12010-12019
GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 12010-12019
12010. The Governor shall supervise the official conduct of all executive and ministerial officers. 12010.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of statutory law, the Governor shall determine the distribution in the executive agencies of deputies or employees selected pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution by civil-service-exempt officers appointed by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution, except deputies or employees subject to the consent or confirmation of the Senate. 12010.6. (a) The purpose of this section is to increase the Governor's managerial flexibility without increasing costs. It is the intent of the Legislature that positions designated as exempt from civil service by this section shall be filled by a Governor's appointment only after they are vacated by civil service employees. (b) The Governor may designate as exempt from civil service positions in the executive agencies over which he has line responsibility and which have civil-service-exempt officers and employees appointed pursuant to subdivision (f) or (g) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution; provided that the designations shall be limited to positions covered by these subdivisions and shall not cause the total number of positions exempted under these subdivisions to exceed one-half of 1 percent of the number of full-time equivalent positions in these agencies collectively. (c) The Governor may appoint a person to a position designated as exempt from civil service pursuant to this section only after the position is no longer held by a civil service employee. (d) Positions designated by the Governor as exempt from civil service pursuant to this section shall be limited to those designated as managerial positions under Section 3513 by the Department of Personnel Administration. (e) The authority to designate positions as exempt from civil service shall not result in the displacement of civil service employees and shall not result in hiring additional employees into positions not authorized in the Budget Act. (f) The Department of Personnel Administration shall report to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee by January 31 of each year the current percentage of civil-service-exempt officers and employees in state service. 12011. The Governor shall see that all offices are filled and their duties performed. If default occurs, he shall apply such remedy as the law allows. If the remedy is imperfect, he shall so advise the Legislature at its next session. 12011.5. (a) In the event of a vacancy in a judicial office to be filled by appointment of the Governor, or in the event that a declaration of candidacy is not filed by a judge and the Governor is required under subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the Constitution to nominate a candidate, the Governor shall first submit to a designated agency of the State Bar of California the names of all potential appointees or nominees for the judicial office for evaluation of their judicial qualifications. (b) The membership of the designated agency of the State Bar responsible for evaluation of judicial candidates shall consist of attorney members and public members with the ratio of public members to attorney members determined, to the extent practical, by the ratio established in Sections 6013.4 and 6013.5 of the Business and Professions Code. It is the intent of this subdivision that the designated agency of the State Bar responsible for evaluation of judicial candidates shall be broadly representative of the ethnic, gender, and racial diversity of the population of California and composed in accordance with Sections 11140 and 11141 of the Government Code. The further intent of this subdivision is to establish a selection process for membership on the designated agency of the State Bar responsible for evaluation of judicial candidates under which no member of that agency shall provide inappropriate, multiple representation for purposes of this subdivision. (c) Upon receipt from the Governor of the names of candidates for judicial office and their completed personal data questionnaires, the State Bar shall employ appropriate confidential procedures to evaluate and determine the qualifications of each candidate with regard to his or her ability to discharge the judicial duties of the office to which the appointment or nomination shall be made. Within 90 days of submission by the Governor of the name of a potential appointee for judicial office, the State Bar shall report in confidence to the Governor its recommendation whether the candidate is exceptionally well qualified, well qualified, qualified, or not qualified and the reasons therefor, and may report, in confidence, other information as the State Bar deems pertinent to the qualifications of the candidate. (d) In determining the qualifications of a candidate for judicial office, the State Bar shall consider, among other appropriate factors, his or her industry, judicial temperament, honesty, objectivity, community respect, integrity, health, ability, and legal experience. The State Bar shall consider legal experience broadly, including, but not limited to, litigation and nonlitigation experience, legal work for a business or nonprofit entity, experience as a law professor or other academic position, legal work in any of the three branches of government, and legal work in dispute resolution. (e) The State Bar shall establish and promulgate rules and procedures regarding the investigation of the qualifications of candidates for judicial office by the designated agency. These rules and procedures shall establish appropriate, confidential methods for disclosing to the candidate the subject matter of substantial and credible adverse allegations received regarding the candidate's health, physical or mental condition, or moral turpitude which, unless rebutted, would be determinative of the candidate's unsuitability for judicial office. No provision of this section shall be construed as requiring that any rule or procedure be adopted that permits the disclosure to the candidate of information from which the candidate may infer the source, and no information shall either be disclosed to the candidate nor be obtainable by any process that would jeopardize the confidentiality of communications from persons whose opinion has been sought on the candidate's qualifications. (f) All communications, written, verbal, or otherwise, of and to the Governor, the Governor's authorized agents or employees, including, but not limited to, the Governor's Legal Affairs Secretary and Appointments Secretary, or of and to the State Bar in furtherance of the purposes of this section are absolutely privileged from disclosure and confidential, and any communication made in the discretion of the Governor or the State Bar with a candidate or person providing information in furtherance of the purposes of this section shall not constitute a waiver of the privilege or a breach of confidentiality. (g) If the Governor has appointed a person to a trial court who has been found not qualified by the designated agency, the State Bar may