CHAPTER 2. Administration [18650. - 18720.5.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 123.

§§ 18650–18720.5 · 45 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. The State Personnel Board §§ 18650–18656 · 8 sections

   • § 18650 The annual salary of each member of the board is provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3. Each member shall also…
   • § 18651 The board may appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary and such other personnel as is necessary to carry out and perform the powers, duties, purposes,…
   • § 18652 The board shall secure such suitable and convenient offices, examination rooms and accommodations throughout the State as may be required for the public…
   • § 18653 The board shall meet in Sacramento as often as the needs of the public service may require and in such other places as it may designate. A majority of the…
   • § 18654 The intention of the Legislature is hereby declared to be that the executive officer shall perform and discharge under the direction and control of the board…
   • § 18654.5 The executive officer shall administer the civil service statutes and rules, subject to the right of appeal to the board.
   • § 18655 When any person selected to assist in examinations or to serve as an authorized representative or referee of the board or the department is employed by the…
   • § 18656 The Attorney General shall render such opinions to and represent the board or any member in such matters as may be requested by the board or any such member.…
2. ARTICLE 1.5. Policy and Audit §§ 18660–18662 · 3 sections

   • § 18660 Pursuant to Section 3 of Article VII of the California Constitution, the board shall establish rules implementing and enforcing the merit principle in the…
   • § 18661 (a) The board may conduct an audit of any appointing authority’s personnel practices to ensure compliance with the civil service laws and board regulations.…
   • § 18662 (a) The board shall determine the total annual cost associated with the board’s audit authority. The board shall recover costs by billing appointing…
3. ARTICLE 2. Investigations and Hearings §§ 18670–18683 · 17 sections

   • § 18670 The board may hold hearings and make investigations concerning all matters relating to the enforcement and effect of this part and rules prescribed under this…
   • § 18671 Such hearings and investigations may be conducted by the board, any member, or any authorized representative of the board. Any authorized person conducting…
   • § 18671.1 (a) If a hearing or investigation is conducted by the board or its authorized representative in regard to an appeal by an employee, the hearing or…
   • § 18671.2 (a) The board shall determine the total cost to the state of maintaining and operating the hearing office of the board, in advance or upon any other basis as…
   • § 18672 (a) Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum may be issued for attendance at a hearing and for production of documents at any reasonable time and place. However, a…
   • § 18672.1 (a) A person served with a subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum may object to its terms by a motion for a protective order, including a motion to quash made…
   • § 18673 If a witness does not reside within 100 miles of the place where the hearing or investigation is held, is out of the state or is too infirm to attend the…
   • § 18674 Witnesses at a hearing or investigation are entitled to the same fees as are allowed witnesses in civil cases in courts of record. An officer serving a…
   • § 18675 (a) All hearings and investigations authorized by this part shall be governed by this part and by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the board. In the…
   • § 18676 When ordered to do so, a witness shall not be excused from testifying or from producing any documentary evidence in that investigation or hearing upon the…
   • § 18677 A person who claims and is granted immunity prior to testimony or the production of books or papers, shall not be prosecuted, punished, or subjected to any…
   • § 18678 Any person served with a subpena to appear and testify or to produce books or papers issued in the course of any such investigation or hearing who disobeys or…
   • § 18679 The board and any person authorized by it to conduct a hearing or investigation is the head of a department within the meaning of Article 2, Chapter 2, Part 1,…
   • § 18680 The remedy provided in Sections 11186 to 11188 inclusive is cumulative, and does not impair or interfere with either the power of the board or its authorized…
   • § 18681 Whenever any matter is pending before the board involving a dispute between one or more employees and an appointing power and the parties to such dispute agree…
   • § 18682 Whenever any employee, department, or other person, actively interested in a matter before the board and in connection with which it is holding a hearing,…
   • § 18683 (a) Whenever any employee, department, or other person actively interested in a matter before the board and for which a hearing will be or has been held,…
4. ARTICLE 3. General Powers and Duties §§ 18701–18717 · 10 sections

   • § 18701 The board shall prescribe, amend, and repeal rules in accordance with law for the administration and enforcement of this part and other sections of this code…
   • § 18702 The board shall create and adjust classes of positions in the state civil service in accordance with Article VII of the Constitution and this part.
   • § 18703 The board shall provide for dismissals, demotions, suspensions, and other adverse action for or in the state civil service in accordance with Article VII of…
   • § 18706 The board may make agreements with personnel agencies in other jurisdictions, political subdivisions, and state agencies excepted from the state civil service.
   • § 18707 The board and the Department of Human Resources may enter into agreements to make available their services and facilities, upon request, to any county, city,…
   • § 18708 The board shall cooperate with the Director of Finance, the Department of Human Resources, the Controller, and other state agencies in matters not covered by…
   • § 18710 All orders and decisions of the board made pursuant to Article VII of the California Constitution or this part shall be obeyed by and are binding upon all…
   • § 18711 The board and the Department of Human Resources may join associations of personnel agencies having as their purpose the interchanging or supplying of…
   • § 18714 (a) Nothing in this part shall preclude the Department of Human Resources from providing by rule for a system of adjusting employee grievances which shall be…
   • § 18717 (a) The board shall develop objective criteria for determining the application of the state safety category of membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement…
5. ARTICLE 3.5. Employment Procedures §§ 18720–18720.5 · 7 sections

   • § 18720 The employment procedures of the department and of each state agency shall conform to the federal and state laws governing employment practices, including the…
   • § 18720.1 The department shall be responsible for the collection and review of all employment forms used by state agencies for civil service employment and for the…
   • § 18720.2 The Civil Rights Department shall collect and review all other forms used by state agencies for employment, and occupational licensing and registration, to…
   • § 18720.3 Each state agency is responsible for ensuring that the employment application forms, and occupational licensing and registration forms, used by the agency…
   • § 18720.4 State agencies shall exhaust existing supplies of forms which conform with federal and state law before using any new form approved by the department or the…
   • § 18720.45 Employment forms used by a state agency shall require a person applying for employment to disclose whether the person has entered into an agreement with the…
   • § 18720.5 A violation of this article shall constitute an unlawful employment practice which is subject to the enforcement provisions of the California Fair Employment…