{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-19800","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 19800","heading":"","body":"The Department of Human Resources is hereby vested with the jurisdiction and responsibility of establishing and maintaining personnel standards on a merit basis and administering merit systems for local government agencies where such merit systems of employment are required by statute or regulation as a condition of a state-funded program or a federal grant-in-aid program established under federal laws, including, but not limited to: the Social Security Act, as amended; the Public Health Service Act; and the Federal Civil Defense Act, as amended.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","PART 2.5. FEDERAL GRANT-IN-AID MERIT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS [19800. - 19811.]","CHAPTER 1. Administration [19800. - 19811.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"d37ba501931667ea912a0e86620c2448b0513d947e4ad8710b97ba50942bcb00","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-19799","next":"us-ca/gov-19801"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}