Section 82019 Of Chapter 2. Definitions From California Government Code >> Title 9. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) "Designated employee" means any officer, employee,
member, or consultant of any agency whose position with the agency:
(1) Is exempt from the state civil service system by virtue of
subdivision (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (m) of Section 4 of
Article VII of the Constitution, unless the position is elective or
solely secretarial, clerical, or manual.
(2) Is elective, other than an elective state office.
(3) Is designated in a Conflict of Interest Code because the
position entails the making or participation in the making of
decisions which may foreseeably have a material effect on any
financial interest.
(4) Is involved as a state employee at other than a clerical or
ministerial level in the functions of negotiating or signing any
contract awarded through competitive bidding, in making decisions in
conjunction with the competitive bidding process, or in negotiating,
signing, or making decisions on contracts executed pursuant to
Section 10122 of the Public Contract Code.
(b) (1) "Designated employee" does not include an elected state
officer, any unsalaried member of any board or commission which
serves a solely advisory function, any public official specified in
Section 87200, and also does not include any unsalaried member of a
nonregulatory committee, section, commission, or other such entity of
the State Bar of California.
(2) "Designated employee" does not include a federal officer or
employee serving in an official federal capacity on a state or local
government agency. The state or local government agency shall
annually obtain, and maintain in its files for public inspection, a
copy of any public financial disclosure report filed by the federal
officer or employee pursuant to federal law.