › ARTICLE 3 - Volunteers › Section 3118.

3118. All volunteers shall comply with applicable department and other state policy and regulations. It shall be the responsibility of the state department in which a volunteer participates to insure this compliance.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1195.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8.5 - Volunteers › ARTICLE 3 - Volunteers › Section 3119.

3119. Each state department or division is hereby authorized to utilize the services of volunteers. Each state department or division utilizing the services of volunteers shall:
(a) Provide sufficient staff for the effective management and development of volunteer programs.
(b) Develop written rules governing job descriptions, recruitments, screening, training, responsibility, utilization, supervision, and insurance of volunteers.
(c) Take such actions as are necessary to insure that volunteers understand their duties and responsibilities.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1195.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8.5 - Volunteers › ARTICLE 3 - Volunteers › Section 3119.1.

3119.1. The provisions of this article shall not apply to the Department of Aging’s use of volunteers, pursuant to the provisions of Titles III (42 U.S.C. 3021 and following), V (42 U.S.C. 3041 and following), and VII (42 U.S.C. 3045 and following) of the Older Americans Act.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1195.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 8.5 - Volunteers › ARTICLE 4 - Senior Volunteers › Section 3119.5.

3119.5. Notwithstanding Section 3118, any state or local agency that chooses to utilize volunteers shall implement a policy whereby no person aged 60 years or older may be excluded from volunteer service if the person is physically, mentally, and professionally capable of performing the services involved. A person shall be deemed professionally capable if he or she can demonstrate reasonable proficiency or relevant certification and performs his or her professional duties in accordance with laws, regulations, or technical standards governing his or her area of volunteer responsibility.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9 - Travel Insurance of Officers and Employees › Section 3120.

3120. As used herein “local agency” means a county, city and county, city, school district, office of county superintendent of schools, or other special district.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 938.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9 - Travel Insurance of Officers and Employees › Section 3121.

3121. Any local agency may, subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the legislative body thereof, insure its officers, directors, deputies, assistants, employees and agents for injury or death incurred while traveling on the business of the agency and the cost of such insurance shall be a proper charge against the local agency. Proceeds of such a policy shall be payable to a beneficiary named by the person insured or, if none is named, to his estate.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 454.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9 - Travel Insurance of Officers and Employees › Section 3122.

3122. The travel insurance authorized by this chapter shall be in addition to any compensation secured under Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code and inuring to the benefit of the officer, deputy, assistant, employee or agent, or his or her beneficiary or heir.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 36.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9 - Travel Insurance of Officers and Employees › Section 3123.

3123. The office of county superintendent of schools may carry a master policy for travel insurance on behalf of the school districts of the county.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 37.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.1 - Public Transit Employer Obligations › Section 3125.

3125. For the purposes of this chapter:
(a) “Autonomous transit vehicle technology” means technology that has the capability to drive a vehicle without the active physical control by a human operator.
(b) “Plan to acquire or deploy” includes any public notification that initiates acquisition or deployment of autonomous transit vehicle technology.
(c) “Procurement process” means the issuance of a request for proposals, a solicitation of proposals, or a request for quotations.
(d) “Public transit employer” means any local governmental agency, including any city, county, city and county, special district, transit district, or joint powers authority, that provides public transit services within the state.
(e) “Public transit services” means the provision of passenger transportation services by the public transit employer to the general public, including paratransit service.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 419, Sec. 1. (AB 96) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.1 - Public Transit Employer Obligations › Section 3126.

3126. (a) At least 10 months before beginning a procurement process to acquire or deploy any autonomous transit vehicle technology for public transit services that would eliminate job functions or jobs of the workforce, a public transit employer shall notify, in writing, the exclusive employee representative of the workforce affected by the autonomous transit vehicle technology of its determination to begin that procurement process.
(b) Nothing in this section shall supersede the exclusive employee representative’s right to disclosure of information by the public transit employer pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000)).
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 419, Sec. 1. (AB 96) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.1 - Public Transit Employer Obligations › Section 3127.

