Section 1301 Of Article 3. Staff From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
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. The county superintendent of schools, in accordance with
rules and regulations adopted by the county board of education, may
provide for the payment of the costs of replacing or repairing
property of an employee, such as eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures,
watches, articles of clothing necessarily worn or carried by the
employee, or vehicles when any such property is damaged in the line
of duty without fault of the employee or if such property is stolen
from the employee by robbery or theft while the employee is in the
line of duty. If the property is damaged beyond repair or stolen, the
actual value of such property may be paid. The determination of the
value of such property shall be equal to its value at the time of the
damage, destruction, or theft. Limits may be established for the
payment for such damaged or stolen property.
In the event the employee is paid the costs of replacing or
repairing such property, or the actual value of such property, the
county superintendent of schools shall, to the extent of such
payments, be subrogated to any right of the employee to recover
compensation for such damaged or stolen property. The county
superintendent of schools may file and prosecute an action to enforce
its subrogation right in the small claims court if the amount of the
claim is within that court's monetary jurisdiction or may enforce
its subrogation right in any other court of competent jurisdiction.