PART 2. STATE CIVIL SERVICE
Part 2 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 123.
§§ 18500–19799 · 367 sections
CHAPTER 1. General §§ 18500–18599.8 · 61 sections
ARTICLE 1. Purpose §§ 18500–18502 · 3 sections
- § 18500 It is the purpose of this part: (a) To facilitate the operation of Article VII of the Constitution. (b) To promote and increase economy and efficiency in the…
- § 18501 This part and Part 2.6 shall be known as the State Civil Service Act.
- § 18502 (a) There is hereby created in state government the Department of Human Resources. The department succeeds to and is vested with the following: (1) All of the…
ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 18520–18553 · 41 sections
- § 18520 Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions hereinafter set forth govern the construction of this part and the rules adopted hereunder.
- § 18521 “Board” means the agency created by Section 2 of Article VII of the California Constitution and includes the “State Personnel Board” provided in Section 2(a)…
- § 18521.5 “Department” means the Department of Human Resources.
- § 18522 “Position” means any office or employment in the “state civil service” as the phrase is defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution. “Former…
- § 18523 “Class” means a group of positions sufficiently similar with respect to duties and responsibilities that the same title may reasonably and fairly be used to…
- § 18524 “Appointing authority” or “appointing power” means a person or group having authority to make appointments to positions in the state civil service.
- § 18525 “Appointment” means the offer to and acceptance by a person of a position in the State civil service in accordance with this part.
- § 18525.1 “Promotion” means the appointment of an employee to a position in a different class with a higher salary range, unless the appointment is by transfer, as…
- § 18525.2 “Demotion” means the appointment of an employee to a position in a different class with a lower salary range, as provided by Section 19253 if voluntary, by…
- § 18525.3 “Transfer” means both of the following: (a) The appointment of an employee to another position in the same class but under another appointing power. (b) The…
- § 18526 “Employee” means a person legally holding a position in the State civil service.
- § 18527 “Probationer” means an employee who has probationary status. “Probationary status” means the status of an employee who has been certified and appointed from an…
- § 18528 “Permanent employee” means an employee who has permanent status. “Permanent status” means the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his or her…
- § 18529 “Temporary employee” means an employee holding a position under temporary appointment. “Temporary appointment” means an appointment made in the absence of any…
- § 18530 “Limited term employee” means an employee whose appointment as a result of reinstatement or certification from an employment list shall not exceed two years,…
- § 18531 “Emergency employee” means an employee holding a position under emergency appointment. “Emergency appointment” means an appointment made for a period not to…
- § 18532 “Eligible list” means a list of persons who have been examined in an open competitive examination and are eligible for certification for a specific class.…
- § 18532.1 “Preferred limited term list” means a list of persons who have served under limited-term appointment and who, in accordance with rule, are granted eligibility…
- § 18532.2 “Departmental eligible list” means a list of persons who have been examined in an open competitive examination and who are eligible for certification for a…
- § 18533 (a) “Subdivisional promotional list” means a list of persons eligible for certification for a specific class resulting from a promotional examination for a…
- § 18534 “General reemployment list” means a list established for the reemployment of persons in a particular class in any State agency, irrespective of the State…
- § 18535 “Departmental reemployment list” means a list established for the reemployment of persons in a particular class in a particular State agency.
- § 18536 “Subdivisional reemployment list” means a list established for the reemployment of persons in a particular class in a particular subdivision of a State agency.
- § 18537 “Employment list” means preferred limited-term list, limited-term list, eligible list, departmental eligible list, subdivisional promotional list, departmental…
- § 18538 “Part” means this part, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 19800), and Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 19815) and those portions of Part 1 (commencing with…
- § 18540 “Armed forces” means the United States Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
- § 18540.1 “National emergency” as used in this part means any period in which the United States is at war prior to the declaration by the Governor of a state military…
- § 18540.2 “State military emergency,” as used in this part, means an emergency declared and terminable by the Governor by proclamation during, but not limited to, such…
- § 18540.3 “Recognized military service” means full-time service by a person in the armed forces during the national emergency or a state military emergency.
- § 18540.4 “Veteran” means: Any person who has served full time in the armed forces in time of national emergency or state military emergency or during any expedition of…
- § 18541 “Disabled veteran” means any veteran as defined in Section 18540.4 who is currently declared by the United States Veterans Administration to be 10 percent or…
- § 18542 “Rehabilitation” as used within this part shall mean a restoration of veterans declared to be 10 per cent or more disabled, either physically or mentally.
- § 18543 “Military leave” means the leave of absence status of a permanent employee or probationer who leaves a position to serve in the armed forces of the United…
- § 18544 “Duration employment” means an employment during time of war or during an emergency in connection with the national defense, which employment is subject to…
- § 18545 “Duration examination” means an open competitive examination, or promotional examination, held for the express purpose of providing a list of persons available…
- § 18546 “Career executive” means an employee appointed from an employment list established for the express purpose of providing a list of persons who are eligible for…
- § 18547 “Career executive assignment” means an appointment to a high administrative and policy influencing position within the state civil service in which the…
- § 18550 A “full-time” position or appointment is a position or appointment in which the employee is to work the amount of time required for the employee to be…
- § 18551 A “part-time” position or appointment is a position or appointment in which the employee is to work a specific fraction of the full-time work schedule.
