CHAPTER 2. Officers and Employees [53200. - 53299.]
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.
§§ 53200–53299 · 109 sections
ARTICLE 1. Group Insurance §§ 53200–53210 · 24 sections
- § 53200 As used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means a county, city, school district, district, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public corporation,…
- § 53200.1 For the purposes of this article, employees employed by the county superintendent of schools and whose salaries are paid from the county school service fund…
- § 53200.2 For the purposes of this article, school district employees whose salaries are paid through the county school service fund, pursuant to the provisions of…
- § 53200.3 For the limited purpose of the application of this article, judges of the superior and municipal courts and the officers and attachés of said courts whose…
- § 53200.4 Employees of a district may be treated as county employees for purposes of this article subject to approval of the district’s governing board and the county…
- § 53200.5 Employees of an agency or entity created for the joint exercise of powers pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7…
- § 53201 (a) The legislative body of a local agency, subject to conditions as may be established by it, may provide for any health and welfare benefits for the benefit…
- § 53202 In providing health and welfare benefits the local agency may approve plans of their officers and employees or may contract with one or more admitted insurers,…
- § 53202.1 In approving a plan or plans of health and welfare benefits, the local agency may approve policies of life, health, legal expense, and accident insurance, or…
- § 53202.2 When a policy is approved or adopted and carried into effect the local agency may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures as may properly implement…
- § 53202.25 When in the possession of the local agency, applications, claims and all individual records of persons entitled to benefits from any policies or plans…
- § 53202.3 All plans, policies or other documents used to effectuate the purposes of this article shall provide benefits for large numbers of employees. No plan or policy…
- § 53205 From funds under its jurisdiction, the legislative body may authorize payment of all, or such portion as it may elect, of the premiums, dues, or other charges…
- § 53205.1 (a) From funds under its jurisdiction, the legislative body may authorize payment of all or any portion as it may elect of the premiums, dues, or other charges…
- § 53205.16 It is the intention of the Legislature to allow legislative bodies to validate or approve any prior, existing, or future payments or claims resulting from…
- § 53205.2 In granting the approval specified in Sections 53202 and 53202.1 the local agency or governing board shall give preference to such health benefit plans as do…
- § 53205.3 School districts and community college districts may join with other school districts or community college districts, or any combination of those districts, in…
- § 53205.5 Subject to any applicable limitations of Section 53205 the legislative body may authorize payments to the trustees of a fund established to procure insurance…
- § 53206 Any law prohibiting, restricting, or limiting the assignment of or order for wages or salary does not prohibit, restrict, or limit the powers conferred in this…
- § 53207 This article does not require an officer or employee of a local agency to accept or join in any plan of health and welfare benefits or to authorize deductions…
- § 53208 Notwithstanding any statutory limitation upon compensation or statutory restriction relating to interest in contracts entered into by any local agency, any…
- § 53208.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section, to provide a uniform limit on the health and welfare benefits for the members of the…
- § 53209 Amendments made in this article by the Legislature at the 1957 Regular Session, including, but not limited to, the repeal of Government Code Sections 53203 and…
- § 53210 The legislative body of a county may authorize payment from funds under its jurisdiction of all or such portion as it may elect of the premiums or other…
ARTICLE 1.1. Deferred Compensation §§ 53212–53214.5 · 5 sections
- § 53212 As used in this article, “local agency” means a county, city, public district, joint powers agency, or any public or municipal corporation.
- § 53213 Each local agency may establish for its officers and employees a deferred compensation plan. Participation in such plan shall be by written agreement between…
- § 53213.5 (a) Each deferred compensation plan established pursuant to this article shall conform with the requirements promulgated under the federal Small Business Job…
- § 53214 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a participant in a deferred compensation plan may also participate in a public retirement system, and, in…
- § 53214.5 A county or city and county that pays the salaries, either in whole or in part, of judges of the superior courts and the officers and attachés of those courts…
ARTICLE 1.5. Pension Trusts §§ 53215–53224 · 23 sections
- § 53215 “Local agency” as used in this article means a city, city and county, district, school district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or…
- § 53216 The legislative body of a local agency may establish a pension trust funded by individual life insurance contracts, individual annuities, group policies of…
- § 53216.1 It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with the mandate of the voters in passing Proposition 21 at the June 5, 1984, Primary Election, to allow the…
- § 53216.2 A county that has established a pension trust pursuant to this article may contract with the courts within the county, and with other local agencies within the…
- § 53216.3 The legislative body shall employ investment counsel or trust companies or trust departments of banks to render service in connection with its investment…
- § 53216.4 The legislative body of the local agency shall report annually to the beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries of the pension trust on the status of the…
- § 53216.5 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article and except as otherwise expressly restricted by the California Constitution and by law, the legislative…
- § 53216.6 The assets of the pension trust are trust funds and shall be held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to participants in the pension or retirement…
- § 53216.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, separate rates of contribution for male and female employees shall not be maintained or…
- § 53216.8 In the case of a pension trust established pursuant to this article which provides for individual accounts and permits a participant or beneficiary to direct…
- § 53216.9 (a) Any former member who left the service of a local agency with established reciprocity, and who became a member of a county retirement system, a retirement…
