CHAPTER 5. Indemnification [16640. - 16642.]

Cal. Government Code - GOV 5.

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Cal. Government Code - GOV § 16640. Section 16640.

Present and former members of the governing board of any trust fund, jointly and individually, state officers and employees, and investment managers under contract with the state shall be indemnified from the General Fund by the State of California from all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, judgments, costs, charges, and expenses, including court costs and attorney’s fees, and against all liability, losses, and damages of any nature whatsoever that these present or former board members, officers, employees, or contract investment managers shall or may at any time have sustained by reason of any decision not to invest in business firms with business operations in South Africa or business arrangements with the government of South Africa, or any decision not to invest in financial institutions extending credit to the government of South Africa or South African corporations, pursuant to former Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 16640) of this part as it read prior to its repeal by the act adding this section.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 16641. Section 16641.

Present and former Regents of the University of California, jointly and individually, officers and employees of the University of California, and investment managers under contract with the University of California shall be indemnified from the General Fund by the State of California from all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, judgments, costs, charges, and expenses, including court costs and attorney’s fees, and against all liability, losses, and damages of any nature whatsoever that these present or former regents, officers, employees, or contract investment managers shall or may at any time sustain by reason of any decision not to invest in business firms with business operations in South Africa or business arrangements with the government of South Africa, or any decision not to invest in financial institutions extending credit to the government of South Africa or South African corporations, pursuant to former Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 16640) of this part as it read prior to its repeal by the act adding this section.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 16641.5. Section 16641.5.

The Public Employees’ Retirement System, as a public entity, and the present, future, and former board members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, jointly and individually, and state officers and employees, shall be indemnified from the General Fund and held harmless by the State of California from all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, judgments, costs, charges, and expenses, including, but not limited to, court costs and attorney’s fees, and against all liability, losses, and damages of any nature whatsoever that these present, future, or former board members, officers, and employees shall or may at any time sustain as a result of the transfer of the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System as described in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 50950).

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 16642. Section 16642.

(a) Present, future, and former board members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the State Teachers’ Retirement System, jointly and individually, state officers and employees, research firms described in subdivision (d) of Section 7513.6, and investment managers under contract with the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the State Teachers’ Retirement System shall be indemnified from the General Fund and held harmless by the State of California from all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, judgments, costs, charges, and expenses, including court costs and attorney’s fees, and against all liability, losses, and damages of any nature whatsoever that these present, future, or former board members, officers, employees, research firms as described in subdivision (d) of Section 7513.6, or contract investment managers shall or may at any time sustain by reason of any decision to restrict, reduce, or eliminate investments pursuant to Sections 7513.6, 7513.7, 7513.74, and 7513.75. (b) This section shall remain in effect only until Section 7513.74 is repealed, and as of that date is repealed.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026