ARTICLE VII PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES [SECTION 1. - SEC. 11.]

Article 7 added June 8, 1976, by Prop. 14. Res.Ch. 5, 1976.

Art. VII, §§ 1–11 · 11 sections

Art. VII, § 1 (a) The civil service includes every officer and employee of the State except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. (b) In the civil service permanent…
Art. VII, § 2 (a) There is a Personnel Board of 5 members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate, a majority of the membership concurring, for 10-year terms…
Art. VII, § 3 (a) The board shall enforce the civil service statutes and, by majority vote of all its members, shall prescribe probationary periods and classifications,…
Art. VII, § 4 The following are exempt from civil service: (a) Officers and employees appointed or employed by the Legislature, either house, or legislative committees. (b)…
Art. VII, § 5 A temporary appointment may be made to a position for which there is no employment list. No person may serve in one or more positions under temporary…
Art. VII, § 6 (a) The Legislature may provide preferences for veterans and their surviving spouses. (b) The board by special rule may permit persons in exempt positions,…
Art. VII, § 7 A person holding a lucrative office under the United States or other power may not hold a civil office of profit. A local officer or postmaster whose…
Art. VII, § 8 (a) Every person shall be disqualified from holding any office of profit in this State who shall have been convicted of having given or offered a bribe to…
Art. VII, § 9 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, no person or organization which advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or the…
Art. VII, § 10 (a) No person who is found liable in a civil action for making libelous or slanderous statements against an opposing candidate during the course of an election…
Art. VII, § 11 (a) The Legislators’ Retirement System shall not pay any unmodified retirement allowance or its actuarial equivalent to any person who on or after January 1,…