Government Code - GOV
TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000 - 22980]
( Title 2 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [11000 - 15986]
( Division 3 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111. ) PART 2. CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS [12001 - 12790]
( Part 2 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111. ) CHAPTER 5. Controller [12402 - 12482]
( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111. ) ARTICLE 2. Duties [12410 - 12431]
( Article 2 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111. ) 12418.
The Controller shall direct and superintend the collection of all money due the State, and institute suits in its name:
(a) For all official delinquencies in relation to the assessment, collection, and payment of the revenue.
(b) Against persons who by any means have become possessed of public money or property and fail to pay it over or deliver it.
(c) Against all debtors of the State.
If the action is commenced in a court of competent
jurisdiction in Sacramento County such court is the proper court for trial, without regard to the residence of the defendants.
(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)