- § 18552 An “intermittent” position or appointment is a position or appointment in which the employee is to work periodically or for a fluctuating portion of the…
- § 18553 “Core competencies” mean the particular education, experience, knowledge, and abilities that each applicant is required to have in order to be considered…
ARTICLE 3. General Provisions §§ 18570–18577 · 8 sections
- § 18570 This part shall be known as the State Civil Service Act.
- § 18571 Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth govern the construction of this part.
- § 18572 Whenever a power is granted or a duty imposed upon an appointing power, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by a deputy of the appointing power or…
- § 18573 Each appointing power shall provide access to records and prepare reports as required by the board or the department. Information given to the board and the…
- § 18574 All officers and employees of the state and any county, city, district, or other subdivision of the state recognized by law shall aid in all proper ways in…
- § 18575 (a) (1) The appointing power shall provide service of the following actions by personal service or by certified mail with return receipt requested or express…
- § 18576 Judicial notice shall be taken of board and department rules, regulations, and amendments.
- § 18577 Whenever this part refers to “board rules,” “rules of the board,” “rules,” or makes a similar reference, that reference authorizes the board to make rules…
ARTICLE 4. Scope §§ 18590–18599.8 · 9 sections
- § 18590 This part does not prohibit any state agency which is authorized by law to contract for such services from contracting with an independent contractor for the…
- § 18591 The “state civil service” includes state officers and employees, appointed or employed by or under the Adult Authority or the Director of Corrections, and who…
- § 18592 The “state civil service” shall include all fire protection personnel employed at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Los Alamitos.
- § 18596 The “state civil service” shall include all personnel appointed or employed in the Bureau of Pupil Personnel Services in the Division of Instruction of the…
- § 18596.5 The “state civil service” shall include all vocational education personnel appointed or employed in the State Department of Education, who are now excluded…
- § 18597 The “state civil service” shall include all teachers who have been employed for a period of six months at the Orientation Center for the Blind who are now…
- § 18599 The “state civil service” shall include all personnel appointed or employed in the Bureau of National Defense Education Act Administration of the Department of…
- § 18599.5 (a) The “state civil service” does not include a California Science and Technology Policy Fellow provided by the California Council on Science and Technology…
- § 18599.8 (a) The “state civil service” does not include a policy fellow provided by an association. (b) For purposes of this section, “association” means any of the…
CHAPTER 2. Administration §§ 18650–18720.5 · 45 sections
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
CHAPTER 3. Classification §§ 18800–18806 · 5 sections
- § 18800 The board shall create and adjust classes of positions in the State civil service. The classes adopted by the board, shall be known as the Personnel…
- § 18801.1 The Department of Human Resources shall designate managerial positions, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 3513, and shall report those designations to…
- § 18802 From time to time as it deems necessary, the board may establish additional classes and divide, combine, alter, or abolish existing classes. In establishing,…
- § 18804 Upon the reallocation of a position, other than by action of the board under Section 18802, the incumbent of the position shall not thereby gain status in the…
- § 18806 The classification title or a code symbol approved by the board shall be used in all communications relating to personnel and in all budget and financial…
CHAPTER 4. Employment Lists §§ 18900–18993 · 45 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 18900–18906 · 10 sections
- § 18900 (a) Eligible lists shall be established as a result of free competitive examinations open to persons who lawfully may be appointed to any position within the…
- § 18900.5 For purposes of this part, “designated appointing power” means an appointing power designated by the department under Section 18930.5.
- § 18900.6 (a) The department may authorize the use of skills-based certification for information technology classifications if all of the following conditions are…
- § 18901 (a) The department may remove all names from open and promotional eligible lists after they have remained thereon for more than one year from the date of the…
- § 18901.5 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 18901, the department may authorize the retention of eligibles on an employment list for an indefinite period of…
- § 18902 The department may divide the state into districts and departments and establish district eligible lists and departmental eligible lists therefor. A person on…
- § 18903 (a) For each class there shall be maintained a general reemployment list consisting of the names of all persons who have occupied positions with probationary…
- § 18904 For each class there shall be maintained a separate departmental reemployment list within a given state agency, which shall consist of the names of persons on…
- § 18905 The order in which names appear on reemployment lists shall be determined by the relative order of the scores determined as for layoff in accordance with…
- § 18906 Any name, after a period of five consecutive years, shall be removed from the reemployment lists for the class unless the period is extended by action of the…
ARTICLE 2. Examinations §§ 18930–18941 · 16 sections
- § 18930 Examinations for the establishment of eligible lists shall be competitive and of such character as fairly to test and determine the qualifications, fitness,…
- § 18930.1 The department shall establish best practices for each aspect of the design, announcement, and administration of examinations for the purpose of increasing…
- § 18930.5 (a) The department may designate an appointing power to design, announce, or administer examinations for the establishment of employment lists in accordance…
- § 18931 (a) The board shall establish minimum qualifications for determining the fitness and qualifications of employees for each class of position, including…
- § 18932 The board shall not establish any minimum or maximum age limits for any civil service examination, except in the cases of positions involving public health or…
- § 18933 (a) Within a reasonable time before the scheduled date, the department or a designated appointing power shall announce or advertise examinations for the…
- § 18934 (a) (1) Every applicant for examination shall file an application with the department or a designated appointing power as directed in the examination…
- § 18935 (a) The department or a designated appointing power may refuse to examine, or after examination may refuse to declare as eligible, or may withhold or withdraw…
- § 18936 The final earned rating of each person competing in any examination shall be determined by the weighted average of the earned ratings on all phases of the…
- § 18937 The passing mark for an examination may be other than the true percentage or average published as a part of the announcement of the examination, if deemed by…
- § 18938 The department or a designated appointing power may issue certificates of competence to candidates who are successful in certain phases of examinations…
- § 18938.5 When the employment list resulting from examination has been established, each competitor shall be notified in writing of the results of the examination. For…
- § 18938.6 The department or designated appointing power shall provide for the inspection of examination papers for all written test competitors.