3127. (a) Upon a written request by the exclusive employee representative, the public transit employer and exclusive employee representative shall commence collective bargaining within 30 days of the exclusive employee representative receiving the notification required by subdivision (a) of Section 3126 or within 10 days of the public transit employer receiving the written request, whichever occurs later.
(b) The exclusive employee representative and the public transit employer shall only bargain over the following subjects, or related mandatory subjects of bargaining:
(1) Developing the new autonomous transit vehicle technology.
(2) Implementing the new autonomous transit vehicle technology.
(3) Creating a transition plan for affected workers.
(4) Creating plans to train and prepare the affected workforce to fill new positions created by a new autonomous transit vehicle technology.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 419, Sec. 1. (AB 96) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.1 - Public Transit Employer Obligations › Section 3128.

3128. This chapter shall not be construed as creating any labor requirements that are less protective of employees than any labor requirements created pursuant to statute or a collective bargaining agreement.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 419, Sec. 1. (AB 96) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.1 - Public Transit Employer Obligations › Section 3129.

3129. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 419, Sec. 1. (AB 96) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.1 - Public Transit Employer Obligations › Section 3130.

3130. The Public Employment Relations Board shall have jurisdiction to process unfair practice charges alleging violations of this chapter, but only as to transit district employers where the board has jurisdiction to process unfair practice charges. Should an employee organization file an unfair practice charge with the board under this chapter, the powers and duties of the board described in Section 3541.3 shall apply, as appropriate, to this chapter, and the regulations of the board shall apply to this chapter. The board shall perform its duties under this section consistent with its regulations and may make additional regulations. The board may also adopt, amend, or repeal all rules and regulations necessary to carry out this chapter as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2). The adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations pursuant to this section is conclusively presumed to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare within the meaning of Section 11346.1.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 419, Sec. 1. (AB 96) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.4 - Public Employee Health Protection Act › Section 3140.

3140. The Legislature finds as follows:
(a) Public employers, including the state and the University of California, are among the largest employers in the state, offering medical and other health care benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees and their family members. Employers typically contribute all or part of the premium cost for employees and their dependent family members; employees may also contribute part of their pay to cover the premium cost.
(b) Many of California’s large employers, including the state, counties, municipalities, and the University of California, operate hospitals, medical clinics, and other health care delivery systems. To protect public health, staff at these medical facilities should have uninterrupted access to health care services.
(c) Employers have previously threatened to or actually suspended their health care insurance contributions for striking employees, which upends workers’ and their family members’ access to health services.
(d) Even a temporary lapse of health insurance coverage can have ripple effects on working families, their surrounding communities, and public health.
(e) Working people and their family members who are denied access to their doctors, prescriptions, and necessary treatment during a strike may go without care, enroll in a publicly financed safety net plan, or seek uncompensated care, typically from public health care providers.
(f) The COVID-19 pandemic has strained California’s public health safety net programs, and future federal funding for the Medi-Cal program is in jeopardy.
(g) It is a matter of statewide concern that access to health and other medical care continue and that employers not suspend coverage or their contributions towards premiums for workers or their dependent family members during a strike.
(h) It is also a matter of statewide concern that the temporary loss of coverage during a strike harms not only the striking worker, but also harms dependent family members and the surrounding community, and further strains the already stretched public social safety net on which so many people depend.
(i) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to prohibit the activities referenced in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 740, Sec. 1. (AB 237) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.4 - Public Employee Health Protection Act › Section 3141.

3141. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Authorized strike” means a strike sanctioned by the central labor council or the membership of an employee organization that represents the striking employees, or one that is engaged in by unrepresented employees.
(b) “Covered employer” includes any public employer, including, but not limited to, those identified in subdivision (c) of Section 3552, that offers health care or other medical coverage for nonoccupational injuries or illness to its employees.
(c) “Dependent” means a person who receives health care or other medical coverage based on their relationship to an employee of a covered employer, such as an employee’s spouse, domestic partner, child, or other family member.
(d) “Health care or other medical coverage” includes medical, behavioral health, dental, vision, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, life, and supplemental health insurance benefits provided through any governmental plan, as defined in 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1002(32).
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 740, Sec. 1. (AB 237) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.4 - Public Employee Health Protection Act › Section 3142.

