(a) The Department of Human Resources (CalHR) is hereby created following reorganization of state department, agencies, and boards in an effort to better serve the human resources and personnel needs of the state.

(b) Subject to Article VII of the California Constitution, the Department of Human Resources succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the State Personnel Board as its designee with respect to the State Personnel Board’s administrative and ministerial functions.

Terms Used In California Government Code 19815.2

  • Department: means the Department of Human Resources. See California Government Code 19815
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 88. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)

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