- § 18939 The department or a designated appointing power may receive applications, conduct examinations, and create eligible lists on a continual basis consistent with…
- § 18940 Any applicant for examination may request reasonable accommodation for a disability or sincerely held religious belief pursuant to the Fair Employment and…
- § 18941 Any former state employee who was dismissed from state service pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 19500) of Division 5 of this part may petition…
ARTICLE 3. Promotion §§ 18950–18955 · 7 sections
- § 18950 (a) Vacancies in positions shall be filled insofar as consistent with the best interests of the state from among employees holding positions in appropriate…
- § 18950.1 Notwithstanding any other law, full-time employees of the state who are exempt from state civil service pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of Article VII…
- § 18951 The board, department, and each state agency and employee shall encourage economy and efficiency in and devotion to state service by encouraging promotional…
- § 18951.5 (a) In an examination held on an open, nonpromotional basis under Section 18950, a competitor who has served at least one full year in, or who is a graduate…
- § 18952 Any employee who feels aggrieved at any action taken by any superior or fellow employee in discouraging or in any manner hindering or preventing him from…
- § 18954 In any promotional examinations for positions in the California Highway Patrol, there shall be allowed to each competitor an additional credit for merit,…
- § 18955 Examinations for those classes designated as supervisory level peace officers in the Department of Corrections and Youth Authority, with respect to those peace…
ARTICLE 4. Veterans’ Preference §§ 18973–18979 · 8 sections
- § 18973 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Veteran” has the same meaning as defined in Section 18540.4. (b) “Disabled veteran”…
- § 18973.1 Whenever any veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran achieves a passing score on an entrance examination, he or she…
- § 18973.5 (a) For purposes of this article, an entrance examination is any open competitive examination. (b) No veterans’ preference under this article shall be awarded…
- § 18974.5 Any member of the Armed Forces who successfully passes any state civil service examination and whose name as a result is placed on an employment list and who…
- § 18975 Periods of service in the recognized military service shall be counted by the department and designated appointing authority as qualifying experience upon a…
- § 18976 (a) Request for and proof of eligibility for veterans’ preference shall be submitted by the veteran to the department or designated appointing authority…
- § 18977 Where experience is required as a minimum qualification for any civil service examination, a person, who is or has been on military leave from a state civil…
- § 18979 (a) In making appointments to positions performing the duties of disabled veterans’ outreach program representatives in the disabled veterans’ outreach program…
ARTICLE 5. Exempt Employees §§ 18990–18993 · 4 sections
- § 18990 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, persons employed by the Legislature for two or more consecutive years shall be given an opportunity,…
- § 18991 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons retired from the United States military, honorably discharged from active military duty with a…
- § 18992 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, persons holding, for two or more consecutive years, nonelected exempt positions in the executive branch…
- § 18993 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a legislative or nonelected exempt executive branch employee who is appointed to a career executive assignment…
CHAPTER 5. Appointments §§ 19050–19238 · 70 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 19050–19062.5 · 24 sections
- § 19050 The appointing power in all cases not excepted or exempted by virtue of Article VII of the Constitution shall fill positions by appointment, including cases of…
- § 19050.2 (a) Subject to the approval of the board, the appointing authority may enter into arrangements with personnel agencies in other jurisdictions for the purpose…
- § 19050.3 Transfer of an employee from a position under one appointing power to a position under another appointing power may be made, subject to board rule.
- § 19050.4 A transfer may be accomplished without examination pursuant to board rules.
- § 19050.5 Notwithstanding Section 3517.6, an appointing power may transfer any employee under his or her jurisdiction to a position in the same class or to another…
- § 19050.7 Whenever any position is changed by the adoption of new, different or additional machines or processes while the purpose or product is the same or similar in…
- § 19050.8 The board may prescribe rules governing the temporary assignment or loan of employees within an agency or between agencies for a period not to exceed two years…
- § 19050.9 Whenever a function or the administration of a law is transferred from one state agency to another state agency, all persons serving in the state civil service…
- § 19051 Civil service appointments shall only be made to a class that is appropriate for the duties, functions, and responsibilities that will be performed.
