{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-8609","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 8609","heading":"","body":"State agencies granted authority by the Governor, the Business Continuity Task Force, the Emergency Preparedness Task Force, or the Executive Committee established by Executive Order D-3-99 to implement any type of disaster, contingency, or business continuity plan may use volunteer workers. The volunteers shall be deemed disaster service workers for the purpose of workers’ compensation under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3600) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 1. GENERAL [8000. - 8899.95.]","CHAPTER 7. California Emergency Services Act [8550. - 8669.87.]","ARTICLE 9.8. Disaster Preparedness [8609. - 8609.1.]"],"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":"55e92830a13fcb1039904bc5c6afd6745df9cc4343463a4ae3d5c256bf3055fe","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-8608.1","next":"us-ca/gov-8609.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}