PART 2.5. AGENCIES
Part 2.5 added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 2037.
§§ 12800–12896 · 81 sections
CHAPTER 1. Administration §§ 12800–12838.13 · 61 sections
- § 12800 (a) There are in the state government the following agencies: Business and Consumer Services; California Housing and Homelessness; Transportation; California…
- § 12801 Each agency is under the supervision of an executive officer known as the secretary. Each secretary shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of,…
- § 12802 (a) The Natural Resources Agency shall succeed to, and is vested with, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction previously vested…
- § 12802.5 The Governor may, with respect to the Resources Agency, appoint an Assistant Secretary for Energy Matters who may serve as Secretary for Resources designee on…
- § 12802.8 (a) The Governor may, with respect to the Transportation Agency, appoint a Deputy Secretary of Housing Coordination, who shall serve as the secretary’s primary…
- § 12802.10 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Critically underserved community” has the same meaning as defined in…
- § 12803 (a) The California Health and Human Services Agency consists of the following departments: Aging; Community Services and Development; Developmental Services;…
- § 12803.2 (a) The Government Operations Agency shall consist of all of the following: (1) The Office of Administrative Law. (2) The Public Employees’ Retirement System.…
- § 12803.3 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Technology and Solutions…
- § 12803.35 (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury, the California Health and Human Services Automation Fund. The moneys in the fund shall be available upon…
- § 12803.4 The Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency shall evaluate, on or before April 1, 2006, how the use of established state and federal…
- § 12803.5 The Governor, upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency, may appoint not to exceed two deputies for the secretary.
- § 12803.6 (a) The Governor shall authorize the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, in collaboration with the secretary of the California Health and…
- § 12803.65 (a) The Governor shall rename and establish, in the California Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Rehabilitation, the existing “California…
- § 12803.8 The secretary shall provide all possible assistance to any county desiring to integrate or otherwise unify services administered by one or more departments in…
- § 12804 (a) There is in the state government the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. (b) The Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency shall consist… see note
- § 12804.1 (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the California Housing and Homelessness Agency and the Business and Consumer Services Agency, along with their respective…
- § 12804.2 (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, there is in state government the Business and Consumer Services Agency. (b) The Business and Consumer Services Agency shall consist…
- § 12804.3 (a) The Governor, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Business and Consumer Services, may appoint up to three deputy secretaries who shall serve at the…
- § 12804.4 (a) All employees serving in state civil service, including temporary employees, who are engaged in the performance of functions transferred to the Business…
- § 12804.5 (a) The Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing is hereby authorized to develop programs for technical and fiscal assistance to facilitate… see note
- § 12804.7 The Natural Resources Agency succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, and responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department…
- § 12805 (a) The Resources Agency is hereby renamed the Natural Resources Agency. The Natural Resources Agency consists of the departments of Forestry and Fire…
- § 12805.1 The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall facilitate coordination between the Department of Fish and Game and the California Coastal Commission in a manner…
- § 12805.2 (a) The Resources Agency, in consultation with each department, board, conservancy, and commission within the agency, shall develop and maintain a database of…
- § 12805.3 (a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall convene a committee to develop and submit to the Governor and the Legislature, before July 1, 2012, a…
- § 12805.5 (a) The Governor, utilizing the staff and resources of state agencies, shall transmit to the Legislature, not later than March 15 of each year, an…
- § 12805.6 The Resources Agency shall identify, for future conservation, key buffer properties adjacent to large ecologically valuable working landscapes that provide…
- § 12805.9 (a) On or before April 1, 2022, and annually thereafter on April 1 of each year until April 1, 2026, the Natural Resources Agency shall develop a report on all…
- § 12806 (a) The California Health and Human Services Agency shall succeed to, and is vested with, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction…
- § 12807 (a) The Resources Agency succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Health and Welfare…
- § 12807.5 The Secretary of the Resources Agency, in reviewing projects pursuant to Sections 5096.87 and 5096.128 of the Public Resources Code, shall consider the…
- § 12807.6 (a) The Resources Agency shall establish a revolving low-interest loan program and a grant program for commercial fishing vessel owners, operators, and crew…
- § 12808 The Health and Welfare Agency and the Resources Agency may use the unexpended balances of funds available for use by the Human Relations Agency in connection…
- § 12809 All officers and employees of the Human Relations Agency who, on the effective date of the 1972 amendment of this section, are serving in the state civil…
- § 12810 The Health and Welfare Agency and the Resources Agency shall have the possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys,…
- § 12811.2 Any reference in any law in effect on June 30, 1979, to the Health and Welfare Agency or to the secretary of that agency, with respect to the Department of…
- § 12811.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the provisions of subdivision (i), any employee of a department, board, or commission under the…
- § 12812.2 (a) One of the deputies to the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall be a deputy secretary for law enforcement and counsel, who, subject to the…
- § 12812.3 One of the deputies to the Secretary for Environmental Protection authorized pursuant to Section 12812.1 shall be a deputy secretary for external affairs who…
- § 12812.5 On or before March 1, 1994, the California Environmental Protection Agency, using existing resources and in consultation with other relevant agencies in state…
- § 12812.6 The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall coordinate greenhouse gas emission reductions and climate-change activities in state government.
