California Code
DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

CHAPTER 1 - State Agencies

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 11000. - 11000. (a) As used in this title, “state agency” includes...

Section 11000.5. - 11000.5. (a) A state agency shall not permit an evaluator...

Section 11000.7. - 11000.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every state agency...

Section 11000.10. - 11000.10. (a) (1) Any state agency, including, but not limited...

Section 11001. - 11001. Any state agency may make exhibits descriptive or illustrative...

Section 11002. - 11002. If a remittance to cover a payment required by...

Section 11003. - 11003. If an application, tax return or claim for credit...

Section 11004. - 11004. Sections 11002 and 11003 do not apply to: (a)...

Section 11005. - 11005. (a) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval is...

Section 11005.1. - 11005.1. The Director of Finance may accept on behalf of...

Section 11005.2. - 11005.2. (a) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval by...

Section 11005.3. - 11005.3. Any state department, board, or commission may lease any...

Section 11005.4. - 11005.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 11005.5. - 11005.5. After January 1, 1983, if property is to be...

Section 11005.6. - 11005.6. Any lease of property by a state agency for...

Section 11005.7. - 11005.7. The Department of General Services on or before July...

Section 11006. - 11006. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state...

Section 11006.5. - 11006.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 11007. - 11007. (a) Except as expressly authorized by law or as...

Section 11007.1. - 11007.1. (a) The Department of Transportation, when it has acquired...

Section 11007.4. - 11007.4. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Employee” includes...

Section 11007.5. - 11007.5. Any state agency, with the approval of the Department...

Section 11007.6. - 11007.6. Any state agency may, subject to rules and regulations...

Section 11007.7. - 11007.7. (a) The procurement of insurance or official bonds by...

Section 11007.8. - 11007.8. (a) If a state agency is authorized to procure...

Section 11008. - 11008. Whenever any State agency except the State Compensation Insurance...

Section 11008.2. - 11008.2. Any regulation, order, or other action, adopted, prescribed, taken,...

Section 11008.5. - 11008.5. Any program administered in part or whole by the...

Section 11009. - 11009. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the members...

Section 11009.5. - 11009.5. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Displaced” means...

Section 11010. - 11010. (a) When a state agency, supported from the General...

Section 11010.5. - 11010.5. (a) Where authority is vested in any state agency...

Section 11011. - 11011. (a) On or before December 31 of each year,...

Section 11011.1. - 11011.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except Article...

Section 11011.2. - 11011.2. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not...

Section 11011.3. - 11011.3. (a) For purposes of this section, “department” means the...

Section 11011.5. - 11011.5. (a) If no state or other public entity seeks...

Section 11011.6. - 11011.6. Any local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor that...

Section 11011.7. - 11011.7. All real property acquired for park and recreation purposes...

Section 11011.8. - 11011.8. (a) On or before December 31 of each year,...

Section 11011.9. - 11011.9. For purposes of expanding affordable housing development and adaptive...

Section 11011.11. - 11011.11. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1)...

Section 11011.13. - 11011.13. For purposes of Section 11011.15, the following definitions shall...

Section 11011.14. - 11011.14. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director...

Section 11011.15. - 11011.15. (a) The Department of General Services shall maintain a...

Section 11011.16. - 11011.16. The inventory prepared pursuant to Section 11011.15 shall contain...

Section 11011.17. - 11011.17. (a) The University of California, by July 1, 1988,...

Section 11011.18. - 11011.18. The Department of Transportation, by July 1, 2002, shall...

Section 11011.19. - 11011.19. (a) The State Lands Commission, by July 1, 2011,...

Section 11011.20. - 11011.20. (a) Any private person or private company which advertises...

Section 11011.21. - 11011.21. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Department...

Section 11011.24. - 11011.24. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 11011.25. - 11011.25. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director...

Section 11011.26. - 11011.26. The Director of General Services, subject to the approval...

Section 11011.27. - 11011.27. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may advertise...

Section 11011.28. - 11011.28. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, the Director of General Services...

Section 11011.29. - 11011.29. (a) When a state agency builds upon state-owned real...

Section 11012. - 11012. (a) If any state agency, including, but not limited...

Section 11012.5. - 11012.5. (a) The Director of General Services may exercise the...

Section 11013. - 11013. The director of any state department, subject to approval...

Section 11014. - 11014. (a) In exercising the powers and duties granted to...

Section 11015. - 11015. No state funds under the control of an officer...

