(a) The Civil Rights Enforcement and Litigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Civil Rights Department.

(b) The fund shall consist of both of the following:

Terms Used In California Government Code 12907

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Department: means the Civil Rights Department. See California Government Code 12925
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(1) Attorney’s fees and costs awarded by a court to the Civil Rights Department when the department is the prevailing party in a civil action brought under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.

(2) Moneys awarded to the Civil Rights Department pursuant to Chapter 40 (commencing with Section 22949.85) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code.

(c) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, moneys in the fund may be used to offset the costs of the department.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 594, Sec. 2. (SB 54) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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