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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 3 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 10 - Orange County Financial Control › Section 30402.

30402. (a) If a trustee is appointed pursuant to this chapter, all powers granted to the county board of supervisors, including, but not limited to, those powers granted by Section 29530.5, shall be withdrawn and delegated to the trustee. However, the trustee may provide for the continued exercise of all or specified powers by the board of supervisors. Further, the trustee shall oversee the pending case and may exercise the county’s right to file a plan of adjustment.
(b) If at any time, in the discretion of the trustee, after consultation with (1) the specified county officers and the board of supervisors, (2) the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of the County of Orange appointed in the pending case, and (3) the Official Committee of Investment Pool Participants appointed in the investment pools case, the trustee determines that the continued exercise of specified powers by the board of supervisors is not conducive to the most effective action for resolving the pending case, the trustee shall reassume those powers.
(c) Upon termination of the emergency period specified in subdivision (g) of Section 30401 all powers otherwise granted to the board of supervisors shall revert to the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 747, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 3 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 10 - Orange County Financial Control › Section 30403.

30403. (a) The trustee may employ any staff necessary to assist him or her.
(b) To facilitate the appointment of the trustee and the employment of any necessary staff, for the purposes of this section, the trustee is exempt from the requirements of Article 6 (commencing with Section 999) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code and Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the trustee may appoint employees of the state to assist the trustee for up to the duration of the trusteeship. The salary and benefits of the employees shall be established by the trustee and paid by the county. During the time of the appointment, the employees shall be deemed to be employees of the county but shall remain in the same retirement system under the same plan as if the employee had remained an employee of the state. Upon the expiration or termination of the appointment, the employee shall have the right to return to his or her former position, or to a position at substantially the same level as that position, with the state. The time served in the appointment shall be counted for all purposes as if the employee had served that time in his or her former position with the state.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 747, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 3 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 10 - Orange County Financial Control › Section 30404.

30404. (a) The trustee may issue or execute and deliver for and in the name and on behalf of the county, any of the following forms of debt or other obligations:
(1) Notes, tax anticipation warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820), Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 53840), or Article 7.6 (commencing with Section 53850) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.
(2) Grant anticipation notes pursuant to Article 7.7 (commencing with Section 53859) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.
(3) Revenue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.
(4) Refunding bonds pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 53550) or Article 10 (commencing with Section 53570) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.
(5) Certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property and for this purpose may lease property, for and in the name and on behalf of the County of Orange, to or from any other public or private entity.
(b) If the trustee issues notes, tax anticipation warrants, or any other evidence of indebtedness or other obligation pursuant to subdivision (a), the trustee may provide, in the terms of the issuance, for the pledge of any taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts, rents, or other moneys of the county, including moneys deposited in inactive or term deposit accounts, or rights to receive the same, to the extent that the taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts, rents, or other moneys could have been used to pay principal or interest on the issuance. The priority and perfection of the pledge shall be governed by Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 5450) of Division 6 of Title 1.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 747, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 3 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 10 - Orange County Financial Control › Section 30405.

30405. (a) If a trustee is appointed pursuant to this chapter, the trustee may assume and exercise, solely to the extent necessary to prevent denial of confirmation of the plan of adjustment and consistent with the interests of the state to promote the timely confirmation of the plan, the following specified powers of those cities, public districts, or other governmental agencies holding claims against the county based upon investment losses incurred or derived from the failure of the Orange County Investment Pools:
(1) The authority to vote to accept or reject the plan of adjustment filed by the county in the pending case, or to change or withdraw such an acceptance or rejection.
(2) The authority to subordinate or otherwise restructure the claims specified in this subdivision against the county.
(3) The authority to take actions in the pending case that are consistent with the timely confirmation of the plan.
(4) Other powers that are necessary and proper to execute the authority conferred by this section.
(b) In exercising the authority conferred by subdivision (a), the trustee shall be serving the public purpose of a speedy and just resolution to the pending case. To that end, the trustee shall not act in a manner inconsistent with the fair treatment of any parties subject to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 747, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 3 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 10 - Orange County Financial Control › Section 30406.

30406. 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.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 747, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31000.