Section 11015.5. - 11015.5. (a) On or after July 1, 2001, unless otherwise...

Section 11016. - 11016. Any state agency may, within the powers otherwise conferred...

Section 11016.1. - 11016.1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary,...

Section 11016.5. - 11016.5. Each state agency may contract with a joint powers...

Section 11016.9. - 11016.9. (a) Each state agency shall establish clear flextime policies...

Section 11017. - 11017. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each state agency...

Section 11017.1. - 11017.1. Each state agency shall take all practical and reasonable...

Section 11017.5. - 11017.5. (a) When a statute is enacted establishing a new...

Section 11017.6. - 11017.6. Every state agency responsible for implementing a statute which...

Section 11018. - 11018. Every state agency which is authorized by any law...

Section 11018.5. - 11018.5. (a) The Bureau of Real Estate, on or after...

Section 11019. - 11019. (a) Any department or authority specified in subdivision (b)...

Section 11019.1. - 11019.1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 11019.5. - 11019.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but to...

Section 11019.6. - 11019.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, and...

Section 11019.7. - 11019.7. (a) A state agency shall not send any outgoing...

Section 11019.8. - 11019.8. (a) All state agencies, as defined in Section 11000,...

Section 11019.81. - 11019.81. (a) This section shall be known and may be...

Section 11019.9. - 11019.9. (a) Each state department and state agency shall enact...

Section 11019.10. - 11019.10. Except as provided in the Budget Act and implementing...

Section 11019.11. - 11019.11. (a) Except as provided in Section 11019.12, every state...

Section 11019.12. - 11019.12. (a) Each agency named in subdivision (d) shall include...

ARTICLE 2 - Office Hours

Section 11020. - 11020. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, all offices of...

Section 11020.1. - 11020.1. Notwithstanding Section 11020, the Department of Motor Vehicles may...

Section 11021. - 11021. (a) When a state agency is open or operates...

Section 11022. - 11022. Each state agency shall establish a procedure pursuant to...

ARTICLE 3 - Traveling Expenses

Section 11030. - 11030. All elective constitutional officers, heads of departments, chiefs of...

Section 11030.1. - 11030.1. When a state employee not covered by Part 2.6...

Section 11030.2. - 11030.2. Any state officer or employee not covered by Part...

Section 11030.5. - 11030.5. Any state officer or officer or employee of any...

Section 11031. - 11031. The headquarters of elective constitutional officers, other than Members...

Section 11031.5. - 11031.5. The headquarters of the Franchise Tax Commissioner is in...

Section 11032. - 11032. Any state officer or employee of any state agency...

Section 11033. - 11033. No state officer or employee shall absent himself or...

Section 11033.5. - 11033.5. Sections 11032 and 11033 shall not apply to any...

ARTICLE 4 - Legal Services

Section 11040. - 11040. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 11041. - 11041. (a) Section 11042 does not apply to the Regents...

Section 11042. - 11042. (a) No state agency shall employ any in-house counsel...

Section 11044. - 11044. (a) The Legal Services Revolving Fund is hereby created...

Section 11045. - 11045. (a) (1) Whenever a state agency requests the consent...

ARTICLE 5 - Advertisements

Section 11080. - 11080. Whenever any state agency is required or authorized by...

Section 11081. - 11081. After approval of the notice, advertisement or publication, the...

ARTICLE 6 - Reports and Records

Section 11090. - 11090. On order of the Governor the head of each...

Section 11091. - 11091. The head of each state agency shall make a...

Section 11092. - 11092. Each state agency and department shall, in the maintenance...

Section 11092.5. - 11092.5. Each state agency and department shall, in the maintenance...

Section 11093. - 11093. (a) (1) Any state agency or department that develops...

Section 11093.4. - 11093.4. (a) (1) The State Board of Equalization, Employment Development...

Section 11093.5. - 11093.5. (a) (1) The Employment Development Department shall, in the...

Section 11093.7. - 11093.7. Each state agency or department authorized to undertake any...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Distribution of State Publications

Section 11094. - 11094. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in...

Section 11096. - 11096. (a) No state agency shall distribute a state publication,...

Section 11097. - 11097. Beginning with the 1984–85 fiscal year, each state agency...

Section 11098. - 11098. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when funding for...

Section 11099. - 11099. Each state agency that publishes or distributes a state...

ARTICLE 7 - Signatures

Section 11100. - 11100. The Controller or other State disbursing officer may secure...

Section 11101. - 11101. The Controller and any other state disbursing officer using...

