SECTIONS 1480-1482 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 1480-1482

1480. Every officer, agent or employee not required by statute to
give an official bond may be required to give an individual official
bond, or other form of individual bond, in the amount to be fixed by
the appointing power and such bond shall inure to the benefit of the
appointing power, state, county or municipality, by whom such
officer, employee, or agent is employed as well as the officer under
whom the employee or agent serves.
The appointing power shall obtain the approval of the Department
of General Services before requiring any state officer, employee, or
agent to give an individual bond pursuant to this section, and before
including the name or position or office of any such officer,
employee, or agent in a master bond as provided in Section 1481.

1481. (a) When deemed expedient by the appointing power, a master
official bond or other form of master bond may be used which shall
provide coverage on more than one officer, employee, or agent who is
required by the appointing power or the board of supervisors of a
chartered or general law county to give bond.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when deemed
expedient by the legislative body of a local public agency, a master
official bond or other form of master bond may be used which shall
provide coverage on more than one officer, employee, or agent of the
local public agency, whether elected or appointed, who is required by
statute, regulation, the appointing power, the governing board of a
local public agency, or the board of supervisors of a chartered or
general law county to give bond.
(c) A master bond under this section shall be in the form and for
the term which is approved by the appointing power or the legislative
body of a local public agency, and shall inure to the benefit of the
appointing power, state, or local public agency by whom the officer,
employee, or agent is employed as well as the officer or officers
under whom the employee or agent serves. If the master bond provides
coverage on a public guardian or public administrator, then that
master bond shall be for the joint benefit of the guardianship or
administratorship estates, and the county to which the bond is
issued.
(d) "Local public agency" means any city or county, whether
general law or chartered, city and county, special district, school
district, municipal corporation, political subdivision, joint powers
authority or agency created pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1, or any board, commission, or
agency thereof, or other local public agency, but shall not mean the
state or any agency or department of the state.
(e) "Legislative body" means the board of supervisors of a county
or city, or the governing board, by whatever name called, of a local
public agency.
(f) In the case of the State of California, the form and content
of the bond shall be subject to the approval of the Director of
General Services.

1481.1. For the purposes of Section 1481 the board of supervisors
of a county is deemed to be the appointing power of the adult
probation officer, his assistants and deputies and the adult
probation officer, his assistants and deputies are deemed to be
employees of the county in which they are appointed. They may be
included as covered employees in any master bond used in such county.

1482. Each such bond may contain a provision authorizing the
appointing power to cancel it, if it is an individual bond, or the
contract of coverage of any officer, agent or employee covered
thereunder, or the entire bond, if it is a master bond.