- § 19052 Whenever a vacancy in any position is to be filled and not by transfer, demotion, or reinstatement, the appointing power shall provide any information the…
- § 19054 Except as provided in Section 19054.1, the order of preference in certifying eligibles shall be: subdivisional reemployment list, departmental reemployment…
- § 19054.1 When an examination for a managerial position is conducted on an open and promotional basis, the names of eligibles shall be placed on one list and ranked in…
- § 19055 The department may, consistent with board rules, provide for certification of names from appropriate employment lists of the same or higher level in the event…
- § 19056 If the appointment is to be made from a departmental reemployment list or subdivisional reemployment list, unless either one is used as an appropriate…
- § 19056.5 Notwithstanding any other provision in this part, if the appointment is to be made from a general reemployment list, the names of the three persons with the…
- § 19057.1 (a) Except for reemployment lists and State Restriction of Appointment lists, when an appointing power seeks to fill a vacant position by using an employment…
- § 19057.2 (a) An appointing power, before offering employment to an applicant, shall provide the applicant with an explanation of the benefits that accompany state…
- § 19057.3 (a) For a position in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, there shall be certified to the appointing power the names and addresses of all those…
- § 19058 When there is no employment list from which a position may be filled, the appointing power, with the consent of the department, may fill the position by…
- § 19059 A person who does not possess the minimum qualifications for the class to which the position belongs shall not be appointed under a temporary appointment. A…
- § 19061 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person appointed to a trade-rate apprentice class in the Office of State Printing shall be appointed to the…
- § 19062 If there are no vacancies in the appropriate journeyman trade-rate class, the employee completing an apprenticeship under Section 19061 shall be afforded the…
- § 19062.3 An employee holding a full- or part-time appointment shall be entitled to the amount of employment specified at the time of the appointment, subject to…
- § 19062.5 The department may establish eligibility requirements governing movement of employees between full-time, part-time, and intermittent positions.
ARTICLE 1.5. Appointments: Priority Consideration §§ 19063–19063.8 · 7 sections
- § 19063 (a) Any person receiving state public assistance under the CalWORKs program (Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 9…
- § 19063.1 Each state agency that intends to establish qualified hiring pools, as defined by the department, for seasonal or entry level nontesting class employment shall…
- § 19063.2 Each state agency that has an open seasonal or entry level nontesting class position, but does not have a qualified hiring pool, shall notify the Employment…
- § 19063.3 This article may be waived by the Governor, if requested to do so by the state agency involved, in order to address an emergency which threatens the public…
- § 19063.4 If no public assistance recipient applies for an opening within the time limits established by this article, the state agency may fill the opening with a…
- § 19063.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, participation in a seasonal or entry level nontesting class vacancy by a public assistance recipient shall be…
- § 19063.8 Any seasonal or entry level nontesting classifications specifically designed to support a program to train students, as determined by the department, to the…
ARTICLE 2. Limited Term §§ 19080–19083 · 6 sections
- § 19080 Whenever an appointing power requires the appointment of a person on a limited term basis, the request for certification shall state the duration of the…
- § 19080.3 Limited term appointments shall be made only for temporary staffing needs and shall not individually or consecutively exceed one year, provided that the board…
- § 19080.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19080.3, a limited term appointment for a period not to exceed two years may be made to professional education classifications…
- § 19081 Eligibles shall be certified in accordance with their position on the appropriate employment list and their willingness to accept appointment to such position…
- § 19082 The department may provide for the establishment, maintenance, and use of preferred limited-term lists.
- § 19083 Limited-term employees shall be subject to such conditions affecting appointment, status, tenure and separation during and after employment as the board by…
ARTICLE 3. Intermittent §§ 19100.5–19101 · 2 sections
- § 19100.5 Whenever the appointing power requires the appointment of a person to a position requiring the performance of work on an intermittent or irregular time basis,…
- § 19101 The department or a designated appointing authority may establish employment lists from which intermittent appointments may be made. Eligibles shall be…
ARTICLE 4. Personal Services Contracts §§ 19130–19135 · 6 sections
- § 19130 The purpose of this article is to establish standards for the use of personal services contracts. (a) Personal services contracting is permissible to achieve…
- § 19131 Any state agency proposing to execute a contract pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19130 shall notify the State Personnel Board of its intention. All…
- § 19132 (a) The State Personnel Board, at the request of an employee organization that represents state employees, shall review the adequacy of any proposed or…
- § 19133 (a) Any state agency may enter into an agreement with any public or private institution of higher education in California, nonprofit campus foundation, or…
- § 19134 (a) Personal services contracts entered into by a state agency in accordance with Section 19130 for persons providing janitorial and housekeeping services,…
- § 19135 (a) If a contract is disapproved by action of the board or its delegate, a state agency shall immediately discontinue that contract unless ordered otherwise by…
ARTICLE 5. Reinstatement §§ 19140–19144 · 7 sections
- § 19140 (a) In addition to reinstatement required under any other section, an appointing power may, in his or her discretion, reinstate any person having probationary…
- § 19140.5 This section applies only to a permanent employee, or an employee who previously had permanent status and who, since receiving permanent status, has had no…
- § 19141 (a) This section applies only to an employee in an exempt position who previously had permanent status in the civil service. As used in this section, “former…
- § 19141.1 (a) This section only applies to employees in an exempt position who have reinstatement rights to their former positions under Section 19141. (b) Within four…
- § 19142 (a) Every person accepts and holds a position in the state civil service subject to mandatory reinstatement of another person. (b) Upon reinstatement of a…
- § 19143 At the termination of any temporary separation, except termination of a permanent or probationary employee by layoff and termination by displacement, as…
- § 19144 Subject to Sections 21223 and 21224, a person who has retired from state civil service may be employed temporarily in a civil service position at any time…
ARTICLE 6. Probationary Period §§ 19170–19180 · 9 sections
- § 19170 (a) The board shall establish the length of the probationary period for each class to be six months, unless the board establishes a longer period of not more…
- § 19171 The service of a probationary period is required under the following circumstances: (a) when an employee enters or is promoted in the state civil service by…
- § 19172 During the probationary period the appointing power shall evaluate the work and efficiency of a probationer in the manner and at such periods as the department…
- § 19173 (a) Any probationer may be rejected by the appointing power during the probationary period for reasons relating to the probationer’s qualifications, the good…
- § 19175 The board at the written request of a rejected probationer, filed within 15 calendar days of the effective date of rejection, may investigate with or without a…
- § 19175.1 The board, upon the written request of a probationer who has been rejected for medical reasons only, may restore the name of the rejected probationer to the…
- § 19175.2 The board, upon the written request of a probationer who has been rejected after appointment from a general re-employment list, shall restore the name of the…
- § 19175.5 Subject to board rule an appointing power may cancel or withdraw a notice of rejection of a probationer.