Section 11102. - 11102. The premiums on forgery insurance are a proper charge...

Section 11104.5. - 11104.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any requirement...

ARTICLE 8 - Bonds of Licensees and Permittees

Section 11110. - 11110. The form of all bonds of licensees, permittees, and...

Section 11111. - 11111. The Attorney General may from time to time modify...

Section 11112. - 11112. The approval, modification, or revocation of the Attorney General...

Section 11113. - 11113. The Attorney General may consult with private persons, groups,...

ARTICLE 9 - Meetings

Section 11120. - 11120. It is the public policy of this state that...

Section 11121. - 11121. As used in this article, “state body” means each...

Section 11121.1. - 11121.1. As used in this article, “state body” does not...

Section 11121.9. - 11121.9. Each state body shall provide a copy of this...

Section 11121.95. - 11121.95. Any person appointed or elected to serve as a...

Section 11122. - 11122. As used in this article “action taken” means a...

Section 11122.5. - 11122.5. (a) As used in this article, “meeting” includes any...

Section 11123. - 11123. (a) All meetings of a state body shall be...

Section 11123.1. - 11123.1. All meetings of a state body that are open...

Section 11123.5. - 11123.5. (a) In addition to the authorization to hold a...

Section 11124. - 11124. No person shall be required, as a condition to...

Section 11124.1. - 11124.1. (a) Any person attending an open and public meeting...

Section 11125. - 11125. (a) The state body shall provide notice of its...

Section 11125.1. - 11125.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 7922.000 or any other provisions of...

Section 11125.2. - 11125.2. Any state body shall report publicly at a subsequent...

Section 11125.3. - 11125.3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11125, a state body may take...

Section 11125.4. - 11125.4. (a) A special meeting may be called at any...

Section 11125.5. - 11125.5. (a) In the case of an emergency situation involving...

Section 11125.6. - 11125.6. (a) An emergency meeting may be called at any...

Section 11125.7. - 11125.7. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 11125.8. - 11125.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11131.5, in any hearing that the...

Section 11125.9. - 11125.9. Regional water quality control boards shall comply with the...

Section 11126. - 11126. (a) (1) Nothing in this article shall be construed...

Section 11126.1. - 11126.1. The state body shall designate a clerk or other...

Section 11126.2. - 11126.2. (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to...

Section 11126.3. - 11126.3. (a) Prior to holding any closed session, the state...

Section 11126.4. - 11126.4. (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to...

Section 11126.4.5. - 11126.4.5. (a) This article does not prohibit the Tribal Nation...

Section 11126.5. - 11126.5. In the event that any meeting is willfully interrupted...

Section 11126.7. - 11126.7. No fees may be charged by a state body...

Section 11127. - 11127. Each provision of this article shall apply to every...

Section 11128. - 11128. Each closed session of a state body shall be...

Section 11128.5. - 11128.5. The state body may adjourn any regular, adjourned regular,...

Section 11129. - 11129. Any hearing being held, or noticed or ordered to...

Section 11130. - 11130. (a) The Attorney General, the district attorney, or any...

Section 11130.3. - 11130.3. (a) Any interested person may commence an action by...

Section 11130.5. - 11130.5. A court may award court costs and reasonable attorney’s...

Section 11130.7. - 11130.7. Each member of a state body who attends a...

Section 11131. - 11131. No state agency shall conduct any meeting, conference, or...

Section 11131.5. - 11131.5. No notice, agenda, announcement, or report required under this...

Section 11132. - 11132. Except as expressly authorized by this article, no closed...

Section 11133. - 11133. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, and...

ARTICLE 9.5 - Discrimination

Section 11135. - 11135. (a) No person in the State of California shall,...

Section 11136. - 11136. Whenever a state agency that administers a program or...

Section 11137. - 11137. If it is determined that a contractor, grantee, or...

Section 11139. - 11139. The prohibitions and sanctions imposed by this article are...

Section 11139.8. - 11139.8. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

ARTICLE 10 - State Boards and Commissions

Section 11140. - 11140. It is the policy of the State of California...

Section 11141. - 11141. In making appointments to state boards and commissions, the...

ARTICLE 11 - Fines and Imprisonment

Section 11145. - 11145. No state agency shall adopt or enforce any rule...

ARTICLE 12 - State Agency Ethics Training

Section 11146. - 11146. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 11146.1. - 11146.1. Each state agency shall offer at least semiannually to...

Section 11146.2. - 11146.2. Each state agency shall maintain records indicating the specific...

