CHAPTER 1. Administration [15570. - 15570.4.]

Cal. Government Code - GOV 1.

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Cal. Government Code - GOV § 15570. Section 15570.

(a) There shall be established within state government, in the Government Operations Agency, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. The department’s headquarters shall be in Sacramento. (b) The department is under the control of a director. The Governor shall appoint the director, a chief deputy director, and a chief counsel, and these appointees shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The appointment of the director shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate. (c) The director shall be solely responsible for selecting persons for career executive assignment positions and other noncivil service managers for the department.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 15570.2. Section 15570.2.

Except as otherwise provided by this part or any other law, the department and the director shall have all of the duties, powers, and responsibilities applicable to state departments and heads of departments under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 15570.4. Section 15570.4.

The director may confer, in this state or elsewhere, either personally or through the department’s staff, with officers or employees of this state, its political subdivisions, other states, their political subdivisions, or the United States, or those other persons as may be of assistance to the department in its work.

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