- § 19180 If the board restores a rejected probationer to his or her position it shall direct the payment of salary to the employee for such period of time as the…
ARTICLE 7. Duration Appointments § 19200 · 1 section
- § 19200 Whenever the United States is engaged in war or whenever the department finds that an emergency exists in connection with the national defense, the department…
ARTICLE 9. Hiring of Disabled Persons §§ 19230–19238 · 8 sections
- § 19230 The Legislature hereby declares that: (a) It is the policy of this state to encourage and enable individuals with a disability to participate fully in the…
- § 19231 As used in this article, “individual with a disability” means any individual who has a physical or mental disability as defined in Section 12926.
- § 19232 Each state agency shall be responsible for establishing an effective affirmative action program to ensure individuals with a disability, who are capable of…
- § 19233 The department shall be responsible for the following: (a) Outline specific actions to improve the representation of individuals with a disability in the state…
- § 19234 Each state agency shall annually review its hiring activities designed to achieve the employment objectives established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section…
- § 19236 The department shall provide technical assistance, statewide advocacy, coordination, and monitoring of plans to overcome any underrepresentation determined…
- § 19237 On or before November 15 of each year, the department shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on the current activity, future plans, and past…
- § 19238 (a) By December 31, 2025, the department, shall report to the Legislature on all of the following: (1) The number of persons with disabilities hired by each…
CHAPTER 5.5. Limited Examination and Appointment Program §§ 19240–19244 · 13 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 19240–19241 · 2 sections
- § 19240 (a) The department, consistent with board rules, shall be responsible for the administration of the Limited Examination and Appointment Program. This program…
- § 19241 (a) The department, consistent with board rules, shall be responsible for the implementation of this chapter, which may provide for the establishment of…
ARTICLE 2. Examinations and Appointments §§ 19242–19243.4 · 10 sections
- § 19242 (a) The department or its designee shall conduct competitive examinations to determine the qualifications and readiness of persons with disabilities for state…
- § 19242.1 An appointment to a position for the purpose of completing a job performance evaluation shall be known as an examination appointment.
- § 19242.2 The department or its designee shall create a referral list containing the names of persons with disabilities who meet eligibility criteria for participation…
- § 19242.4 All examination appointments to positions under the Limited Examination and Appointment Program shall be made on a temporary and provisional basis to allow…
- § 19242.6 Candidates serving in positions under the Limited Examination and Appointment Program shall not acquire permanent civil service status but shall receive the…
- § 19242.8 The department or its designee shall develop evaluation standards which are appropriate tests of fitness for the job classification. During the job examination…
- § 19242.9 Upon failure of the appointing power to terminate the appointment of the candidate within 30 days following the end of the job examination period, it shall be…
- § 19243 Upon successful completion of the job examination period, the candidate shall have qualified in the examination. The appointing power shall appoint the…
- § 19243.2 With the approval of the department, the appointing power may shorten or extend the duration of the job examination period.
- § 19243.4 Upon unsuccessful completion of the job examination period, the appointing power may terminate the appointment of the candidate in accordance with board rule.
ARTICLE 3. Appeals § 19244 · 1 section
- § 19244 Applicants for and candidates in the Limited Examination and Appointment Program examination process may appeal in accordance with board rule any of the…
CHAPTER 6. Service §§ 19251.5–19406 · 12 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 19251.5–19261 · 6 sections
- § 19251.5 All state employees and employees of the University of California and the California State University shall have the right to communicate with Members and…
- § 19253 Subject to approval by the department, an appointing power with the concurrence or at the request of an employee may request the voluntary demotion of such…
- § 19253.5 (a) An appointing power may require an employee to submit to a medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the appointing power to evaluate…
- § 19257 Any person acting in good faith in accepting an appointment or employment contrary to this part or the rules prescribed hereunder, shall be paid by the…
- § 19257.5 Where the appointment of an employee has been made and accepted in good faith, but where the appointment would not have been made but for some mistake of law…
- § 19261 (a) The Department of Human Resources may establish standards of health and safety in state agencies and may develop a comprehensive health and safety program…
ARTICLE 2. Upward Mobility §§ 19400–19406 · 6 sections
- § 19400 It is the intent of this article to establish and maintain an effective upward mobility program for state employees in low-paying occupations. An upward…
- § 19401 All appointing authorities of state government shall establish an effective program of upward mobility for employees in low-paying occupational groups. In…
- § 19402 (a) (1) All upward mobility programs shall include annual goals that include the number of employees expected to progress from entry-level positions to higher…
- § 19403 The department shall, in cooperation with appointing authorities, establish bridging classifications and career ladders to provide upward mobility from jobs in…
- § 19405 The department shall annually submit a report to the Legislature on the performance of each appointing authority and agency in state government in meeting its…
- § 19406 The State Personnel Board shall prepare written guidelines for implementation of the upward mobility program described in this article within six months from…
CHAPTER 7. Separations From Service §§ 19570–19593 · 36 sections
ARTICLE 1. Disciplinary Proceedings §§ 19570–19589 · 29 sections