31000. The board of supervisors may contract for special services on behalf of the following public entities: the county, any county officer or department, or any district or court in the county. Such contracts shall be with persons specially trained, experienced, expert and competent to perform the special services. The special services shall consist of services, advice, education or training for such public entities or the employees thereof. The special services shall be in financial, economic, accounting (including the preparation and issuance of payroll checks or warrants), engineering, legal, medical, therapeutic, administrative, architectural, airport or building security matters, laundry services or linen services. They may include maintenance or custodial matters if the board finds that the site is remote from available county employee resources and that the county’s economic interests are served by such a contract rather than by paying additional travel and subsistence expenses to existing county employees. The board may pay from any available funds such compensation as it deems proper for these special services. The board of supervisors may, by ordinance, direct the purchasing agent to enter into contracts authorized by this section within the monetary limit specified in Section 25502.5 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 564.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31000.1.

31000.1. The board of supervisors may appoint commissions or committees of citizens to study problems of general or special interest to the board and to make reports and recommendations to the board. The members of such commissions need not be specially trained or experienced with respect to the matters to be studied. The board may pay from any available funds such actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging, and meals for the members of such commissions while on official business as may be approved by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1496.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31000.11.

31000.11. (a) Each county shall develop a program that gives a preference to qualified applicants who are members of a disadvantaged group for the hiring of internship and student positions. The county shall determine the criteria for county agencies to participate in the program in accordance with this section.
(b) Any application for an internship or student assistant position with a county agency participating in the hiring preference program shall allow the applicant to identify that the applicant is eligible for a preference under this section, but the application shall not require the applicant to identify the specific category that entitles him or her for eligibility.
(c) The preferred selection process shall include an assessment of the applicant’s ability to perform the duties of the desired position.
(d) For the purpose of this section, the following terms apply:
(1) “Disadvantaged groups” includes, but is not limited to, foster youth, homeless youth, formerly homeless youth, and formerly incarcerated youth.
(2) “Foster youth” means any individual who meets, or has ever met, either of the following criteria:
(A) A child who was the subject of a petition filed pursuant to Section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and was removed from his or her home by the juvenile court pursuant to Section 319 or 361 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(B) A child who was the subject of a petition filed pursuant to Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and was removed from his or her home by the juvenile court pursuant to Section 727 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(3) “Homeless youth” means an applicant up to 26 years of age who has been verified as a homeless child or youth, as defined in subsection (2) of Section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), by a homeless services provider, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 103577 of the Health and Safety Code.
(4) “Formerly homeless youth” means an individual up to 26 years of age who was previously a homeless youth.
(5) “Formerly incarcerated youth” means an individual who has been sentenced to be incarcerated in, or in the custody of, the Division of Adult Operations in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or county jail and released from that incarceration or custody before the individual attained 21 years of age.
(6) “Preference” means priority over similarly qualified applicants for placement in the position.
(e) Nothing in this section creates a right to, or hiring preference for, a permanent civil service position.
(f) This section shall not apply to a charter county.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 878, Sec. 1. (AB 2830) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31000.2.

31000.2. Unless otherwise provided by law, the board of supervisors may provide for the payment of reasonable and necessary expenses of, and of special allowances such as per meeting stipends to, members of commissions, boards, or committees appointed by it, except that no such additional expenses or special allowances shall be paid to such a member who is also a member of the board of supervisors.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 385.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31000.3.

31000.3. Any contract for services entered into by a board of supervisors pursuant to Section 31000 may provide for deferred payment of compensation for services rendered if (a) the terms and conditions under which payment of deferred compensation is to be made are set forth in the contract; and (b) the deferred compensation is deposited with a corporation or association authorized to conduct the business of a trust company in this state; and (c) the deposit of deferred compensation is made pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between the board of supervisors and the depository under which it is agreed that the deferred compensation shall be invested only in such investments, securities, annuities and policies of life insurance as may be agreed upon; and (d) the agreement between the board of supervisors and the depository provides that the deferred compensation and any increment thereto shall be refunded to the board of supervisors if the contractor fails to comply with the terms and conditions specified in the contract of employment.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 354.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31000.4.

31000.4. The board of supervisors may contract with temporary help firms for temporary help to assist county agencies, departments, or offices during any peak load, temporary absence, or emergency other than a labor dispute, provided the board determines that it is in the economic interest of the county to provide such temporary help by contract, rather than employing persons for such purpose. Use of temporary help under this section shall be limited to a period of not to exceed 90 days for any single peak load, temporary absence, or emergency situation.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 917.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31000.5.