3142. (a) It shall be an unfair practice for a covered employer to do any of the following:
(1) Fail or refuse to maintain and pay for continued health care or other medical coverage for an enrolled employee or their enrolled dependents, for the duration of the enrolled employee’s participation in an authorized strike, at the level and under the conditions that coverage would have been provided if the employee had continued to work in their position for the duration of the strike.
(2) Fail to collect and remit the employee’s contributions, if any, to this coverage.
(3) Maintain any policy purporting to authorize any action prohibited by this section or otherwise threaten an employee’s or their dependents’ continued access to health and other medical care during or as a result of the employee’s participation in a strike.
(b) Any health or other medical care premiums, contributions, or out-of-pocket expenses actually paid by the employee or their dependents as a result of the employer’s violation of this section, or because the employer failed to ensure continued coverage during a strike, shall be restored along with any other equitable adjustments necessary and proper under the circumstances to ensure that the employee and their dependents are made whole.
(c) The Public Employment Relations Board shall have jurisdiction over any violation of this chapter as an unfair practice. The powers and duties of the board described in Section 3541.3 of the Government Code shall apply, as appropriate, to this chapter.
(d) This chapter shall be construed liberally to effectuate its purposes, to protect employees’ access to health care during a labor dispute and to preserve state resources, to the fullest extent not preempted by federal law.
(e) The provisions of this chapter apply in addition to any other protections provided to employees under any memorandum of understanding or under any state or local law.
(f) The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(g) This chapter is declaratory of, and clarifies, existing law by making some of the prohibitions and applicable remedies available under current law explicit in statute. This chapter does not limit any retaliation or discrimination protections workers may have under the law.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 740, Sec. 1. (AB 237) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Political Activities of Public Employees › Section 3201.

3201. The Legislature finds that political activities of public employees are of significant statewide concern. The provisions of this chapter shall supersede all provisions on this subject in the general law of this state or any city, county, or city and county charter except as provided in Section 3207.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1422.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Political Activities of Public Employees › Section 3202.

3202. This chapter applies to all officers and employees of a state or local agency.
(a) “Local agency” means a county, city, city and county, political subdivision, district other than a school district, or municipal corporation. Officers and employees of a given local agency include officers and employees of any other local agency whose principal duties consist of providing services to the given local agency.
(b) “State agency” means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, superior court, court of appeal, the Supreme Court, the California State University, the University of California, and the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 175.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Political Activities of Public Employees › Section 3203.

3203. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or as necessary to meet requirements of federal law as it pertains to a particular employee or employees, no restriction shall be placed on the political activities of any officer or employee of a state or local agency.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1422.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Political Activities of Public Employees › Section 3204.

3204. No one who holds, or who is seeking election or appointment to, any office or employment in a state or local agency shall, directly or indirectly, use, promise, threaten or attempt to use, any office, authority, or influence, whether then possessed or merely anticipated, to confer upon or secure for any individual person, or to aid or obstruct any individual person in securing, or to prevent any individual person from securing, any position, nomination, confirmation, promotion, or change in compensation or position, within the state or local agency, upon consideration or condition that the vote or political influence or action of such person or another shall be given or used in behalf of, or withheld from, any candidate, officer, or party, or upon any other corrupt condition or consideration. This prohibition shall apply to urging or discouraging the individual employee’s action.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1422.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Political Activities of Public Employees › Section 3205.

3205. (a) An officer or employee of a local agency shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit a political contribution from an officer or employee of that agency, or from a person on an employment list of that agency, with knowledge that the person from whom the contribution is solicited is an officer or employee of that agency.
(b) A candidate for elective office of a local agency shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit a political contribution from an officer or employee of that agency, or from a person on an employment list of that agency, with knowledge that the person from whom the contribution is solicited is an officer or employee of that agency.
(c) This section shall not prohibit an officer or employee of a local agency, or a candidate for elective office in a local agency, from requesting political contributions from officers or employees of that agency if the solicitation is part of a solicitation made to a significant segment of the public which may include officers or employees of that local agency.
(d) Violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor. The district attorney shall have all authority to prosecute under this section.
(e) For purposes of this section, the term “contribution” shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 82015.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 653, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Political Activities of Public Employees › Section 3205.5.

3205.5. No one who holds, or who is seeking election or appointment to, any office shall, directly or indirectly, offer or arrange for any increase in compensation or salary for an employee of a state or local agency in exchange for, or a promise of, a contribution or loan to any committee controlled directly or indirectly by the person who holds, or who is seeking election or appointment to, an office. A violation of this section is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not exceeding one year, a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 206, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Political Activities of Public Employees › Section 3207.