Section 11146.3. - 11146.3. Except as set forth in Section 11146.4, each filer...

Section 11146.4. - 11146.4. (a) The requirements of Section 11146.3 shall not apply...

ARTICLE 14 - Small Business Liaisons

Section 11148. - 11148. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 11148.5. - 11148.5. (a) A state agency that significantly regulates small business...

CHAPTER 2 - State Departments

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 11150. - 11150. It is the policy of this State to vest...

Section 11151. - 11151. Each department shall maintain an office and the director...

Section 11152. - 11152. Subject to the approval of the Governor, the head...

Section 11152.5. - 11152.5. Wherever, pursuant to this code, any state department, officer,...

Section 11153. - 11153. Except as otherwise provided by law, each division of...

Section 11154. - 11154. Except as otherwise provided by law, the head of...

Section 11155. - 11155. The head of a department has no authority to...

Section 11156. - 11156. In addition to any bonds required by the Director...

Section 11157. - 11157. The Attorney General is the legal adviser of each...

Section 11158. - 11158. The sheriffs in the several counties shall execute all...

Section 11159. - 11159. Whenever a department succeeds to and is vested with...

Section 11160. - 11160. Whenever a department is invested with the power and...

Section 11161. - 11161. Every person is subject to the same obligations and...

Section 11162. - 11162. Every State officer, deputy and employee is subject to...

ARTICLE 2 - Investigations and Hearings

Section 11180. - 11180. The head of each department may make investigations and...

Section 11180.5. - 11180.5. At the request of a prosecuting attorney or the...

Section 11181. - 11181. In connection with any investigation or action authorized by...

Section 11182. - 11182. The head of a department may delegate the powers...

Section 11183. - 11183. Except in a report to the head of the...

Section 11184. - 11184. (a) In any hearing in any part of the...

Section 11185. - 11185. (a) If the witness named in the subpoena is...

Section 11186. - 11186. The superior court in the county in which any...

Section 11187. - 11187. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if any...

Section 11188. - 11188. Upon the filing of the petition the court shall...

Section 11189. - 11189. In any matter pending before a department head, the...

Section 11190. - 11190. Any party to any departmental hearing has the right...

Section 11191. - 11191. Each witness, other than an officer or employee of...

ARTICLE 3 - Staff

Section 11200. - 11200. The Governor, upon recommendation of the director of the...

Section 11200.1. - 11200.1. The Governor, upon nomination by the Insurance Commissioner, shall...

Section 11200.4. - 11200.4. The Governor, upon recommendation of the Director of the...

Section 11201. - 11201. Each deputy appointed pursuant to Section 11200 shall serve...

CHAPTER 3 - Interagency Services and Transactions

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 11250. - 11250. Whenever a State agency supported from the General Fund...

Section 11251. - 11251. The Controller, after consulting with the Department of Finance,...

Section 11252. - 11252. Such adjustments shall be made in accordance with the...

Section 11253. - 11253. Upon written request approved by the Department of General...

Section 11255. - 11255. The Controller may establish procedures whereby some or all...

Section 11256. - 11256. Subject to approval of the Director of General Services,...

Section 11257. - 11257. State agencies may provide for the advancing of funds...

Section 11258. - 11258. Any state agency which normally, as a part of...

Section 11259. - 11259. All money received by any state agency, other than...

Section 11260. - 11260. After work is performed, services are rendered, or materials...

Section 11261. - 11261. Amounts advanced or transferred in accordance with Sections 11257...

Section 11262. - 11262. Whenever any payment heretofore or hereafter made by a...

Section 11263. - 11263. As used in this article, “state agency” or “state...

ARTICLE 2 - General Administrative Costs

Section 11270. - 11270. As used in this article, “administrative costs” means the...

Section 11270.1. - 11270.1. (a) The Central Service Cost Recovery Fund is hereby...

Section 11271. - 11271. The Department of Finance shall determine, and may at...

Section 11272. - 11272. (a) In determining or redetermining the fair share, the...

Section 11274. - 11274. Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Finance may...

Section 11275. - 11275. In the event a fund has an insufficient fund...

ARTICLE 3 - Special Costs

Section 11290. - 11290. The Department of General Services may fix the cost...

Section 11291. - 11291. If a state agency refuses to pay the charges...

Section 11292. - 11292. All money received pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (d)...

Section 11293. - 11293. All money received by the Department of General Services...

