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The Controller may organize his or her office into divisions and may, in conformity with the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5) and the State Constitution, appoint deputy controllers, chiefs of divisions, and other subordinate officers and employees as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the office. In addition to deputy controllers that may hold title and office pursuant to the power of appointment vested in the Controller by Section 4 of Article VII of the State Constitution or pursuant to appointment of an established classification in the state civil service, the Controller may designate and appoint, or terminate the designation and appointment of, any officers or employees of his or her office having status in other classifications in the state civil service, to act as deputy controllers while performing the duties of their established classifications. Appointments and terminations of appointments made pursuant to this section shall be effective when signed by the Controller.

The Controller may designate any one or more of his employees to administer oaths in respect to returns, reports, affidavits, or other documents that are required to be filed with the Controller.

All deputy controllers, chiefs of divisions, assistant chiefs of divisions, attorneys, district managers, investigators, and financial data compiler in the State Controller's Office shall be civil executive officers. The Controller may designate and appoint, or terminate the designation and appointment of, such other officers or employees of his office to serve as civil executive officers while performing the duties of their established classifications in the state civil service; such appointments or terminations of appointments to be effective when filed by the Controller in writing in the office of the Secretary of State.

For the purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1, the State Controller shall be deemed to be a head of a department and the Office of State Controller shall be deemed to be a department.

In addition to the positions authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution for the Controller, the Governor, with the recommendation of the Controller, shall appoint three deputies of the Controller's office who shall be exempt from state civil service. Appointments to these exempt positions shall not result in any net increase in the expenditures of the Controller.