TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 8000-22980›DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 11000-15986›PART 1. STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 11000-11898›CHAPTER 4.5. Administrative Adjudication: General Provisions 11400-11475.70›ARTICLE 12. Enforcement of Orders and Sanctions 11455.10-11455.30
§ 11455.30
California Government Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) The presiding officer may order a party, the party’s attorney or other authorized representative, or both, to pay reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred by another party as a result of bad faith actions or tactics that are frivolous or solely intended to cause unnecessary delay as defined in Section 128.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(b) The order, or denial of an order, is subject to judicial review in the same manner as a decision in the proceeding. The order is enforceable in the same manner as a money judgment or by the contempt sanction.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 938, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1996. Operative July 1, 1997, by Sec. 98 of Ch. 938 and Section 11400.10.)
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