SECTIONS 18150-18158

18150.  The oath required by this chapter is the oath set forth inSection 3 of Article XX of the Constitution of California.18150.5.  If the provisions of this chapter are in conflict with theprovisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant toChapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4 of Title 1,the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without furtherlegislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum ofunderstanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shallnot become effective unless approved by the Legislature in theannual Budget Act.18151.  The oath required by this chapter shall be taken andsubscribed by: (a) Every person who is appointed to a State position not in theState civil service and not otherwise so required by law, within 30days of the date of appointment; and (b) Every person who has not previously taken and subscribed theoath and who is employed in a permanent position in the State civilservice where the employment continues for 30 days or more, withinthe first 30 days of his employment.18152.  The method and manner of taking, subscribing, and filing theoath by a person appointed to a State position not in the Statecivil service shall be as provided in Article 4, Chapter 2, Division4, Title 1.18153.  The oath shall be taken by a state civil service employeebefore his appointing power or before any person authorized inwriting by his appointing power or before any person authorized bylaw to administer oaths. The oath shall be filed as prescribed by State Personnel Boardrule within 30 days of the date on which it is taken and subscribed.The board shall prepare and furnish printed forms of the oath.18154.  Any person who is appointed to a State position not in theState civil service and who fails to take the oath required by thischapter within the time provided forthwith forfeits his right to hisposition, and the position shall be considered vacant.18155.  The failure of any person who is appointed to a permanentposition in the State civil service to take and subscribe the oathwithin the time provided in this chapter, is a cause for dismissal bythe State Personnel Board.18156.  Each civil service employee who takes, subscribes and filesthe oath within the time prescribed by Section 18151 is conclusivelypresumed to have been and to be legally holding his position as faras laws requiring him to take, subscribe, or file an oath areconcerned.18157.  Every appointing power shall notify every new civil serviceemployee immediately following his appointment of the provisions ofthis chapter that are applicable to the employee.18158.  No fee shall be charged by any person before whom the oathis taken and subscribed.