31000.5. The board of supervisors may employ technical assistants for the assessor to enable him to secure the necessary maps and plats for the performance of his work. The board may employ such technical assistants, either exclusively for the county or may enter into agreements for the employment of such persons with the board or boards of supervisors of one or more other counties.
The agreement may provide that contributions from the treasuries of the respective counties may be made for the purpose of paying the compensation and expenses of such technical assistants, and the amounts or percentages to be paid by each county. The agreement may be continued for a definite term or until rescinded and may provide for the method of rescission by any of the contracting counties.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1569.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31000.7.

31000.7. The same law firm shall not be employed to advise or represent both the assessor and the county board of equalization on any matters relating to hearings before the county board of equalization. This prohibition shall not apply to the county counsel’s office. Individual representatives of that office may represent the assessor and the county board of equalization, as long as the same individual does not represent both parties.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1104.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31000.9.

31000.9. (a) In counties containing a population of 6,000,000 or over, the board of supervisors may, by ordinance, authorize county officers having responsibility for the design and construction of county projects to enter into contracts for architectural, engineering, and related services where the amount of the contract does not exceed three hundred thirty thousand dollars ($330,000), and to enter into amendments to those contracts entered into by the board where the amount of any amendment does not exceed 10 percent of the amount of the original contract or three hundred thirty thousand dollars ($330,000), whichever is less. The aggregate total amount of the amendments to an original contract may not exceed 25 percent of the amount of the original contract. Any authorization shall include detailed procedures governing the county officer in the exercise of that authority.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to remove the county’s requirement to follow the applicable provisions of the Public Contract Code as it relates to the advertising of public works projects and award of public works contracts.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 329, Sec. 12. (SB 780) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31001.

31001. The board of supervisors of any county not having a charter which creates the office of county counsel may employ and contract with counsel to assist the district attorney in representing and advising it and all district officers in all matters and questions of law pertaining to their duties and to civil legal questions affecting the county or districts.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1553.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31002.

31002. The board of supervisors may employ copyists to reproduce any county records and indices that are lost or destroyed by conflagration, public calamity, or otherwise or that are in danger of destruction by age, obliteration, or constant use in any of the county offices.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31003.

31003. The board of supervisors may adopt a system of insurance for the benefit of physicians, nurses, and any or all other persons employed in county institutions or county health departments. It may procure life and disability insurance for the benefit of such employees from any admitted insurer and pay the whole or any part of the premiums upon such insurance from the general fund or the salary fund, as part of the compensation of the employees. The board may deduct from the compensation of such employees and apply to the payment of the premiums that part thereof determined by it to be payable by the employees.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31004.

31004. In any county having a charter providing for a civil service system for county employees, the board of supervisors may require any person included within the civil service system to give an official bond in an amount to be prescribed by the board. He may be included with other persons in a schedule bond executed by a qualified corporate surety and inuring to the benefit of the county and of the officer under whom he holds office or employment. The liability of the surety on the schedule bond is not affected by any change of the person holding any principal office or in the membership of any board or commission, but continues as long as any person named in the schedule bond is included therein and continues to exercise the duties of his office or employment.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31005.

31005. The board of supervisors of any county, chartered or otherwise, shall not by ordinance establish any minimum or maximum age limits for any county employment, whether as officer, deputy, or assistant, and age shall not be a minimum qualification for any county employment.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31006.

31006. Any person possessing all the minimum qualifications for any county employment is eligible for appointment to that employment, and neither the board of supervisors nor any other county officer or employee possessing the power of appointment shall adopt any rule, either written or unwritten, prohibiting the employment of any person in any county position, who is otherwise qualified therefor, solely because of his age.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31007.

31007. This part does not require or authorize the employment of any person in a particular county employment who has reached the compulsory retirement age prescribed by a county employees’ retirement system for that particular employment whether such person is a member of such county employees’ retirement system or not.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 84.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31008.

31008. This part does not prevent the board of supervisors from fixing minimum or maximum age limits for the employment of deputy sheriffs and county peace officers or county firemen, nor, while acting directly as the governing body or ex officio governing body of any fire district or fire protection district, from fixing minimum or maximum age limits for the employment of firemen for any such district.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 84.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31009.

31009. Prior to January 1, 1981, an applicant for employment who does not meet the physical standards established for his employment because of a physical impairment existing on the date of his employment may be required by the county as a condition to such employment to execute a waiver of any and all rights to a disability retirement under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 arising as a result of such impairment or any aggravation thereof while in county service. The county shall provide the applicant with written notice of the rights and benefits which such applicant is being required to waive. The applicant shall give written acknowledgement of the receipt of such notice.
No earlier than two years after employment an employee who has waived rights pursuant to this section may apply to the retirement board to review such waiver to determine if it shall remain in force. The employee shall submit a physician’s report concerning the condition for which such a waiver was required with such request for review. The retirement board may require, at county expense, an examination of such employee by a physician of such board’s choosing. The retirement board, following a hearing, may release such employee from all or part of a waiver given pursuant to this section. An employee may not require such a review more often than every two years, although such board in its sole discretion may allow a review at more frequent intervals.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1343.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31010.