- § 19570 As used in this article “adverse action” means dismissal, demotion, suspension, or other disciplinary action. This article shall not apply to any adverse…
- § 19571 In conformity with this article and the board rule, adverse action may be taken against any employee, or person whose name appears on any employment list for…
- § 19572 Each of the following constitutes cause for discipline of an employee, or of a person whose name appears on any employment list: (a) Fraud in securing…
- § 19573 The Department of Human Resources may establish disciplinary criteria applicable to adverse actions taken by appointing bodies pursuant to the causes of…
- § 19574 (a) The appointing power, or its authorized representative, may take adverse action against an employee for one or more of the causes for discipline specified…
- § 19574.1 (a) An employee who has been served with notice of adverse action, or a representative designated by the employee, shall have the right to inspect any…
- § 19574.2 (a) Any party claiming that his or her request for discovery pursuant to Section 19574.1 has not been complied with may serve and file a petition to compel…
- § 19574.5 Pending investigation by the appointing power of accusations against an employee involving misappropriation of public funds or property, drug addiction,…
- § 19575 The employee has 30 calendar days after the effective date of the adverse action to file with the board a written answer to the notice of adverse action. The…
- § 19575.5 At any time before an employee’s appeal is submitted to the board or its authorized representative for decision, the appointing power may with the consent of…
- § 19576 Whenever an answer is filed by an employee who has been suspended without pay for five days or less, or who has received a formal reprimand or up to a one-step…
- § 19576.1 Effective January 1, 1996, notwithstanding Section 19576, this section shall apply only to state employees in State Bargaining Unit 5. Whenever an answer is…
- § 19578 Except as provided in Section 19576, whenever an answer is filed to an adverse action, the board or its authorized representative shall within a reasonable…
- § 19579 Failure of either party (the employee, the employer, or their representatives) to proceed at the hearing shall be deemed a withdrawal of the action or appeal,…
- § 19580 Either by deposition or at the hearing the employee may be examined and may examine or cause any person to be examined under Section 776 of the Evidence Code.
- § 19581 The board or its authorized representative shall issue subpenas for witnesses for the employee upon his written request and at his cost. The board or its…
- § 19581.5 Prior to the scheduling of a contested adverse action or rejection on probation for hearing, the board may require or any party may request a prehearing or…
- § 19582 (a) Hearings may be held by the board, or by any authorized representative, but the board shall render the decision that in its judgment is just and proper.…
- § 19582.5 The board may designate certain of its decisions as precedents. Decisions of the board are subject to Section 11425.60. The board may provide by rule for the…
- § 19582.51 Effective January 1, 1996, notwithstanding Section 19582.5, this section shall only apply to state employees in State Bargaining Unit 5. The board may…
- § 19583 The board shall render a decision within a reasonable time after the hearing or investigation. The adverse action taken by the appointing power shall stand…
- § 19583.1 Dismissal of an employee from the service shall, unless otherwise ordered by the board: (a) Constitute a dismissal as of the same date from any and all…
- § 19583.5 (a) Any person, except for a current ward of the Division of Juvenile Facilities, a current inmate of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or a…
- § 19584 Whenever the board revokes or modifies an adverse action and orders that the employee be returned to his or her position, it shall direct the payment of salary…
- § 19585 (a) This section shall apply to permanent and probationary employees and may be used in lieu of adverse action and rejection during probation when the only…
- § 19586 Within 30 days after the day a copy of the decision rendered by the board in a proceeding under this article is served by the board upon the parties to the…
- § 19587 If the petition for rehearing is granted, the matter shall be set down for rehearing by the board or its authorized representative. If the matter is set for…
- § 19588 The right to petition a court for writ of mandate, or to bring or maintain any action or proceeding based on or related to any civil service law of this State…
- § 19589 Letters of reprimand shall be removed from the personnel file of the state employee and destroyed not later than three years from the date the letters were…
ARTICLE 2. Tenure of Managerial Employees §§ 19590–19593 · 7 sections
- § 19590 Notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 19570), persons who have been designated as managerial employees under Section 3513 from the beginning of…
- § 19590.5 Notwithstanding Section 19590, a managerial employee who, without a subsequent break in service due to a permanent separation, has previously served with…
- § 19591 Any employee demoted pursuant to Section 19590 shall, as specified by Section 19140.5, have the right to be reinstated to his or her former civil service…
- § 19592 When action is taken under this article, the provisions of this article and related board and Department of Human Resources rules shall constitute the entire…
- § 19592.2 Pending investigation by the appointing power of accusations against an employee involving any of the causes for discipline specified in Section 19572, the…
- § 19592.5 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, when a demotion action is taken against a managerial employee who was hired from outside of state civil service…
- § 19593 This article shall not apply to managerial appointments that took effect prior to January 1, 1984, or in subsequent appointments, except that it shall apply…
CHAPTER 8. Demonstration Projects §§ 19600–19609 · 14 sections
- § 19600 The department may, directly or through agreement or contract with one or more appointing authorities and other public and private organizations, with approval…
- § 19600.1 “Demonstration project” means a project approved by the board and conducted by the department or another appointed authority to determine whether a specified…
- § 19601 No demonstration project may provide for a waiver of any provision of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 19680).
