Cal. GOV § 8595
This is the official text of Cal. GOV § 8595, part of California’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of state and local government, including public employment and public records.
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Official statutory text
The Governor may assign to a state agency any activity concerned with the mitigation of the effects of an emergency of a nature related to the existing powers and duties of such agency, including interstate activities, and it shall thereupon become the duty of such agency to undertake and carry out such activity on behalf of the state.
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