- § 53217 From funds under its jurisdiction the legislative body may authorize payment to the trust of amounts equaling all or any portion of the moneys necessary to…
- § 53217.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section, to provide a uniform limit on the pension trust benefits for the members of the legislative…
- § 53217.6 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to recognize a public obligation to all those whose duties as local prosecutors, local public…
- § 53217.10 (a) On or after January 1, 2003, a member who is credited with less than the number of years of service required for vesting shall have the right to elect to…
- § 53218 Any law prohibiting, restricting, or limiting the assignment of or order for wages or salary does not prohibit, restrict, or limit the powers conferred in this…
- § 53219 A pension trust established pursuant to this article shall have trustees, agents or officers who shall carry on the business of the pension trust. The by-laws…
- § 53220 Unless the legislative body of the local agency specifically provides that a pension trust plan established pursuant to this article is compulsory upon the…
- § 53221 The legislative body of the local agency which establishes a pension trust plan pursuant to the provisions of this article may provide for waiver of membership…
- § 53222 The legislative body of a local agency which establishes a pension trust plan pursuant to the provisions of this article may grant reciprocal retirement…
- § 53222.5 If a local legislative body establishes a pension trust pursuant to this article that provides for disability retirement or has established reciprocity with a…
- § 53223 The legislative body of the local agency which establishes a pension trust plan pursuant to the provisions of this article may adopt any other provisions and…
- § 53224 The legislative body of a local agency which establishes a pension trust plan pursuant to the provisions of this article may contribute to a plan which is…
ARTICLE 1.6. Health Insurance Purchasing Alliance §§ 53225–53225.2 · 3 sections
- § 53225 (a) The Health Insurance Purchasing Alliance Program is hereby authorized. The program shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Health Insurance…
- § 53225.1 The board of directors shall: (a) Negotiate and enter into contractual arrangements with health care insurance providers to provide health benefits coverage…
- § 53225.2 The Advisory Committee shall provide the board advice and assistance in determining the health insurance coverage needs of the participating public agencies…
ARTICLE 1.7. Local District Bonds §§ 53226–53226.3 · 4 sections
- § 53226 This article shall apply to districts other than school districts.
- § 53226.1 The legislative body of any district electing to adopt by resolution the procedures in this chapter shall, prior to an election of officers of the districts,…
- § 53226.2 As an alternative or supplementary to the bonds required by this article, the legislative body may establish a master bond pursuant to Section 1481.
- § 53226.3 The legislative body of a district, other than a school district, may, by resolution, insure against losses caused by an employee or officer of the district in…
ARTICLE 1.8. Eligibility for Office §§ 53227–53227.2 · 3 sections
- § 53227 (a) An employee of a local agency may not be sworn into office as an elected or appointed member of the legislative body of that local agency unless he or she…
- § 53227.1 This article shall not be construed to preempt Sections 35107 and 72103 of the Education Code.
- § 53227.2 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Local agency” means a city, city and county, county, district, municipal or public…
ARTICLE 2. Purchase of United States Bonds § 53230 · 1 section
- § 53230 The legislative body of a county, city, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public district, or other public agency of the State may provide for the…
ARTICLE 2.3. Compensation §§ 53232–53232.4 · 5 sections
- § 53232 For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Governing body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county…
- § 53232.1 (a) When compensation is otherwise authorized by statute, a local agency may pay compensation to members of a legislative body for attendance at the following…
- § 53232.2 (a) When reimbursement is otherwise authorized by statute, a local agency may reimburse members of a legislative body for actual and necessary expenses…
- § 53232.3 (a) If a local agency reimburses members of a legislative body for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties, then a local…
- § 53232.4 Penalties for misuse of public resources or falsifying expense reports in violation of expense reporting polices may include, but are not limited to, the…
ARTICLE 2.4. Ethics Training §§ 53234–53235.2 · 4 sections
- § 53234 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Legislative body” has the same meaning as specified in Section 54952. (b) “Local agency”…
- § 53235 (a) (1) If a local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a member of a legislative body, or provides reimbursement for actual and…
- § 53235.1 (a) Each local agency official in local agency service as of January 1, 2006, except for officials whose term of office ends before January 9, 2007, shall…
- § 53235.2 (a) A local agency that provides the ethical training prescribed by this article shall maintain records indicating both of the following: (1) The dates that…
ARTICLE 2.4.5. Sexual Harassment Prevention Training and Education §§ 53237–53237.5 · 4 sections
- § 53237 For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, charter city,…
- § 53237.1 (a) If a local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a local agency official of that agency, then all local agency officials of that…
- § 53237.2 (a) A local agency that requires its local agency officials or employees to complete the sexual harassment prevention training and education prescribed by this…
- § 53237.5 The requirements of this article are in addition to any other law requiring similar or related training, and nothing in this article shall be construed to…
ARTICLE 2.4.6. Fiscal and Financial Training §§ 53238–53238.4 · 5 sections
- § 53238 For purposes of this article: (a) “Fiscal and financial training” includes, but is not limited to, training in all of the following: (1) Laws and principles…
- § 53238.1 (a) All local agency officials shall receive at least two hours of fiscal and financial training pursuant to this article. (b) A local agency or an association…
- § 53238.2 (a) Every local agency official who is in a local agency’s service as of January 1, 2026, and commenced that service prior to January 1, 2026, shall receive…
- § 53238.3 (a) A local agency that provides the fiscal and financial training required by this article shall maintain records indicating both of the following: (1) The…
- § 53238.4 A local agency official who is in compliance with Section 26945, 26945.1, 27000.7, 27000.8, or 27000.9 is exempt from the provisions of this article.