ARTICLE 5 - Sale or Exchange of Products

Section 11330. - 11330. Every state agency having the control of any public...

Section 11331. - 11331. Upon receipt of such notices, the Department of General...

Section 11332. - 11332. No public institution owned or controlled by the state...

Section 11333. - 11333. If it is impossible or impracticable to sell or...

Section 11334. - 11334. All money received by a state agency for the...

Section 11335. - 11335. This article does not limit or prevent sales pursuant...

CHAPTER 3.5 - Administrative Regulations and Rulemaking

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 11340. - 11340. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) There...

Section 11340.1. - 11340.1. (a) The Legislature therefore declares that it is in...

Section 11340.2. - 11340.2. (a) The Office of Administrative Law is hereby established...

Section 11340.3. - 11340.3. The director may employ and fix the compensation, in...

Section 11340.4. - 11340.4. (a) The office is authorized and directed to do...

Section 11340.5. - 11340.5. (a) No state agency shall issue, utilize, enforce, or...

Section 11340.6. - 11340.6. Except where the right to petition for adoption of...

Section 11340.7. - 11340.7. (a) Upon receipt of a petition requesting the adoption,...

Section 11340.85. - 11340.85. (a) As used in this section, “electronic communication” includes...

Section 11340.9. - 11340.9. This chapter does not apply to any of the...

Section 11341. - 11341. (a) The office shall establish a system to give...

Section 11342.1. - 11342.1. Except as provided in Section 11342.4, nothing in this...

Section 11342.2. - 11342.2. Whenever by the express or implied terms of any...

Section 11342.4. - 11342.4. The office shall adopt, amend, or repeal regulations for...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 11342.510. - 11342.510. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions...

Section 11342.520. - 11342.520. “Agency” means state agency. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch....

Section 11342.530. - 11342.530. “Building standard” has the same meaning provided in Section...

Section 11342.535. - 11342.535. “Cost impact” means the amount of reasonable range of...

Section 11342.540. - 11342.540. “Director” means the director of the office. (Added by...

Section 11342.545. - 11342.545. “Emergency” means a situation that calls for immediate action...

Section 11342.548. - 11342.548. “Major regulation” means any proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal...

Section 11342.550. - 11342.550. “Office” means the Office of Administrative Law. (Added by...

Section 11342.560. - 11342.560. “Order of repeal” means any resolution, order, or other...

Section 11342.570. - 11342.570. “Performance standard” means a regulation that describes an objective...

Section 11342.580. - 11342.580. “Plain English” means language that satisfies the standard of...

Section 11342.590. - 11342.590. “Prescriptive standard” means a regulation that specifies the sole...

Section 11342.595. - 11342.595. “Proposed action” means the regulatory action, notice of which...

Section 11342.600. - 11342.600. “Regulation” means every rule, regulation, order, or standard of...

Section 11342.610. - 11342.610. (a) “Small business” means a business activity in agriculture,...

ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Publication

Section 11343. - 11343. Every state agency shall: (a) Transmit to the office...

Section 11343.1. - 11343.1. (a) All regulations transmitted to the Office of Administrative...

Section 11343.2. - 11343.2. The Secretary of State shall endorse on the certified...

Section 11343.3. - 11343.3. Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that is...

Section 11343.4. - 11343.4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 11343.5. - 11343.5. Within 10 days from the receipt of printed copies...

Section 11343.6. - 11343.6. The filing of a certified copy of a regulation...

Section 11343.8. - 11343.8. Upon the request of a state agency, the office...

ARTICLE 4 - The California Code of Regulations, the California Code of Regulations Supplement, and the California Regulatory Notice Register

Section 11344. - 11344. The office shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 11344.1. - 11344.1. The office shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 11344.2. - 11344.2. The office shall supply a complete set of the...

Section 11344.3. - 11344.3. Every document, other than a notice of proposed rulemaking...

Section 11344.4. - 11344.4. (a) The California Code of Regulations, the California Code...

Section 11344.6. - 11344.6. The publication of a regulation in the California Code...

Section 11344.7. - 11344.7. Nothing in this chapter precludes any person or state...

Section 11344.9. - 11344.9. (a) Whenever the term “California Administrative Code” appears in...

Section 11345. - 11345. The office is not required to develop a unique...

ARTICLE 5 - Public Participation: Procedure for Adoption of Regulations

Section 11346. - 11346. (a) It is the purpose of this chapter to...

Section 11346.1. - 11346.1. (a) (1) The adoption, amendment, or repeal of an...