make public this fact after due notice to the appointee of its intention to do so, but that notice or disclosure shall not constitute a waiver of privilege or breach of confidentiality with respect to communications of or to the State Bar concerning the qualifications of the appointee. (h) If the Governor has nominated or appointed a person to the Supreme Court or court of appeal in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution, the Commission on Judicial Appointments may invite, or the State Bar's governing board or its designated agency may submit to the commission its recommendation, and the reasons therefor, but that disclosure shall not constitute a waiver of privilege or breach of confidentiality with respect to communications of or to the State Bar concerning the qualifications of the nominee or appointee. (i) No person or entity shall be liable for any injury caused by any act or failure to act, be it negligent, intentional, discretionary, or otherwise, in the furtherance of the purposes of this section, including, but not limited to, providing or receiving any information, making any recommendations, and giving any reasons therefor. As used in this section, the term "State Bar" means its governing board and members thereof, the designated agency of the State Bar and members thereof, and employees and agents of the State Bar. (j) At any time prior to the receipt of the report from the State Bar specified in subdivision (c) the Governor may withdraw the name of any person submitted to the State Bar for evaluation pursuant to this section. (k) No candidate for judicial office may be appointed until the State Bar has reported to the Governor pursuant to this section, or until 90 days have elapsed after submission of the candidate's name to the State Bar, whichever occurs earlier. The requirement of this subdivision shall not apply to any vacancy in judicial office occurring within the 90 days preceding the expiration of the Governor' s term of office, provided, however, that with respect to those vacancies and with respect to nominations pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution, the Governor shall be required to submit any candidate's name to the State Bar in order to provide an opportunity, if time permits, to make an evaluation. (l) Nothing in this section shall be construed as imposing an additional requirement for an appointment or nomination to judicial office, nor shall anything in this section be construed as adding any additional qualifications for the office of a judge. (m) The Board of Governors of the State Bar shall not conduct or participate in, or authorize any committee, agency, employee, or commission of the State Bar to conduct or participate in, any evaluation, review, or report on the qualifications, integrity, diligence, or judicial ability of any specific justice of a court provided for in Section 2 or 3 of Article VI of the California Constitution without prior review and statutory authorization by the Legislature, except an evaluation, review, or report on potential judicial appointees or nominees as authorized by this section. The provisions of this subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit a member of the State Bar from conducting or participating in an evaluation, review, or report in his or her individual capacity. (n) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, on or before March 1, 2007, and on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, all of the following shall occur: (A) The Governor shall collect and release, on an aggregate statewide basis, all of the following: (i) Demographic data provided by all judicial applicants relative to ethnicity, race, and gender. (ii) Demographic data relative to ethnicity, race, and gender as provided by all judicial applicants, both as to those judicial applicants who have been and those who have not been submitted to the State Bar for evaluation. (iii) Demographic data relative to ethnicity, race, and gender of all judicial appointments or nominations as provided by the judicial appointee or nominee. (B) The designated agency of the State Bar responsible for evaluation of judicial candidates shall collect and release both of the following on an aggregate statewide basis: (i) Statewide demographic data provided by all judicial applicants reviewed relative to ethnicity, race, gender, and areas of legal practice and employment. (ii) The statewide summary of the recommendations of the designated agency of the State Bar by ethnicity, race, gender, and areas of legal practice and employment. (C) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall collect and release the demographic data provided by justices and judges described in Article VI of the California Constitution relative to ethnicity, race, and gender, by specific jurisdiction. (2) Any demographic data disclosed or released pursuant to this subdivision shall disclose only aggregated statistical data and shall not identify any individual applicant, justice, or judge. (o) If any provision of this section other than a provision relating to or providing for confidentiality or privilege from disclosure of any communication or matter, or the application of the provision to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this section to the extent it can be given effect, or the application of the provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby, and to this extent the provisions of this section are severable. If any other act of the Legislature conflicts with the provisions of this section, this section shall prevail. 12012. The Governor is the sole official organ of communication between the government of this State and the government of any other State or of the United States. 12012.1. Whenever a treaty is in force providing for the transfer of offenders between the United States and a foreign country, the Governor or his designee is authorized to give the approval of the state to a transfer as provided in the treaty, upon the application of a person under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, the Department of the Youth Authority, and the State Department of Health Services. 