Sections
11 entriesSection 1Defines state civil service to include every state officer and employee unless the Constitution provides otherwise. Requires permanent civil-service appointments and promotions…Section 2Establishes a five-member Personnel Board appointed by the Governor and Senate-approved for 10-year terms, with vacancies filled for the remainder and removal…Section 3Requires the civil service board to enforce applicable statutes and, by majority vote of its entire membership, prescribe probationary periods and classifications,…Section 4Exempts specified positions from civil service, including legislative and judicial employees, elected officers and selected deputies, boards and commissions, gubernatorial appointees, Governor…Section 5Allows a temporary appointment to a position when no employment list exists for that position. Limits any person’s service under one or…Section 6Allows the Legislature to provide civil-service preferences for veterans and surviving spouses, and the board to let persons in newly covered exempt…Section 7Prohibits a person holding a lucrative office under the United States or another power from holding a civil office of profit. Exempts…Section 8Bars anyone convicted of giving or offering a bribe to secure personal election or appointment from holding any office of profit in…Section 9Bars any person or organization advocating unlawful or violent overthrow of the United States or California government, or support for a foreign…Section 10Bars an elected candidate from retaining office after final civil liability for campaign libel or slander that the candidate made, authorized, or…Section 11Limits unmodified Legislators’ and Judges’ Retirement System allowances, including actuarial equivalents paid to beneficiaries or survivors, for persons first entering covered office…