Section 11346.2. - 11346.2. Every agency subject to this chapter shall prepare, submit...

Section 11346.3. - 11346.3. (a) A state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or...

Section 11346.36. - 11346.36. (a) Prior to November 1, 2013, the Department of...

Section 11346.4. - 11346.4. (a) At least 45 days prior to the hearing...

Section 11346.45. - 11346.45. (a) In order to increase public participation and improve...

Section 11346.5. - 11346.5. (a) The notice of proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal...

Section 11346.6. - 11346.6. (a) This section shall only apply to the following...

Section 11346.7. - 11346.7. The office shall maintain a link on its website...

Section 11346.8. - 11346.8. (a) If a public hearing is held, both oral...

Section 11346.9. - 11346.9. Every agency subject to this chapter shall do the...

Section 11347. - 11347. (a) If, after publication of a notice of proposed...

Section 11347. - 11347. (a) If, after publication of a notice of proposed...

Section 11347.1. - 11347.1. (a) An agency that adds any technical, theoretical, or...

Section 11347.3. - 11347.3. (a) Every agency shall maintain a file of each...

Section 11348. - 11348. Each agency subject to this chapter shall keep its...

ARTICLE 6 - Review of Proposed Regulations

Section 11349. - 11349. The following definitions govern the interpretation of this chapter:...

Section 11349.1. - 11349.1. (a) The office shall review all regulations adopted, amended,...

Section 11349.1.5. - 11349.1.5. (a) The Department of Finance and the office shall,...

Section 11349.2. - 11349.2. An agency may add material to a rulemaking file...

Section 11349.3. - 11349.3. (a) The office shall either approve a regulation submitted...

Section 11349.4. - 11349.4. (a) A regulation returned to an agency because of...

Section 11349.5. - 11349.5. (a) To initiate a review of a decision by...

Section 11349.6. - 11349.6. (a) If the adopting agency has complied with Sections...

ARTICLE 7 - Review of Existing Regulations

Section 11349.7. - 11349.7. The office, at the request of any standing, select,...

Section 11349.8. - 11349.8. (a) If the office is notified of, or on...

Section 11349.9. - 11349.9. (a) To initiate a review of the office’s Notice...

ARTICLE 8 - Judicial Review

Section 11350. - 11350. (a) Any interested person may obtain a judicial declaration...

Section 11350.3. - 11350.3. Any interested person may obtain a judicial declaration as...

ARTICLE 9 - Special Procedures

Section 11351. - 11351. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), Article 5...

Section 11352. - 11352. The following actions are not subject to this chapter:...

Section 11353. - 11353. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter...

Section 11354. - 11354. Sections 11352 and 11353 do not affect any court’s...

Section 11354.1. - 11354.1. (a) For purposes of this section, “commission” means the...

Section 11356. - 11356. (a) Article 6 (commencing with Section 11349) is not...

Section 11357. - 11357. (a) The Department of Finance shall adopt and update,...

Section 11359. - 11359. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and...

Section 11361. - 11361. This chapter does not apply to the adoption or...

CHAPTER 4 - Office of Administrative Hearings

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 11370. - 11370. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Chapter 4 (commencing...

Section 11370.1. - 11370.1. As used in the Administrative Procedure Act “director” means...

Section 11370.2. - 11370.2. (a) There is in the Department of General Services...

Section 11370.3. - 11370.3. The director shall appoint and maintain a staff of...

Section 11370.4. - 11370.4. The total cost to the state of maintaining and...

Section 11370.5. - 11370.5. (a) The office is authorized and directed to study...

ARTICLE 2 - Medical Quality Hearing Panel

Section 11371. - 11371. (a) There is within the Office of Administrative Hearings...

Section 11372. - 11372. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all adjudicative...

Section 11373. - 11373. All adjudicative hearings and proceedings conducted by an administrative...

Section 11373.3. - 11373.3. The Office of Administrative Hearings shall provide facilities and...

ARTICLE 3 - State Agency Reports and Forms Appeals

Section 11380. - 11380. (a) (1) The office shall hear and render a...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Administrative Adjudication: General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Provisions

Section 11400. - 11400. (a) This chapter and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section...

Section 11400.10. - 11400.10. (a) This chapter is operative on July 1, 1997....

Section 11400.20. - 11400.20. (a) Before, on, or after July 1, 1997, an...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 11405.10. - 11405.10. Unless the provision or context requires otherwise, the definitions...