31010. The board of supervisors of any county may by resolution establish and provide funds for the operation of a municipal advisory council for any unincorporated area in the county to advise the board on such matters which relate to that area as may be designated by the board concerning services which are or may be provided to the area by the county or other local governmental agencies, including but not limited to advice on matters of public health, safety, welfare, public works, and planning. Unless the board of supervisors specifically provides to the contrary, a municipal advisory council may represent the community to any state, county, city, special district or school district, agency or commission, or any other organization on any matter concerning the community. The board may pay from available funds such actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging, and meals for the members of the council while on such official business as may be approved by the board.
The resolution establishing any such municipal advisory council shall provide for the following:
(a) The name of the municipal advisory council.
(b) The qualifications, number, and method of selection of its members, whether by election or appointment.
(c) Its designated powers and duties.
(d) The unincorporated area or areas for which the municipal advisory council is established.
(e) Whether the establishment of the council should be submitted to the voters and the method for such submission; provided that if an election is required pursuant to subdivision (b), such election shall be held at the same time as an election held pursuant to this subdivision.
(f) Such other rules, regulations and procedures as may be necessary in connection with the establishment and operation of the municipal advisory council.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 41.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31010.5.

31010.5. (a) Service as a member of a governing board of a special district named in subdivision (b) shall not be considered an incompatible office with service on a municipal advisory council established pursuant to Section 31010.
(b) (1) A community services district established pursuant to the Community Services District Law (Division 3 (commencing with Section 61000) of Title 6).
(2) A recreation and park district established pursuant to the Recreation and Park District Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5780) of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code).
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 5. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 31011.

31011. Every employee has the right to inspect personnel records pursuant to Section 1198.5 of the Labor Code.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 886, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31101.

31101. This part does not limit any powers conferred on any county by charter or any powers conferred on boards of supervisors of counties by subdivision (b) of Section 1 or Section 4 of Article XI of the California Constitution.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31103.

31103. The board of supervisors of any county may contract with any other county or city, any state department, or any competent person or agency for the conducting of competitive examinations to ascertain the fitness of applicants for employment and for the performance of any other service in connection with personnel selection and administration.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31105.

31105. The ordinance adopting a civil service system shall not go into effect until the proposition of its approval has been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the county at a general or special election and has received the affirmative vote of a majority of the electors voting on the proposition. The proposition of approval shall call for a “yes” or “no” vote and shall read in substance as follows:
“Shall the resolution of the board of supervisors adopting a limited civil service system under the county civil service enabling law be approved?”
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31105.1.

31105.1. Any ordinance adopting a civil service system which was, prior to the effective date of this section, submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the county at a general or special election and received the affirmative vote of a majority of the electors voting on the proposition for the approval of the ordinance, and all ordinances amending such ordinance, are hereby validated and confirmed and shall have the full legal effect of ordinances adopted by the board of supervisors and approved by the electors in the manner required by law and complying in every respect with laws relating to the adoption and approval of such ordinances, notwithstanding any defect, irregularity, omission or ministerial error in the adoption or approval thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1474.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31105.2.

31105.2. (a) Any ordinance adopting a civil service system that was, prior to the effective date of this section, submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the county at a general or special election and received the affirmative vote of a majority of the electors voting on the proposition for the approval of the ordinance, and all ordinances amending the ordinance, are hereby validated and confirmed and shall have the full legal effect of ordinances adopted by the board of supervisors and approved by the electors in the manner required by law and complying in every respect with laws relating to the adoption and approval of those ordinances, notwithstanding any defect, irregularity, omission or ministerial error in the adoption or approval thereof.
(b) Any ordinance or ordinances repealing and adopting a civil service system that was, prior to the effective date of this subdivision, submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the county at a general or special election and received the affirmative vote of a majority of the electors voting on the proposition for the approval of the ordinance or ordinances, and all ordinances amending that ordinance, are hereby validated and confirmed and shall have the full legal effect of ordinances adopted by the board of supervisors and approved by the electors in the manner required by law and complying in every respect with laws relating to the repealing, adoption, and approval of those ordinances, notwithstanding any defect, irregularity, omission or ministerial error in the adoption or approval thereof, including, but not limited to, the failure of the county elections official to mail to the voters official matter prescribed in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 9100) of Division 9 of the Elections Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 61. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31107.