- § 12813 The Labor and Workforce Development Agency consists of the following: (a) Office of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development. (b) Agricultural Labor…
- § 12813.5 The Public Employment Relations Board is in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
- § 12814 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each state agency or department or political subdivision of the state may isolate any of its automated…
- § 12815 (a) The Office of Data and Innovation is hereby established within the Government Operations Agency. Effective July 1, 2023, the Office of Data and Innovation…
- § 12816.5 (a) Within the Government Operations Agency there shall be a Chief Equity Officer. The Chief Equity Officer shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure…
ARTICLE 14. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation §§ 12838–12838.13 · 14 sections
- § 12838 (a) There is hereby created in state government the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to be headed by a secretary, who shall be appointed by the…
- § 12838.1 (a) There is hereby created within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, under the Undersecretary for Administration, the following divisions: (1)…
- § 12838.4 The Board of Parole Hearings is hereby created. The Board of Parole Hearings shall be comprised of 21 commissioners, who shall be appointed by the Governor,…
- § 12838.5 The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation hereby succeeds to, and is vested with, all the powers, functions, duties, responsibilities, obligations,…
- § 12838.6 The following entities shall be continued in existence within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and shall retain existing functions, powers,…
- § 12838.65 During the closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice, the director shall have the authority to transfer powers, functions, duties, responsibilities,…
- § 12838.7 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Corrections and…
- § 12838.8 All regulations adopted by the predecessor entities, continuing entities, and any of their predecessors are expressly continued in force. Any statute, law,…
- § 12838.9 No contract, lease, license, or any other agreement to which the predecessor entities, continuing entities, and any of their predecessors are a party shall be…
- § 12838.95 No contract, lease, license, grant, or any other agreement to which the Division of Juvenile Justice is a party shall be void or voidable by reason of closure…
- § 12838.10 On and after July 1, 2005, the unencumbered balance of all money available for expenditure by the predecessor entities, continuing entities, and any of their…
- § 12838.11 On and after July 1, 2005, positions filled by appointment by the Governor in the predecessor entities or continuing entities shall be transferred to the…
- § 12838.12 (a) Any officer or employee of the predecessor entities who is engaged in the performance of a function specified in this reorganization plan and who is…
- § 12838.13 This article shall become operative as of July 1, 2005.
CHAPTER 2. Powers §§ 12850–12856 · 11 sections
- § 12850 The secretary of each agency has the power of general supervision over, and is directly responsible to the Governor for, the operations of each department,…
- § 12850.2 The secretary of each agency shall advise the Governor on, and assist him in establishing, major policy and program matters affecting each department, office,…
- § 12850.4 The secretary of each agency shall exercise the authority vested in the Governor in respect to the functions of each department, office, or other unit within…
- § 12850.6 The secretary of each agency shall be generally responsible for the sound fiscal management of each department, office, or other unit within his agency. He…
- § 12850.7 The Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall review and evaluate the systems within the agency for the payment and computation of benefits, insurance,…
- § 12851 Each secretary shall develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range,…
- § 12852 For the purpose of administration, the secretary of each agency shall review the organization of the agency and report to the Governor on such changes as he…
- § 12853 The secretary of each agency and any other officer or employee within the agency designated in writing by the secretary shall have the power of a head of a…
- § 12854 Whenever a power is granted to the secretary of an agency, the power may be exercised by such officer or employee within the agency as designated in writing by…
- § 12855 (a) For the purpose of this chapter, “agency” means the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, the Business and Consumer Services Agency, the California…
- § 12856 (a) The Governor, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing, may appoint up to three deputies for the secretary. (b)… see note
CHAPTER 4. State Agency Greenhouse Gas Reduction Report Card §§ 12890–12893 · 4 sections
- § 12890 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500)…
- § 12891 For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency. (b)…
- § 12892 (a) On or before October 1 of each year, each state agency shall prepare and submit to the secretary in a standardized format as determined by the agency all…
- § 12893 Not less than once every three years, each state agency reporting pursuant to Section 12892 shall, to the extent funds are available, conduct an independent…
CHAPTER 5. Greenhouse Gas Market-Based Compliance Mechanisms and Linkages to the State §§ 12894–12896 · 5 sections
- § 12894 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the establishment of nongovernmental entities, such as the Western Climate Initiative, Incorporated, and…
- § 12894.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) California’s participation in the Western Climate Initiative, Incorporated, requires that its…
- § 12894.7 Any contract with the Western Climate Initiative, Incorporated entered into in furtherance of the provisions in Sections 12894 and 12894.5 shall be considered…
- § 12895 (a) There is in the Business and Consumer Services Agency a Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which has the responsibility for administering…
- § 12896 (a) This section applies to every action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Commissioner of Financial Protection and…