3207. Any city, county, or city and county charter or, in the absence of a charter provision, the governing body of any local agency and any agency not subject to Section 19251 by establishing rules and regulations, may prohibit or otherwise restrict the following:
(a) Officers and employees engaging in political activity during working hours.
(b) Political activities on the premises of the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1422.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Political Activities of Public Employees › Section 3208.

3208. Except as provided in Section 19990, the limitations set forth in this chapter shall be the only restrictions on the political activities of state employees.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 25.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Political Activities of Public Employees › Section 3209.

3209. Nothing in this chapter prevents an officer or employee of a state or local agency from soliciting or receiving political funds or contributions to promote the passage or defeat of a ballot measure which would affect the rate of pay, hours of work, retirement, civil service, or other working conditions of officers or employees of such state or local agency, except that a state or local agency may prohibit or limit such activities by its employees during their working hours and may prohibit or limit entry into governmental offices for such purposes during working hours.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1422.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.6 - Firefighters › Section 3250.

3250. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 591, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.6 - Firefighters › Section 3251.

3251. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) (1) “Firefighter” means any firefighter employed by a public agency, including, but not limited to, any firefighter who is a paramedic or emergency medical technician, irrespective of rank. “Firefighter” also means an employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection holding a temporary appointment to a firefighter position and employed as a seasonal firefighter.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), “firefighter” does not include an inmate of a state or local correctional agency who performs firefighting or related duties or persons who are subject to Chapter 9.7 (commencing with Section 3300).
(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), this chapter does not apply to any employee who has not successfully completed the probationary period established by the employee’s employer as a condition of employment.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), this chapter shall apply to an employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection holding a temporary appointment to a firefighter position who has commenced employment in a second consecutive fire season with the department even though the person holding this position does not serve a probationary period.
(b) “Public agency” has the meaning given that term by Section 53101.
(c) “Punitive action” means any action that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, reduction in salary, written reprimand, or transfer for purposes of punishment.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 722, Sec. 1. (SB 206) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.6 - Firefighters › Section 3252.

3252. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 3201), or whenever on duty or in uniform, no firefighter shall be prohibited from engaging, or be coerced or required to engage, in political activity.
(b) A firefighter shall not be prohibited from seeking election to, or serving as a member of, the governing board of a school district, or any local agency where the firefighter is not employed, including, but not limited to, any city, county, city and county, or special district, or political subdivision thereof.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 591, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.6 - Firefighters › Section 3254.5.

3254.5. (a) An administrative appeal instituted by a firefighter under this chapter shall be conducted in conformance with rules and procedures adopted by the employing department or licensing or certifying agency that are in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if the employing department is subject to a memorandum of understanding that provides for binding arbitration of administrative appeals, the arbitrator or arbitration panel shall serve as the hearing officer in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 and, notwithstanding any other provision, that hearing officer’s decision shall be binding. However, a memorandum of understanding negotiated with an employing agency shall not control the process for administrative appeals instituted with licensing or certifying agencies. Any administrative appeal instituted with licensing or certifying agencies shall adhere to the requirements prescribed in subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 113. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 9.6 - Firefighters › Section 3254.6.

3254.6. (a) (1) An employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection holding a temporary appointment to a firefighter position, as described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 3251, shall not be terminated for cause without a right to appeal the termination to the State Personnel Board subject to the board’s rules.
(2) The State Personnel Board shall hold a formal evidentiary hearing concerning an appeal under this section, following the same procedure as in state civil service proceedings. The employee shall have the burden of proof to show that the termination was not supported by a preponderance of the evidence or was implemented in bad faith.
(3) If the State Personnel Board finds that cause for termination was not supported by a preponderance of the evidence or that the termination was made in bad faith, the employee shall be entitled to a decision from the board that the termination was without fault. The employee shall also be entitled to reinstatement to the employee’s position within seven days of the board’s decision, if the fire season during which the employee was working has not ended. If the fire season during which the employee was working has ended as of the date of the decision, the employee shall have the right to reemployment to a new temporary appointment for the next fire season, provided the employee meets minimum qualifications for the position and temporary appointments are made. The employee shall not be entitled to back pay.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a property interest in any temporary appointment to a firefighter position or to a permanent position within the state.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 722, Sec. 3. (SB 206) Effective January 1, 2022.)