31107. The minimum qualifications or standards prescribed for any class or grade of employment shall not be less than those prescribed for the class or grade of county officers and employees by the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31108.

31108. (a) Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this part shall include substantially the following provisions:
(1) Any officer or employee in the classified civil service may be dismissed, suspended, or reduced in rank or compensation by the appointing authority after appointment or promotion is complete by a written order, stating specifically the reasons for the action. The order shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors or, if there is a county personnel officer, the order shall be filed with the county personnel officer and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the person to be dismissed, suspended, or reduced.
(2) The officer or employee may reply in writing to the order within 10 days from the date of its filing with the clerk of the board of supervisors or county personnel officer. The officer or employee may within seven days after presentation to him or her of the order appeal through the clerk of the board of supervisors or county personnel officer to the civil service commission from the order. Upon the filing of the appeal, the clerk of the board of supervisors or county personnel officer shall forthwith transmit the order and appeal to the civil service commission for hearing.
(3) Within 20 days from the filing of the appeal the commission shall commence a hearing, and either affirm, modify, or revoke the order. The appellant may appear personally, produce evidence, and have counsel and a public hearing.
(4) The findings and decision of the commission shall be certified to the department head or officer whose action was the subject of the hearing and forthwith enforced and followed by him or her.
(b) Alternatively, the board of supervisors may provide by ordinance or resolution by simple majority vote that an officer or employee who is dismissed, suspended, or reduced in rank or compensation may elect in writing to appeal under the terms of any grievance procedure established pursuant to a legally binding memorandum of understanding between the local agency governing board and an employee organization recognized pursuant to applicable law, which may include final binding arbitration.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1335, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31110.1.

31110.1. A county by ordinance may provide that the members of the civil service commission may be paid compensation for their attendance at each meeting of the commission in an amount to be fixed by the ordinance. In addition, the ordinance may provide that the members of the commission may also receive reasonable traveling expenses from their place of residence to the place of meeting of the commission and return. No payment of traveling expenses shall be made pursuant to this section for meetings of the commission held outside of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31110.2.

31110.2. A county may by ordinance provide that its civil service commission or equivalent body shall have the power to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, and compensate persons subpoenaed. This power shall be exercised and enforced in the same manner as a similar power granted the board of supervisors in Article 9 (commencing with Section 25170) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 2 of this title is exercised and enforced; except that such power shall extend only to matters within the commission’s lawful jurisdiction, and that committees of the commission shall not have this power, and that reasonable fees or expenses or both may be provided for by commission regulation for any or all such witnesses regardless of which party subpoenaed them.
Subpoenas shall be signed by the chairman or secretary of the commission. Any member of the commission, or any person otherwise so empowered, may administer oaths to, or take affirmations from, witnesses before the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2009.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31111.

31111. The civil service commission shall consist of five members or, if so resolved by the board of supervisors, seven members, each of whom shall hold office for a term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The members shall be selected from among the qualified electors of the county. Vacancies occurring in the commission shall be filled by appointment by the board of supervisors for the remainder of the unexpired term only. The civil service commission may be designated as a merit board.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 85, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31112.

31112. The terms of office of two members of the first civil service commission shall be one year. The terms of office of the other members of the first commission shall be two, three, and four years, respectively. If the commission is composed of seven members, the terms of office of all members of the first seven-member commission shall be fixed by lot at one year for two members, two years for two members, three years for two members, and four years for one member. The members shall determine by lot the relative order of the expiration of their terms.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 85, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31113.

31113. The commission shall perform the duties and exercise the powers provided for in this part, and such additional powers and duties in relation thereto as the board of supervisors delegates to it.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31114.

31114. Any person who:
1. Wilfully by himself or in cooperation with another person defeats, deceives, or obstructs any person with respect to his right of examination, application, or certification for employment under any county civil service system; or
2. Wilfully and falsely marks, grades, estimates, or reports upon the examination or proper standing of any person examined or certified under any county civil service system, or who aids in so doing, or makes any false representation concerning the same or the person examined; or
3. Wilfully furnishes to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person examined, certified or to be examined or certified under any county civil service system, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 597.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31115.