ARTICLE 2.5. Replacing or Repairing Property of Employees § 53240 · 1 section
- § 53240 The legislative body of a county, city, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public district, or other public agency may provide for the payment of…
ARTICLE 2.6. Abuse of Office §§ 53243–53244 · 6 sections
- § 53243 On or after January 1, 2012, any contract executed or renewed between a local agency and an officer or employee of a local agency that provides paid leave…
- § 53243.1 On or after January 1, 2012, any contract executed or renewed between a local agency and an officer or employee of a local agency that provides funds for the…
- § 53243.2 On or after January 1, 2012, any contract of employment between an employee and a local agency employer shall include a provision which provides that,…
- § 53243.3 On or after January 1, 2012, if a local agency provides, in the absence of a contractual obligation, for any of the payments described in this article, then…
- § 53243.4 For purposes of this article, “abuse of office or position” means either of the following: (a) An abuse of public authority, including, but not limited to,…
- § 53244 (a) A local public officer, as defined in subdivision (b), who is convicted by a state or federal trial court of any felony under state or federal law for…
ARTICLE 2.7. Salary Warrants and Checks § 53245 · 1 section
- § 53245 (a) Any person now or hereafter employed by a county, city, municipal corporation, district, or other public agency may file with their appointing power a…
ARTICLE 2.8. Comparable Pay §§ 53247–53248 · 2 sections
- § 53247 As used in this article, “local agency” means any county, city, city and county, including any charter county, city, or city and county, and any district,…
- § 53248 (a) No local agency shall adopt or continue in effect an ordinance or policy which prohibits consideration of comparability of the value of the work as one of…
ARTICLE 3. Firemen’s Vacations §§ 53250–53252 · 3 sections
- § 53250 The legislative body of a city or a fire protection district in which there is a regularly organized paid fire department or county fire warden department,…
- § 53251 The legislative body shall arrange such leaves so as not to impair the efficiency of the department.
- § 53252 Deduction shall not be made from the salary or pay of a member of the department granted such a leave of absence.
ARTICLE 3.5. Employment Contracts §§ 53260–53264 · 5 sections
- § 53260 (a) All contracts of employment between an employee and a local agency employer shall include a provision that provides that regardless of the term of the…
- § 53261 The cash settlement specified in Section 53260 shall not include any other noncash items except health benefits, which may be continued for the same duration…
- § 53262 (a) All contracts of employment with a superintendent, deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent, community college president,…
- § 53263 For purposes of this article, “local agency” means any general law county, general law city, and any district, school district, community college district,…
- § 53264 This article shall apply prospectively and shall affect any contract originally approved by the governing body, or any existing contract that is extended by…
ARTICLE 3.7. Employment of Firefighters § 53270 · 1 section
- § 53270 (a) The Legislature hereby finds that the hiring of permanent career civilian federal, state, and local government firefighters by local agencies as specified…
ARTICLE 4. Transfer of Public Functions §§ 53290–53293 · 4 sections
- § 53290 As used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means city, county, or district. (b) “Legislative body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or a…
- § 53291 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, whenever a local agency takes over or assumes any of the functions of another local agency under a law which provides…
- § 53292 (a) Whenever a special district or joint powers agency that provides fire protection or a city fire department is dissolved or the area it serves is decreased…
- § 53293 No agency of the state, formed pursuant to general law or special act, for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited…
ARTICLE 4.5. Disclosure of Information: Local Government §§ 53296–53299 · 5 sections
- § 53296 Definitions used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means any county, city, city and county, including any charter county, city, or city and county, and any…
- § 53297 (a) An employee, or applicant for employment, shall have the right to file a complaint with the local agency within 60 days of the date of the act or event…
- § 53298 (a) No local agency officer, manager, or supervisor shall take a reprisal action against any employee or applicant for employment who files a complaint…
- § 53298.5 (a) Any officer, manager, or supervisor who violates Section 53298 with malicious intent is punishable by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000)…
- § 53299 In order for the Governor and the Legislature to determine the need to continue or modify local agency personnel procedures as they relate to disclosure of…