12012.5. (a) The following tribal-state compacts entered in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1166 et seq. and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.) are hereby ratified: (1) The compact between the State of California and the Barona Band of Mission Indians, executed on August 12, 1998. (2) The compact between the State of California and the Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians, executed on July 20, 1998. (3) The compact between the State of California and the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of Trinidad Rancheria, executed on July 13, 1998. (4) The compact between the State of California and the Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians, executed on July 13, 1998. (5) The compact between the State of California and the Mooretown Rancheria of Concow/Maidu Indians, executed on July 13, 1998. (6) The compact between the State of California and the Pala Band of Mission Indians, as approved by the Secretary of the Interior on April 25, 1998. (7) The compact between the State of California and the Redding Rancheria, executed on August 11, 1998. (8) The compact between the State of California and the Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California, executed on July 13, 1998. (9) The compact between the State of California and the Sycuan Band of Mission Indians, executed on August 12, 1998. (10) The compact between the State of California and the Table Mountain Rancheria, executed on July 13, 1998. (11) The compact between the State of California and the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, executed on or about August 17, 1998. The terms of each compact apply only to the State of California and the tribe that has signed it, and the terms of these compacts do not bind any tribe that is not a signatory to any of the compacts. (b) Any other compact entered into between the State of California and any other federally recognized Indian tribe which is executed after August 24, 1998, is hereby ratified if (1) the compact is identical in all material respects to any of the compacts ratified pursuant to subdivision (a), and (2) the compact is not rejected by each house of the Legislature, two-thirds of the membership thereof concurring, within 30 days of the date of the submission of the compact to the Legislature by the Governor. However, if the 30-day period ends during a joint recess of the Legislature, the period shall be extended until the fifteenth day following the day on which the Legislature reconvenes. A compact will be deemed to be materially identical to a compact ratified pursuant to subdivision (a) if the Governor certifies that it is materially identical at the time he or she submits it to the Legislature. (c) The Legislature acknowledges the right of federally recognized tribes to exercise their sovereignty to negotiate and enter into compacts with the state that are materially different from the compacts ratified pursuant to subdivision (a). These compacts shall be ratified upon approval of each house of the Legislature, a majority of the membership thereof concurring. (d) The Governor is the designated state officer responsible for negotiating and executing, on behalf of the state, tribal-state gaming compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes in the State of California pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1166 et seq. and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.) for the purpose of authorizing class III gaming, as defined in that act, on Indian lands. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny the existence of the Governor's authority to have negotiated and executed tribal-state compacts prior to the effective date of this section. (e) The Governor is authorized to waive the state's immunity to suit in federal court in connection with any compact negotiated with an Indian tribe or any action brought by an Indian tribe under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1166 et seq. and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.). (f) In deference to tribal sovereignty, the execution of, and compliance with the terms of, any compact specified under subdivision (a) or (b) shall not be deemed to constitute a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code). (g) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to authorize the unilateral imposition of a statewide limit on the number of lottery devices or of any allocation system for lottery devices on any Indian tribe that has not entered into a compact that provides for such a limit or allocation system. Each tribe may negotiate separately with the state over these matters on a government-to-government basis. 12012.25. (a) The following tribal-state gaming compacts entered into in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1166 to 1168, incl., and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.) are hereby ratified: (1) The compact between the State of California and the Alturas Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (2) The compact between the State of California and the Barona Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (3) The compact between the State of California and the Big Sandy Rancheria Band of Mono Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (4) The compact between the State of California and the Big Valley Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (5) The compact between the State of California and the Bishop Paiute Tribe, executed on September 10, 1999. (6) The compact between the State of California and the Blue Lake Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (7) The compact between the State of California and the Buena Vista Band of Me-wuk Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (8) The compact between the State of California and the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (9) The compact between the State of California and the Cahto Tribe of Laytonville, executed on September 10, 1999. (10) The compact between the State of California and the Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (11) The compact between the State of California and the Campo Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (12) The compact between the State of California and the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, executed on September 10, 1999. (13) The compact between the State of California and the Chicken Ranch Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (14) The compact between the State of California and the Coast Indian Community of the Resighini Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (15) The compact between the State of California and the Colusa Indian Community, executed on September 10, 1999. (16) The compact between the State of California and the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (17) The compact between the State of California and the Elk Valley Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (18) The compact between the State of California and the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay, executed on September 10, 1999. (19) The compact between the State of California and the Hoopa Valley Tribe, executed on September 10, 1999. (20) The compact between the State of California and the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (21) The compact between the State of California and the Jackson Band of Mi-Wuk Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (22) The compact between the State of California and the Jamul Indian Reservation, executed on September 10, 1999. (23) The compact between the State of California and the La Jolla Indian Reservation, executed on September 10, 1999. (24) The compact between the State of California and the Manzanita Tribe of Kumeyaay Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (25) The compact between the State of California and the Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (26) The compact between the State of California and the Middletown Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (27) The compact between the State of California and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (28) The compact between the State of California and the Mooretown Rancheria Concow Maidu Tribe, executed