Section 11405.20. - 11405.20. “Adjudicative proceeding” means an evidentiary hearing for determination of...

Section 11405.30. - 11405.30. “Agency” means a board, bureau, commission, department, division, office,...

Section 11405.40. - 11405.40. “Agency head” means a person or body in which...

Section 11405.50. - 11405.50. (a) “Decision” means an agency action of specific application...

Section 11405.60. - 11405.60. “Party” includes the agency that is taking action, the...

Section 11405.70. - 11405.70. “Person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, governmental subdivision or...

Section 11405.80. - 11405.80. “Presiding officer” means the agency head, member of the...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of Chapter

Section 11410.10. - 11410.10. This chapter applies to a decision by an agency...

Section 11410.20. - 11410.20. Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute: (a) This...

Section 11410.30. - 11410.30. (a) As used in this section, “local agency” means...

Section 11410.40. - 11410.40. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, by regulation,...

Section 11410.50. - 11410.50. This chapter applies to an adjudicative proceeding required to...

Section 11410.60. - 11410.60. (a) As used in this section, “quasi-public entity” means...

ARTICLE 4 - Governing Procedure

Section 11415.10. - 11415.10. (a) The governing procedure by which an agency conducts...

Section 11415.20. - 11415.20. A state statute or a federal statute or regulation...

Section 11415.30. - 11415.30. (a) To the extent necessary to avoid a loss...

Section 11415.40. - 11415.40. Except to the extent prohibited by another statute or...

Section 11415.50. - 11415.50. (a) An agency may provide any appropriate procedure for...

Section 11415.60. - 11415.60. (a) An agency may formulate and issue a decision...

ARTICLE 5 - Alternative Dispute Resolution

Section 11420.10. - 11420.10. (a) An agency, with the consent of all the...

Section 11420.20. - 11420.20. (a) The Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt and...

Section 11420.30. - 11420.30. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a communication made...

ARTICLE 6 - Administrative Adjudication Bill of Rights

Section 11425.10. - 11425.10. (a) The governing procedure by which an agency conducts...

Section 11425.20. - 11425.20. (a) A hearing shall be open to public observation....

Section 11425.30. - 11425.30. (a) A person may not serve as presiding officer...

Section 11425.40. - 11425.40. (a) The presiding officer is subject to disqualification for...

Section 11425.50. - 11425.50. (a) The decision shall be in writing and shall...

Section 11425.60. - 11425.60. (a) A decision may not be expressly relied on...

ARTICLE 7 - Ex Parte Communications

Section 11430.10. - 11430.10. (a) While the proceeding is pending there shall be...

Section 11430.20. - 11430.20. A communication otherwise prohibited by Section 11430.10 is permissible...

Section 11430.30. - 11430.30. A communication otherwise prohibited by Section 11430.10 from an...

Section 11430.40. - 11430.40. If, while the proceeding is pending but before serving...

Section 11430.50. - 11430.50. (a) If a presiding officer receives a communication in...

Section 11430.60. - 11430.60. Receipt by the presiding officer of a communication in...

Section 11430.70. - 11430.70. (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the provisions...

Section 11430.80. - 11430.80. (a) There shall be no communication, direct or indirect,...

ARTICLE 8 - Language Assistance

Section 11435.05. - 11435.05. As used in this article, “language assistance” means oral...

Section 11435.10. - 11435.10. Nothing in this article limits the application or effect...

Section 11435.15. - 11435.15. (a) The following state agencies shall provide language assistance...

Section 11435.20. - 11435.20. (a) The hearing, or any medical examination conducted for...

Section 11435.25. - 11435.25. (a) The cost of providing an interpreter under this...

Section 11435.30. - 11435.30. (a) The State Personnel Board shall establish, maintain, administer,...

Section 11435.35. - 11435.35. (a) The State Personnel Board shall establish, maintain, administer,...

Section 11435.40. - 11435.40. (a) The Department of Human Resources shall designate the...

Section 11435.45. - 11435.45. (a) The Department of Human Resources shall establish and...

Section 11435.50. - 11435.50. The Department of Human Resources may remove the name...

Section 11435.55. - 11435.55. (a) An interpreter used in a hearing shall be...

Section 11435.60. - 11435.60. Every agency subject to the language assistance requirement of...

Section 11435.65. - 11435.65. (a) The rules of confidentiality of the agency, if...

ARTICLE 9 - General Procedural Provisions

Section 11440.10. - 11440.10. (a) The agency head may do any of the...