- § 19602 (a) Before conducting or entering into any agreement or contract to conduct a demonstration project, the appointing authority proposing the project shall…
- § 19602.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 18900, 18901, 18930, 18930.5, 18931, 18933, 18936, 18937, 18938.5, 18939, 18950,
- § 19602.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 18900, 18901, 18930, 18930.5, 18931, 18933, 18938.5, 18950, 19050, 19054.1, or 19057.2
- § 19602.8 (a) Notwithstanding Section 18900, 18901, 18930, 18930.5, 18931, 18933, 18938.5, 18950, 19050, 19054.1, 19057.2,
- § 19603 Each demonstration project shall terminate before the end of the five-year period beginning on the date on which the project takes effect, except that the…
- § 19604 Employees within a unit with respect to which a labor organization is accorded exclusive recognition shall not be included in any demonstration project unless…
- § 19605 (a) Supervisory employees, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 3513, shall not be included within any demonstration project unless there are written…
- § 19606 The department shall provide for an evaluation of the results of each demonstration project and its impact on improving public management. All agencies shall…
- § 19607 (a) Nothing in this chapter shall affect any rights of employees included within demonstration projects, except those rights directly pertaining to the subject…
- § 19608 Any demonstration project implemented under this chapter shall not include the adoption or waiver of regulations or statutes that are administered or enforced…
- § 19609 (a) For a demonstration project made permanent pursuant to legislation operative on or after January 1, 2008, an appointing authority participating in the…
CHAPTER 9. Actions §§ 19630–19635 · 5 sections
- § 19630 An action or proceeding shall not be brought by any person having or claiming to have a cause of action or complaint or ground for issuance of any complaint or…
- § 19631 The time for filing or commencing any such action or proceeding does not run during any time that the matter involved, including layoff appeals, is before the…
- § 19632 Process directed to any officer or employee, or the board or its members, in any action or proceeding arising under this part shall be served upon the office…
- § 19633 In any proceeding brought pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure for the purpose of inquiring into the validity of any final administrative…
- § 19635 No adverse action shall be valid against any state employee for any cause for discipline based on any civil service law of this state, unless notice of the…
CHAPTER 10. Prohibitions and Offenses §§ 19680–19765 · 22 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 19680–19683.5 · 6 sections
- § 19680 It is unlawful for any person: (a) Willfully by himself or herself, or in cooperation with another person to defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person with…
- § 19681 It is unlawful for any person: (a) To practice any deception or fraud with regard to his identity in connection with any examination, application, or request…
- § 19682 Every person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. In accordance with Section 19683, action may be taken by the appointing…
- § 19683 (a) The State Personnel Board shall initiate a hearing or investigation of a written complaint of conduct prohibited by Section 8547.3 within 10 working days…
- § 19683.1 The State Personnel Board shall assist the State Auditor in preparing the written explanation required by Section 8548.1 by providing the State Auditor with a…
- § 19683.5 If a state employee is successful in an action brought pursuant to Section 19683, the complaining employee shall be reimbursed for all costs incurred pursuant…
ARTICLE 2. Discrimination §§ 19700–19706 · 11 sections
- § 19700 The board, its executive officer, or any appointing power shall not adopt any rule, either written or unwritten, prohibiting the employment of any person in…
- § 19701 A person shall not be discriminated against under this part because of total or partial blindness unless normal eyesight is absolutely indispensable to do the…
- § 19702 (a) A person shall not be discriminated against in the terms, conditions, and privileges of his or her employment with the state under this section based on…
- § 19702.1 Hiring and promotion pursuant to this part shall conform to the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- § 19702.2 Educational prerequisites or testing or evaluation methods which are not job-related shall not be employed as part of hiring practices or promotional practices…
- § 19702.3 (a) An appointing authority shall not refuse to hire, and shall not discharge, suspend, expel, or discriminate against, any individual because of any of the…
- § 19702.5 (a) The Department of Human Resources shall provide to the Fair Employment and Housing Commission a copy of each affirmative action plan, and all subsequent…
- § 19703 A recommendation, question, or inquiry under this part shall not relate to the political or religious opinions or affiliations of any person, and an…
- § 19704 (a) It is unlawful to require, permit, or suffer any notation or entry to be made upon or in any application, examination paper, or other paper, book,…
- § 19705 Notwithstanding Section 19704, the Department of Human Resources may, after public hearing, adopt a system in which applicants for employment in the state…
- § 19706 It is unlawful to require or permit any notation or entry to be made upon or in any state civil service application form for examination regarding the date of…
ARTICLE 3. Unlawful Employment §§ 19760–19765 · 5 sections
- § 19760 It is unlawful for any State officer or employee to draw, sign, issue, or authorize the drawing, signing, or issuing of any warrant or check payable out of…
- § 19762 No salary, compensation, or other emolument shall be paid to any person appointed to or retained in any position in violation of this part. Any person who…
- § 19763 If the department notifies an officer or employee that any position has been filled in violation of this part or rule, demands for the salary or compensation…
- § 19764 Every person who makes a payment of salary, compensation, or other emolument to any person holding a position in the state civil service in violation of this…
- § 19765 All money recovered in such an action, when collected, shall be paid into the State treasury except that the prevailing party in such an action is entitled to…
CHAPTER 11. Military Service §§ 19770–19786 · 27 sections
ARTICLE 1. General § 19770 · 1 section
- § 19770 (a) With the exception of Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 400) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Military and Veterans Code, this part, rather than…
ARTICLE 2. Military Leave of Absence §§ 19771–19774 · 5 sections
- § 19771 (a) Upon presentation of a copy of orders for active duty in the Armed Forces, the National Guard, or the Naval Militia, the appointing power shall grant a…
- § 19771.5 For purposes of this chapter, members of the State Guard shall be granted leave for military service, rights and benefits accrued during that service, and…
- § 19772 “Short-term military leave” means a leave for six months or less. “Long-term military leave” means a leave of over six months.
