TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES 50001-57550›DIVISION 1. CITIES AND COUNTIES 50001-52203›PART 2. POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES AND COUNTIES 51300-51953›CHAPTER 1. Transfer of City Functions 51300-51350›ARTICLE 1. General 51300-51308

§ 51305

California Government Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If the contract results in a unification of a county department with a similar city department requiring a reduction of employees in either department and in a particular line of promotion, the reduction shall be made only from those employees most recently employed within the line of promotion without reference to any code number under which the employee is acting at the time of the reduction. The rule of seniority shall be preserved without discrimination between employees of either local agency.

(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

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