Section 11440.20. - 11440.20. Service of a writing or electronic document on, or...

Section 11440.30. - 11440.30. (a) The presiding officer may conduct all or part...

Section 11440.40. - 11440.40. (a) In any proceeding under subdivision (h) or (i)...

Section 11440.45. - 11440.45. (a) In any proceedings pursuant to this chapter or...

Section 11440.50. - 11440.50. (a) This section applies in adjudicative proceedings of an...

Section 11440.60. - 11440.60. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

ARTICLE 10 - Informal Hearing

Section 11445.10. - 11445.10. (a) Subject to the limitations in this article, an...

Section 11445.20. - 11445.20. Subject to Section 11445.30, an agency may use an...

Section 11445.30. - 11445.30. (a) The notice of hearing shall state the agency’s...

Section 11445.40. - 11445.40. (a) Except as provided in this article, the hearing...

Section 11445.50. - 11445.50. (a) The presiding officer may deny use of the...

Section 11445.60. - 11445.60. (a) If the presiding officer has reason to believe...

ARTICLE 11 - Subpoenas

Section 11450.05. - 11450.05. (a) This article applies in an adjudicative proceeding required...

Section 11450.10. - 11450.10. (a) Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum may be issued...

Section 11450.20. - 11450.20. (a) Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum shall be issued...

Section 11450.30. - 11450.30. (a) A person served with a subpoena or a...

Section 11450.40. - 11450.40. A witness appearing pursuant to a subpoena or a...

Section 11450.50. - 11450.50. (a) In the case of the production of a...

ARTICLE 12 - Enforcement of Orders and Sanctions

Section 11455.10. - 11455.10. A person is subject to the contempt sanction for...

Section 11455.20. - 11455.20. (a) The presiding officer or agency head may certify...

Section 11455.30. - 11455.30. (a) The presiding officer may order a party, the...

ARTICLE 13 - Emergency Decision

Section 11460.10. - 11460.10. Subject to the limitations in this article, an agency...

Section 11460.20. - 11460.20. (a) An agency may issue an emergency decision for...

Section 11460.30. - 11460.30. (a) An agency may only issue an emergency decision...

Section 11460.40. - 11460.40. (a) Before issuing an emergency decision under this article,...

Section 11460.50. - 11460.50. (a) The agency shall issue an emergency decision, including...

Section 11460.60. - 11460.60. (a) After issuing an emergency decision under this article...

Section 11460.70. - 11460.70. The agency record consists of any documents concerning the...

Section 11460.80. - 11460.80. (a) On issuance of an emergency decision under this...

ARTICLE 14 - Declaratory Decision

Section 11465.10. - 11465.10. Subject to the limitations in this article, an agency...

Section 11465.20. - 11465.20. (a) A person may apply to an agency for...

Section 11465.30. - 11465.30. Within 30 days after receipt of an application for...

Section 11465.40. - 11465.40. The provisions of a formal, informal, or other applicable...

Section 11465.50. - 11465.50. (a) Within 60 days after receipt of an application...

Section 11465.60. - 11465.60. (a) A declaratory decision shall contain the names of...

Section 11465.70. - 11465.70. (a) The Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt and...

ARTICLE 15 - Conversion of Proceeding

Section 11470.10. - 11470.10. (a) Subject to any applicable regulation adopted under Section...

Section 11470.20. - 11470.20. If the presiding officer or other agency official responsible...

Section 11470.30. - 11470.30. To the extent practicable and consistent with the rights...

Section 11470.40. - 11470.40. After a proceeding is converted from one type to...

Section 11470.50. - 11470.50. An agency may adopt regulations to govern the conversion...

ARTICLE 16 - Administrative Adjudication Code of Ethics

Section 11475. - 11475. The rules imposed by this article may be referred...

Section 11475.10. - 11475.10. (a) This article applies to the following persons: (1)...

Section 11475.20. - 11475.20. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the Code...

Section 11475.30. - 11475.30. For the purpose of this article, the following terms...

Section 11475.40. - 11475.40. The following provisions of the Code of Judicial Ethics...

Section 11475.50. - 11475.50. A violation of an applicable provision of the Code...

Section 11475.60. - 11475.60. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person...

Section 11475.70. - 11475.70. Nothing in this article shall be construed or is...

CHAPTER 5 - Administrative Adjudication: Formal Hearing

Section 11500. - 11500. In this chapter unless the context or subject matter...

Section 11501. - 11501. (a) This chapter applies to any agency as determined...

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