{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"19800","citation":"Gov. Code, § 19800","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5"},{"name":"PART 2.5. FEDERAL GRANT-IN-AID MERIT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS [19800. - 19811.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5/part-2.5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Administration [19800. - 19811.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5/part-2.5/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 427, Sec. 92.   (AB 1062)   Effective January 1, 2014.","effective":"2014-01-01","html":"<p>The Department of Human Resources is hereby vested with the jurisdiction and responsibility of establishing and maintaining personnel standards on a merit basis and administering merit systems for local government agencies where such merit systems of employment are required by statute or regulation as a condition of a state-funded program or a federal grant-in-aid program established under federal laws, including, but not limited to: the Social Security Act, as amended; the Public Health Service Act; and the Federal Civil Defense Act, as amended.</p>","text":"The Department of Human Resources is hereby vested with the jurisdiction and responsibility of establishing and maintaining personnel standards on a merit basis and administering merit systems for local government agencies where such merit systems of employment are required by statute or regulation as a condition of a state-funded program or a federal grant-in-aid program established under federal laws, including, but not limited to: the Social Security Act, as amended; the Public Health Service Act; and the Federal Civil Defense Act, as amended.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/administration-19800","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}