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TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 8000-22980›DIVISION 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT 8902-10606›PART 2. AIDS TO THE LEGISLATURE 10200-10606›CHAPTER 1. Legislative Counsel 10200-10300›ARTICLE 2. Duties 10230-10249

§ 10249

California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

(a) (1) The Legislative Counsel shall establish a unit within the Legislative Counsel Bureau to provide advice and investigation services to the Legislature related to workplace misconduct.

(2) The unit shall accept and investigate reports and complaints of workplace misconduct, as authorized by the Legislature.

(3) The Legislative Counsel shall employ a director of the unit, one or more investigators, and additional staff as appropriate. Notwithstanding Section 19889, but consistent with the merit principles of subdivision (b) of Section 1 of Article VII of the California Constitution, the Legislative Counsel shall be granted career executive assignments, at his or her request, to fill the positions of director and investigator.

(b) The Legislative Counsel shall retain by contract a rotating panel of experts to review investigations undertaken by the unit and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding matters under investigation.

(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 450, Sec. 2. (SB 867) Effective September 17, 2018.)

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