ARTICLE 1. General [18000. - 18004.]

Cal. Government Code - GOV 1.

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Cal. Government Code - GOV § 18000. Section 18000.

The salary fixed by law for each state officer, elective or appointive, is compensation in full for that office and for all services rendered in any official capacity or employment whatsoever, during his or her term of office, and he or she shall not receive for his or her own use any fee or perquisite for the performance of any official duty. The provisions of Section 19839 do not apply to any state officer whose salary is fixed by statute.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 18000.5. Section 18000.5.

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 18000 and 19990, any officer or employee of the state may receive for his or her personal use compensation from any nonprofit corporation formed exclusively to aid and assist an entity described in subdivision (b) for services rendered to the nonprofit corporation and for his or her expenses of performing these services, provided that the nonprofit corporation obtains the prior written approval of the Department of Human Resources to provide the compensation to any officer or employee and files with the Controller and the Department of Human Resources by September 30 of each year a statement disclosing the names of state officers and employees compensated and their respective amounts of compensation for the preceding fiscal year, and the giving or receipt of the compensation is not in violation of any state or federal law. Any subsequent changes to the compensation for any officer or employee provided under this section must be approved by the Department of Human Resources. The board of directors of the entities described in subdivision (b) shall determine whether the services are incompatible with the state responsibilities of the officer or employee and whether the services rendered to the nonprofit corporation interfere with the officer’s or employee’s full-time obligation to the state. The board of directors of the entities described in subdivision (b) also shall review any issues of compliance of the nonprofit corporation with the terms of any contractual arrangements with the state independently of the officer’s or employee’s receiving compensation from the nonprofit corporation. (b) Any officer or employee of the state may be compensated, as described in subdivision (a), by a nonprofit corporation formed to aid and assist any of the following entities: (1) A state museum. (2) A district agricultural association, as provided for in Section 3951 of the Food and Agricultural Code.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 18000.7. Section 18000.7.

(a) The services of a California Science and Technology Policy Fellow provided by the California Council on Science and Technology and duly authorized by an executed memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or department are not compensation of a state elective or appointive officer for the purposes of this article. (b) For purposes of this section, a California Science and Technology Policy Fellow is “duly authorized by an executed memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or department” only if both of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The California Science and Technology Policy Fellow has been selected according to criteria, and pursuant to a process, included in the executed memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or department. (2) The California Council on Science and Technology has executed an agreement with an executive branch agency or department whereby the California Science and Technology Policy Fellow is bound to abide by standards of conduct, economic interest disclosure requisites, and other requirements specified by the state. (c) This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, existing law.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 18000.8. Section 18000.8.

(a) The services of a policy fellow provided by an association are not compensation of a state elective or appointive officer for the purposes of this article. (b) For purposes of this section, “association” means any of the following organizations that are exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code: (1) The Asian Pacific Islander Capitol Association. (2) The California Legislative Black Staff Association. (3) The Capitol LGBTQ Association. (4) The California Latino Capitol Association Foundation. (c) This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, existing law.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 18001. Section 18001.

Every employee has the right to inspect personnel records pursuant to Section 1198.5 of the Labor Code.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 18003. Section 18003.

The Controller may, prior to the close of any pay roll period, draw his warrant in favor of any officer or employee covering the total salary or compensation earnable by him during that pay roll period, and may deliver the same to an authorized officer of the state agency within which the payee is employed, whether or not such salary or compensation is already earned in full. Upon delivery of any warrant to an authorized officer of a state agency as provided herein, the Controller and his bondsmen shall be under no further obligation for the proper disbursement of the amount of the warrant or the money represented by it. The Controller, pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 11346) of Chapter 3.5 of Division 3 of Title 2, shall adopt rules and regulations for the delivery of payroll warrants to employees.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 18004. Section 18004.

(a) Any report, study, audit, evaluation, survey, or similar document prepared by any state officer or state agency, which discloses any change in the numbers of state employees or personnel years over any period of time, shall also segregate the numbers of counted state employees or personnel years which are attributable to positions which are fully reimbursed by a local government agency pursuant to a contract with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (b) Those positions attributed to local government contracts with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall not be subject to state personnel ceilings and hiring freezes.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026