31115. Any person who:
1. Impersonates another person or permits or aids in any manner any other person to impersonate him in connection with any examination, application, or request to be examined under any county civil service system; or
2. Furnishes or obtains examination questions or other examination material prepared and intended for use in any examination under any county civil service system before such examination; or
3. Uses any unfair means to cause or attempt to cause any eligible to waive any rights obtained under the civil service system of any county, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 597.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31115.5.

31115.5. Any county employee, or person whose name appears on any county employment list, who uses during duty hours, for training or target practice, any material which is not authorized therefor by the appointing power, shall be disciplined pursuant to the county civil service system.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 718.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31116.

31116. For the purpose of facilitating the recruitment of professional and technically trained persons to fill positions for which there is a shortage of qualified applicants, a county may expend county funds to pay reasonable travel expenses of applicants for county employment in traveling, from any point within the continental United States, to and from the place or places at which the applicants are to be examined or interviewed. Such payments shall be authorized only upon a determination by the board of supervisors that the expenditure is necessary to recruit qualified persons needed by the county.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 470, Sec. 45. (AB 1529) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 2 - CIVIL SERVICE › Section 31117.

31117. Any person who previously had permanent status in a civil service system of any county and who vacated his position to accept appointment to an elective position shall be reinstated to his former position in the same county if he so desires at the termination of such appointment, or term of office if his acceptance of such appointment was without a break in continuity of service and if such person does not run for election to succeed himself following his period of appointment.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 566.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 31200.

31200. The board of supervisors may levy a special tax to be used for the payment of pensions and annuities to employees of a county and judicial district under such pension, retirement, and benefit systems or associations as are established by law for employees of a county and judicial district.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1553.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 31201.

31201. If a member of a retirement system established by the county for officers or employees of a county or judicial district, or for any portion of them, separates from the service of the county before retirement and the separation is for any cause other than permanent disability, there shall be paid to him, or in case of his death to his legal representative, all the money paid in by him as his contribution toward retirement under the system and accumulated interest thereon.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1553.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 31202.

31202. Any firefighter who has become an employee of the first public agency because of the assumption by that public agency of the firefighting function of the second public agency who, at any time after becoming an employee of the first public agency, pays into the retirement fund of that first public agency the same amount which he or she would have contributed had he or she been employed by the first public agency at the same salary, and for the same time or periods of time for which and during which he or she was employed by the second public agency whose firefighting function is assumed by the first public agency shall have all of the retirement rights which he or she would have had, if any, had he or she been an employee of the first public agency at that salary and for the time or periods of time, unless the first public agency has provided by ordinance pursuant to Section 45310.5 for a modification of his or her rights and benefits because of membership in a reciprocal retirement system.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1383, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 31203.

31203. If a member of a county retirement system becomes a member of another county retirement system, his membership in the first system ceases.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 31204.

31204. As used in this chapter “public agency” means the State or any department or agency thereof, a county, city and county, city, public corporation, municipal corporation or public district.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 753.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 31205.

31205. Whenever any public agency having a retirement system takes over and assumes any of the functions of any other public agency, and because of such assumption all or any employees of the second public agency become employees of the first public agency, such agencies, by contract, may agree that the second agency will pay either to the first agency or to the retirement fund of the first agency an amount of money to be agreed upon because of the retirement rights to be granted to such employees.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 753.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 31206.

31206. Insofar as can be authorized by statute, the payments by the second public agency may be either from the general fund of such public agency or from the retirement fund of such public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 753.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 31207.

31207. Whenever any public agency having a retirement system takes over and assumes any or all of the functions of any other public agency and because of such assumption all or any of the employees of the second public agency become employees of the first public agency, and no contract is entered into pursuant to Section 31205, the governing body of the first public agency, by resolution, may determine that such employees shall have credit for time employed by the second public agency as provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 753.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 31208.

31208. Except as otherwise provided in Section 31202, whenever a contract has been entered into, or a resolution passed, as provided in this chapter, any employee who has become an employee of the first public agency because of the assumption by such public agency of any or all of the functions of the second public agency who within one year after becoming an employee of the first public agency pays into the retirement fund of such first public agency the same amount which he would have contributed had he been employed by the first public agency at the same salary, and for the same time or periods of time for which and during which he was employed by the officer or department of the second public agency whose functions are assumed by the first public agency shall have all of the retirement rights which he would have had, if any, had he been an employee of the first public agency at such salary and for such time or periods of time.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 753.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197 › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 31450.

31450. This chapter may be cited as the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)