on September 10, 1999. (29) The compact between the State of California and the Pala Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (30) The compact between the State of California and the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (31) The compact between the State of California and the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (32) The compact between the State of California and the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (33) The compact between the State of California and the Quechan Nation, executed on September 10, 1999. (34) The compact between the State of California and the Redding Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (35) The compact between the State of California and the Rincon, San Luiseno Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (36) The compact between the State of California and the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (37) The compact between the State of California and the Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (38) The compact between the State of California and the Rohnerville Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (39) The compact between the State of California and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (40) The compact between the State of California and the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (41) The compact between the State of California and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Tribe, executed on September 10, 1999. (42) The compact between the State of California and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (43) The compact between the State of California and the Sherwood Valley Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (44) The compact between the State of California and the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (45) The compact between the State of California and the Smith River Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (46) The compact between the State of California and the Soboba Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (47) The compact between the State of California and the Susanville Indian Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (48) The compact between the State of California and the Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (49) The compact between the State of California and the Table Mountain Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (50) The compact between the State of California and the Trinidad Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (51) The compact between the State of California and the Tule River Indian Tribe, executed on September 10, 1999. (52) The compact between the State of California and the Tuolumne Band of Me-wuk Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (53) The compact between the State of California and the Twenty Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (54) The compact between the State of California and the Tyme Maidu Tribe, Berry Creek Rancheria, executed on September 10, 1999. (55) The compact between the State of California and the United Auburn Indian Community, executed on September 10, 1999. (56) The compact between the State of California and the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (57) The compact between the State of California and the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, executed on September 10, 1999. (b) Any other tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and a federally recognized Indian tribe which is executed after September 10, 1999, is hereby ratified if both of the following are true: (1) The compact is identical is all material respects to any of the compacts expressly ratified pursuant to subdivision (a). A compact shall be deemed to be materially identified to a compact ratified pursuant to subdivision (a) if the Governor certifies it is materially identical at the time he or she submits it to the Legislature. (2) The compact is not rejected by each house of the Legislature, two-thirds of the membership thereof concurring, within 30 days of the date of the submission of the compact to the Legislature by the Governor. However, if the 30-day period ends during a joint recess of the Legislature, the period shall be extended until the fifteenth day following the day on which the Legislature reconvenes. (c) The Legislature acknowledges the right of federally recognized Indian tribes to exercise their sovereignty to negotiate and enter into tribal-state gaming compacts that are materially different from the compacts ratified pursuant to subdivision (a). These compacts shall be ratified by a statute approved by each house of the Legislature, a majority of the members thereof concurring, and signed by the Governor, unless the statute contains implementing or other provisions requiring a supermajority vote, in which case the statute shall be approved in the manner required by the Constitution. (d) The Governor is the designated state officer responsible for negotiating and executing, on behalf of the state, tribal-state gaming compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes located within the State of California pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1166 to 1168, incl., and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.) for the purpose of authorizing class III gaming, as defined in that act, on Indian lands within this state. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny the existence of the Governor's authority to have negotiated and executed tribal-state gaming compacts prior to the effective date of this section. (e) Following completion of negotiations conducted pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c), the Governor shall submit a copy of any executed tribal-state compact to both houses of the Legislature for ratification, and shall submit a copy of the executed compact to the Secretary of State for purposes of subdivision (f). (f) Upon receipt of a statute ratifying a tribal-state compact negotiated and executed pursuant to subdivision (c), or upon the expiration of the review period described in subdivision (b), the Secretary of State shall forward a copy of the executed compact and the ratifying statute, if applicable, to the Secretary of the Interior for his or her review and approval, in accordance with paragraph (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2710 of Title 25 of the United States Code. (g) In deference to tribal sovereignty, neither the execution of a tribal-state gaming compact nor the on-reservation impacts of compliance with the terms of a tribal-state gaming compact shall be deemed to constitute a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code). 12012.30. The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. Secs. 1166 to 1168, incl., and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.) between the State of California and the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, executed on August 12, 2003, is hereby ratified. 12012.35. (a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. Secs. 1166 to 1168, incl., and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.) between the State of California and the La Posta Band of Diegue