- § 19773 The appointing power shall grant a military leave of absence to an employee who is a member of the National Guard for the period of active duty and travel to…
- § 19774 (a) Employee members of reserve military units and the National Guard required to perform inactive duty obligations, other than inactive and active duty…
ARTICLE 3. Pay and Benefits §§ 19775–19776 · 15 sections
- § 19775 An employee who is granted a long-term military leave of absence and who for a period of not less than one year immediately prior to the effective date active…
- § 19775.1 (a) An employee who is granted a short-term military leave of absence for active military duty, including, but not limited to, scheduled military reserve unit…
- § 19775.15 (a) In addition to the benefits provided pursuant to Sections 19775 and 19775.1, an employee who, as a member of the California National Guard or a United…
- § 19775.16 (a) In addition to the benefits provided pursuant to Sections 19775 and 19775.1, an employee who, as a member of the California National Guard or a United…
- § 19775.17 (a) In addition to the benefits provided pursuant to Sections 19775 and 19775.1, a state employee who, as a member of the California National Guard or a United…
- § 19775.18 (a) In addition to the benefits provided pursuant to Sections 19775 and 19775.1, a state employee who, as a member of the California National Guard or a United…
- § 19775.2 (a) Pay under the provisions of Sections 19775 and 19775.1, excluding emergency military leave pay provisions, shall not exceed 30 calendar days in any one…
- § 19775.3 An employee who meets the conditions under Sections 19775 or 19775.1, or who is granted an emergency military leave shall receive the same vacation, sick…
- § 19775.4 Except as provided in Section 19781, a person in recognized military service whose name was high enough on an employment list to be available for certification…
- § 19775.5 Any person in recognized military service, whose name appears on a promotional list, or general reemployment list, appointment from which would accord…
- § 19775.6 Time spent on military leave, including rehabilitation afforded by the United States or the state following recognized military service by any person having an…
- § 19775.7 Whenever a state employee is certified for appointment to a higher position by a department before entering military service and the department has requested…
- § 19775.8 Except as provided in Section 19781, when any person successfully completes part of an open or promotional examination but is unable to complete all portions…
- § 19775.9 An individual on military leave from either a state civil service position held under duration appointment, a position held under an exempt appointment but…
- § 19776 If a promotional examination was held while an employee was on military leave that he or she would otherwise have been entitled to take, the employee shall be…
ARTICLE 4. Reinstatement After Military Service §§ 19780–19786 · 6 sections
- § 19780 (a) Except as provided in Section 19781, a permanent, probationary, or exempt employee who begins active duty within 90 calendar days from the effective date…
- § 19782 A limited-term employee or temporary employee who begins active duty within 10 days from the effective date of his or her military leave and who returns to…
- § 19783 A permanent, probationary, or exempt employee who resigns from state service for the purpose of entering the recognized military service and begins active duty…
- § 19784 Upon reinstatement of a person under the provisions of Sections 19780 and 19783, any necessary separations shall be effected under the provisions of this part…
- § 19785 A civil service employee who is entitled to reinstatement under Section 19780 or 19782 shall be considered as a person serving in state civil service under…
- § 19786 (a) When a civil service employee has been reinstated after military service in accordance with Section 19780, and any question arises relative to his or her…
CHAPTER 12. State Civil Service Equal Employment Opportunity Program §§ 19790–19799 · 12 sections
- § 19790 (a) Each state agency is responsible for an effective equal employment opportunity program. The equal opportunity program shall include a reasonable…
- § 19791 As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Equal employment opportunity” mean ensuring nondiscrimination and providing equal access to…
- § 19792 The department shall do all of the following: (a) Provide statewide leadership, designed to achieve equal employment opportunity in the state civil service.…
- § 19792.5 (a) In order to permit the public to track upward mobility and the impact of equal opportunities on persons, categorized by race, ethnicity, gender, and…
- § 19793 By November 15 of each year, the Department of Human Resources shall submit to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Department of Finance a census report…
- § 19794 In cooperation with the department, the appointing power of each state agency shall have the major responsibility for monitoring the effectiveness of the equal…
- § 19795 (a) The appointing power of each state agency and the director of each state department shall appoint, at the managerial level, an equal employment opportunity…
- § 19796 Bureau or division chiefs within a state agency shall be accountable to the appointing power for the effectiveness and results of the equal employment…
- § 19797 (a) Each state agency shall develop, update annually, and implement an equal employment opportunity plan which shall, at a minimum, identify the areas of…
- § 19798 In establishing order and subdivisions of layoff and reemployment, the department, when it finds past discriminatory hiring practices, may authorize…
- § 19798.5 State departments, agencies, and the department shall continue to carry out their respective duties required by Sections 19230 to 19237, inclusive, with…
- § 19799 When any state agency conducts any survey as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of state civil service employees, or maintains any statistical tabulation of…