CHAPTER 2. State Departments

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.

§§ 11150–11201 · 31 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 11150–11162 · 14 sections

   • § 11150 It is the policy of this State to vest in the Governor the civil administration of the laws of the State and for the purpose of aiding the Governor in the…
   • § 11151 Each department shall maintain an office and the director of each department who is a member of the Governor’s council shall reside at Sacramento. Each…
   • § 11152 Subject to the approval of the Governor, the head of each department may arrange and classify the work of the department and consolidate, abolish, or create…
   • § 11152.5 Wherever, pursuant to this code, any state department, officer, board, agency, committee, or commission is authorized to adopt rules and regulations, such…
   • § 11153 Except as otherwise provided by law, each division of a department shall be in charge of a chief who shall be appointed by the head of the department and…
   • § 11154 Except as otherwise provided by law, the head of each department may, with the approval of the Governor, appoint such officers and employees as are necessary;…
   • § 11155 The head of a department has no authority to obligate the State for salaries in excess of money available by law for that purpose.
   • § 11156 In addition to any bonds required by the Director of General Services the head of each department may require any officer or employee in his department to…
   • § 11157 The Attorney General is the legal adviser of each department in all matters relating to the department and to the powers and duties of its officers. Upon…
   • § 11158 The sheriffs in the several counties shall execute all lawful orders of a department in their counties.
   • § 11159 Whenever a department succeeds to and is vested with the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities and jurisdiction of a State agency, deputy, employee, or…
   • § 11160 Whenever a department is invested with the power and is charged with the duty of administering and enforcing any law which imposes a duty or jurisdiction or…
   • § 11161 Every person is subject to the same obligations and duties, and has the same rights as if the rights, powers and duties imposed upon and transferred to a…
   • § 11162 Every State officer, deputy and employee is subject to the same penalties, civil or criminal, for any offense as are prescribed by existing law for the same…
2. ARTICLE 2. Investigations and Hearings §§ 11180–11191 · 13 sections

   • § 11180 The head of each department may make investigations and prosecute actions concerning: (a) All matters relating to the business activities and subjects under…
   • § 11180.5 At the request of a prosecuting attorney or the Attorney General, any agency, bureau, or department of this state, any other state, or the United States may…
   • § 11181 In connection with any investigation or action authorized by this article, the department head may do any of the following: (a) Inspect and copy books,…
   • § 11182 The head of a department may delegate the powers conferred upon him by this article to any officer of the department he authorizes to conduct the investigation…
   • § 11183 Except in a report to the head of the department or when called upon to testify in any court or proceeding at law or as provided in Section 11180.5 or…
   • § 11184 (a) In any hearing in any part of the state or in any investigation conducted under this article, the head of the department shall issue process and subpoenas…
   • § 11185 (a) If the witness named in the subpoena is a natural person, the person is not obliged to attend as a witness in any matter under this article at a place out…
   • § 11186 The superior court in the county in which any hearing is held or any investigation is conducted under the direction of the head of a department or the county…
   • § 11187 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if any witness refuses to answer any interrogatory or to attend or testify or produce or permit the inspection or…
   • § 11188 Upon the filing of the petition the court shall enter an order directing the person to appear before the court at a specified time and place and then and there…
   • § 11189 In any matter pending before a department head, the department head may cause the deposition of persons residing within or without the state to be taken by…
   • § 11190 Any party to any departmental hearing has the right to the attendance of witnesses in his behalf at the hearing or upon deposition upon making request therefor…
   • § 11191 Each witness, other than an officer or employee of the State or of a political subdivision of the State, who appears by order of the head of a department shall…
3. ARTICLE 3. Staff §§ 11200–11201 · 4 sections

   • § 11200 The Governor, upon recommendation of the director of the following state departments, may appoint not to exceed two chief deputies for the Directors of the…
   • § 11200.1 The Governor, upon nomination by the Insurance Commissioner, shall appoint the nominees as one chief deputy, and as one deputy director of the Department of…
   • § 11200.4 The Governor, upon recommendation of the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations may appoint not to exceed one chief deputy for the Director of the…
   • § 11201 Each deputy appointed pursuant to Section 11200 shall serve at the pleasure of the director of the department in which he is appointed, and his salary shall be…