Government Code section 19997.11

(a)

The names of employees to be laid off or demoted shall be placed upon the reemployment list for the subdivision, if such a subdivision was designated, upon the departmental reemployment list and upon the general reemployment list, for the class from which the employees were laid off or demoted. The department may also place these names upon the general reemployment list for any other appropriate classes as the department determines.

(b)

If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

Source: Section 19997.11, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=19997.­11.­ (updated Jan. 16, 2002; accessed Sep. 15, 2025).

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