Section 11161 Of Article 1. General From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
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. Every person is subject to the same obligations and duties,
and has the same rights as if the rights, powers and duties imposed
upon and transferred to a department were exercised by the State
agency, deputy or employee designated in the laws administered by
departments created in conformity with this chapter. Every person is
subject to the same penalties, civil or criminal, for failure to
perform any obligation, or duty, or for doing a prohibited act as if
the obligation or duty arose from or was prohibited by the State
agency, deputy or employee, designated in the laws administered by
the department.