ARTICLE 2. Duties
Article 2 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.
§§ 12159–12179.1 · 29 sections
- § 12159 The Secretary of State shall keep a correct record of the official acts of the legislative and executive departments of the government, and shall, when…
- § 12160 The Secretary of State is charged with custody of: (a) The enrolled copy of the Constitution. (b) All acts and resolutions passed by the Legislature. (c) The…
- § 12161 The Secretary of State shall attend at every session of the Legislature, for the purpose of receiving bills and resolutions and perform such other duties as…
- § 12162 The Secretary of State shall keep a register and attest the official acts of the Governor and shall affix the Great Seal, with the Secretary’s attestation, to…
- § 12163 The Secretary of State shall receive and record in proper books the official bonds of all officers whose bonds are required by law to be filed with the…
- § 12164 The Secretary of State shall record all conveyances made to the state, except (1) evidences of title acquired for state highway purposes and retained by the…
- § 12165 The Secretary of State shall certify and declare the result of all elections upon a question submitted to the electors of the state by either initiative or…
- § 12166 Within 100 days after the final adjournment of each session of the Legislature, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the State Printing Office the…
- § 12167 Within 60 days after the day on which a general election is held throughout the State, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the State Printing Office the…
- § 12168 On demand, the Secretary of State shall furnish, to a person paying the fees therefor, a certified copy of all or any part of a law, record, or other…
- § 12168.5 (a) When not inconsistent with other provisions of law, in lieu of filing or recording documents presented in paper format, the Secretary of State may adopt…
- § 12168.7 (a) The Legislature hereby recognizes the need to adopt uniform statewide standards for the purpose of storing and recording public records in electronic media…
- § 12169 The Secretary of State shall file in the Secretary’s office descriptions of seals in use by the different state officers and furnish those officers with new…
- § 12170 On or before the 15th day of September in each even numbered year, the Secretary of State shall report to the Governor a detailed account of all of the…
- § 12171 The Secretary of State shall compile and maintain a complete list of all districts for which certificates or copies of orders, ordinances or resolutions…
- § 12172 The Secretary of State shall, upon the request of the proponents of an initiative measure which is to be submitted to the voters of the state, review the…
- § 12172.3 The Secretary of State shall post on the Secretary’s Internet Web site and include in the pamphlet developed pursuant to Section 9018 of the Elections Code,…
- § 12172.5 (a) The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state, and shall administer the provisions of the Elections Code. The Secretary of State shall…
- § 12172.6 Beginning in the year before the federal decennial census and continuing through the completion of the enumeration activities for that census, the Secretary of…
- § 12172.8 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to affirm and inform every Californian of their right and obligation to participate in the federal decennial census…
- § 12173 (a) The Secretary of State’s office shall develop a program to utilize electronic communications and enhance the availability and accessibility of information…
- § 12174 (a) The Secretary of State shall administer, protect, develop, and interpret the Secretary of State and State Archives Building Complex located in Sacramento…
- § 12175 The Secretary of State shall keep a fee book. There shall be entered in the book all fees, commissions, and compensation of whatever nature or kind that are…
- § 12176 (a) Commencing July 1, 1992, all fees collected by the Secretary of State’s office pursuant to the Business and Professions Code, Civil Code, Code of Civil…
- § 12177 For services performed in the Secretary’s office, the Secretary of State shall charge and collect the fees fixed in this article.
- § 12178 No Member of the Legislature or state officer shall be charged for a search relative to matters appertaining to the duties of the Member’s or officer’s office,…
- § 12178.1 (a) Except for copies of documents on file prepared pursuant to Section 12182, the fee for preparing a copy of any law, resolution, record, or other document…
- § 12179 The fee for attesting each patent for land issued by the Governor is one dollar ($1) for each 160 acres, or fraction thereof.
- § 12179.1 The fee for attesting each commission, passport, or other document signed by the Governor is ten dollars ($10). A fee shall not be charged for attesting…