California Code
TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES
DIVISION 5 - EMPLOYEES

CHAPTER 1 - Civil Service

ARTICLE 1 - The System

Section 45000. - 45000. It is the intent of this chapter to enable...

Section 45001. - 45001. By ordinance, the legislative body of any city may...

Section 45002. - 45002. The system may include the librarian, secretary, and other...

Section 45003. - 45003. The inclusion of any class of officers and employees...

Section 45004. - 45004. The legislative body may provide for the appointment of...

Section 45004.1. - 45004.1. (a) Where a hearing is held before a civil...

Section 45005. - 45005. The ordinance shall designate the departments, and the appointive...

Section 45006. - 45006. By subsequent ordinances, the legislative body may add additional...

Section 45007. - 45007. After inclusion in the system, any departments or appointive...

Section 45008. - 45008. The legislative body may contract with the legislative body...

Section 45010. - 45010. The ordinance shall provide that any period of time...

ARTICLE 3 - Age Limits

Section 45050. - 45050. The ordinance establishing the system shall provide that minimum...

Section 45051. - 45051. The ordinance shall provide that any person possessing all...

Section 45052. - 45052. This article does not require nor authorize any city...

Section 45053. - 45053. A person shall not be employed in city employment...

Section 45054. - 45054. This article does not prevent the legislative body from...

ARTICLE 4 - Emergency Appointments

Section 45080. - 45080. During any war emergency, the legislative body, by a...

Section 45081. - 45081. An emergency appointee does not acquire civil service or...

Section 45082. - 45082. The legislative body may provide that an emergency appointee...

Section 45083. - 45083. As used in this chapter the word “war” shall...

ARTICLE 5 - Reduction in Personnel

Section 45100. - 45100. If the legislative body determines that a reduction in...

ARTICLE 6 - Prohibitions and Offenses

Section 45200. - 45200. It is unlawful for any person: (a) Wilfully by...

Section 45201. - 45201. It is unlawful for any person: (a) To impersonate...

Section 45203. - 45203. Any city employee, or person whose name appears on...

Section 45210. - 45210. Every person who violates any provision of this article...

CHAPTER 2 - Retirement

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 45300. - 45300. It is the intent of this article to enable...

Section 45301. - 45301. By ordinance, any city may establish a retirement system...

Section 45301.5. - 45301.5. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary,...

Section 45302. - 45302. Before the ordinance establishing a retirement system is adopted,...

Section 45303. - 45303. The ordinance shall not be adopted unless an election...

Section 45304. - 45304. The ballot used at the election shall include a...

Section 45305. - 45305. The election shall be conducted in a manner to...

Section 45306. - 45306. The ordinance establishing a retirement system may be adopted...

Section 45307. - 45307. The ordinance shall provide for the appointment of a...

Section 45308. - 45308. The legislative body may maintain its own pension and...

Section 45308.1. - 45308.1. All funds received by city retirement systems and not...

Section 45308.2. - 45308.2. Notwithstanding Section 45308.1 funds received by city retirement systems...

Section 45308.3. - 45308.3. Notwithstanding Section 45308.1, funds received by city retirement systems...

Section 45308.4. - 45308.4. Notwithstanding Section 45308.1, funds received by city retirement systems...

Section 45308.5. - 45308.5. Notwithstanding Section 45308.1, in addition to any other investments...

Section 45308.55. - 45308.55. Notwithstanding Section 45308.1 the board may also invest in...

Section 45308.6. - 45308.6. For purposes of Section 45308.5, city retirement systems shall...

Section 45308.7. - 45308.7. The city retirement board, if there is one, or...

Section 45309. - 45309. Among other matters, the ordinance establishing the system shall...

Section 45309.5. - 45309.5. A member of a pension or retirement system established...

Section 45310. - 45310. The ordinance may provide that: (a) The amount of...

Section 45310.3. - 45310.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person ceases...

Section 45310.5. - 45310.5. The ordinance may provide for a modification of rights...

Section 45310.6. - 45310.6. When a city has established a reciprocal retirement system...

Section 45310.7. - 45310.7. (a) On and after January 1, 2003, a member...

Section 45311. - 45311. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 45312. - 45312. Nothing in this article prohibits the enhancement of the...

Section 45313. - 45313. The retirement board shall require competent medical proof before...

Section 45314. - 45314. After the retirement of a person for disability, if...

Section 45315. - 45315. The determination of the retirement board is final and...

Section 45316. - 45316. This article provides an alternative procedure for the establishment...

Section 45317. - 45317. Any regularly established fire or police protection district may...

ARTICLE 2 - Pension and Retirement Systems

Section 45341. - 45341. The legislative body may establish a pension plan and...

Section 45342. - 45342. Any pension or retirement system adopted shall be on...

Section 45343. - 45343. Contributions shall be in amounts which will accumulate at...

Section 45344. - 45344. Benefits based on service rendered prior to membership in...

Section 45345. - 45345. As an alternate method of providing a retirement system,...