Cal. Gov. Code § 13323.5

Notwithstanding any limitation contained in any budget subject to this article, the department, upon the request of any agency which has an employee or employees on disability leave under Section 4800 of the Labor Code, may authorize an increase in the budgeted number for the agency, in order to establish the personnel level of the agency at the level provided for in the agency budget plus any employees on disability leave under Section 4800 of the Labor Code.