Gov. Code, § 19850.3 · Article 5. Uniform and Equipment Allowances
Gov. Code, § 19850.3
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
To implement the provisions of Sections 19850.1 and 19850.2, the department shall:
(a) Establish a procedure to determine what articles are to be included in calculating the amount of the uniform allowance.
(b) Determine the average annual replacement cost for each type of uniform based on required standards and taking into consideration normal uniform life. The uniform allowance for employees provided by subdivision (a) of Section 19850.1 shall be the average annual replacement cost as agreed upon in a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5. The uniform allowance for employees provided by subdivision (c) of Section 19850.1 shall be the average annual replacement cost as determined by the department.
(c) Annually review uniform allowances and adjust them when necessary.
(d) Determine procedure for and frequency of payment.
(e) Determine when new employees become eligible.
(f) Determine the need for changes in uniforms based on requests from appointing powers.
(g) Determine what degree of need for identification is necessary to support a uniform requirement.
(h) Establish procedures and make determinations as required.
If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 921, Sec. 2. Effective September 24, 1985. Applicable, by Secs. 6 and 7 of Ch. 921, to employment on and after July 1, 1984.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=19850.3.
- Text hash
- sha256 0a60fd37638335ff8842a729ae90bd784284d9368862b212c9fbaf5c62f5e8ee
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Gov. Code, § 19850.3. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Gov. Code, § 3517.6Printed as Section 14876, 18670, 18714, 19080.5, 19100, 19143, 19261, 19574, 19574.1, 19574.2, 19575, 19578, 19582, 19583, 19702, 19818.16, 19819.1, 19820, 19822, 19826, 19827, 19828, 19829, 19830, 19831, 19832, | Section 14876, 18714, 19080.5, 19100, 19143, 19261, 19574, 19574.1, 19574.2, 19575, 19576.1, 1957
- Gov. Code, § 3517.61Printed as Section 14876, 18714, 19080.5, 19100, 19143, 19261, 19818.16, 19819.1, 19820, 19822, 19826, 19827, 19828, 19829, 19830, 19831, 19832, 19833, 19834, 19835, 19836, 19837, 19838, 19839, 19840, 19841, 198
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.