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CA Govt Code § 9791 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 7 - Legislative Printing and Publications|ARTICLE 5 - Distribution of Statutes and Legislative Publications|Section 9791.

9791.  The laws, resolutions and journals of the Legislature shall be distributed by the Department of General Services as follows:(a) To the Library of Congress, two copies.(b) To the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, each Member of the Legislature, the Secretary of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and the Legislative Auditor, one copy each.(c) To the State Library, 60 copies or as many more as the State Librarian may require for exchange purposes, and to each county law library, one copy.(d) To the Attorney General, six copies, and as many additional copies as may be requested, not exceeding the number necessary to supply each Assistant Attorney General, and each Deputy Attorney General with one copy of each.(e) To the Legislative Counsel Bureau, as many copies as may be requested, not exceeding the number necessary to supply one copy of each for the use of the Legislative Counsel and each Deputy Legislative Counsel.(f) To the State Supreme Court, 11 copies and as many additional copies as may be requested not to exceed four copies.(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 7.)
CA Govt Code § 9792 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 7 - Legislative Printing and Publications|ARTICLE 5 - Distribution of Statutes and Legislative Publications|Section 9792.

9792.  All other copies of the laws, resolutions and journals shall be sold by the Department of General Services at such price as it may fix.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
CA Govt Code § 9795 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 7 - Legislative Printing and Publications|ARTICLE 6 - Reports to the Legislature|Section 9795.

9795.  (a) (1) (A) Any report required or requested by law to be submitted by a state or local agency to the Members of either house of the Legislature generally, shall instead be submitted as a printed copy to the Secretary of the Senate, as an electronic copy to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and as an electronic or printed copy to the Legislative Counsel. Each report shall include a summary of its contents, not to exceed one page in length. If the report is submitted by a state agency, that agency shall also provide an electronic copy of the summary directly to each member of the appropriate house or houses of the Legislature. Notice of receipt of the report shall also be recorded in the journal of the appropriate house or houses of the Legislature by the secretary or clerk of that house.(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), reports of the State Bar of California may be submitted electronically to the Secretary of the Senate.(2) In addition to and as part of the information made available to the public in electronic form pursuant to Section 10248, the Legislative Counsel shall make available a list of the reports submitted by state and local agencies, as specified in paragraph (1). If the Legislative Counsel receives a request from a member of the public for a report contained in the list, the Legislative Counsel is not required to provide a copy of the report and may refer the requester to the state or local agency, as the case may be, that authored the report, or to the California State Library as the final repository of public information.(b) No report shall be distributed to a Member of the Legislature unless specifically requested by that Member.(c) Compliance with subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be full compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 10242.5.(d) A state agency report and summary subject to this section shall include an Internet Web site where the report can be downloaded and telephone number to call to order a hard copy of the report. A report submitted by a state agency subject to this section shall also be posted at the agency’s Internet Web site.(e) For purposes of this section, “report” includes any study or audit.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 659, Sec. 148. (AB 3249) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Govt Code § 9900 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 9900.

9900.  Short titleThis chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Legislative Reform Act of 1983.”(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9901 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 9901.

9901.  Findings and declaration.The people find and declare:(a) All citizens of the State are entitled to full and effective representation by their elected representatives.(b) In recent years spending for the support of the Legislature has increased at a rate greatly exceeding the growth in spending for most other state functions, severely damaging the image and credibility of the Legislature with the people of California.(c) In the absence of reasonable oversight and constraints, powerful individual lawmakers exercise virtually exclusive control over legislative spending, depriving the people of California and other lawmakers of an effective means of discovering how these monies are being spent or of judging the propriety of those expenditures.(d) The distribution of funding, staff, and informational resources in the Legislature according to predominantly partisan criteria has greatly hindered the ability of minority party representatives to provide effective legislative representation.(e) The concentration of power in the office of Speaker of the Assembly and, to a lesser extent, in the office of President pro Tempore of the Senate, has created a system of patronage and punishment through which a single legislator, accountable only to the people of a single legislative district, is able to wield greatly disproportionate influence over the laws of California.(f) The growth in abusive voting practices in the Legislature and its committees has worked to deprive the people of their right to monitor the performance of their legislative representatives and respond accordingly.(g) The Legislature’s refusal to adhere to statutory and traditional notice and publication requirements for committee hearings and reports of conference committees has deprived the public of its right to make effective input into the legislative process.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9902 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 9902.

9902.  Purposes of chapterThe people enact this chapter to accomplish the following purposes:(a) Appropriations for the support of the Legislature should be reduced by thirty percent from 1983–84 budgeted levels and future growth in legislative spending should be limited to a rate commensurate with the growth of state government spending in general.(b) Control over legislative spending should be removed from the hands of powerful individual lawmakers and there should be established a system of independent monitoring of legislative spending practices and increased disclosure of legislative spending levels.(c) All Members of the Legislature, regardless of partisan affiliation, should be provided with equal opportunity and resources to effectively serve their constituents. The minority party or parties in each house of the Legislature should be provided with resources, funding, and a policy-making voice proportionate with their numbers in that house in order to achieve the end of fair and effective representation for all.(d) No single Member of the Legislature should be given extraordinary power to influence the course of legislation nor the power to punish other members for the good faith exercise of their free will and judgement on behalf of their constituents.(e) No system of legislative voting which serves to deny or obscure the people’s right to know how their representatives vote should be permitted in the Legislature.(f) The people have the right to have notice of, see, and express their feelings on all proposed changes in the laws, including those changes proposed in reports of conference committees, and any knowing and willful violation of these rights should be a criminal offense and the laws passed in violation thereof invalidated.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9903 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 9903.

9903.  Construction of chapterThis chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9904 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 9904.

9904.  Amendment or repeal of chapter; proceduresThis chapter may be amended only by the procedures set forth in this section. If any portion of subsection (a) is declared invalid, then subsection (b) shall be the exclusive means of amending or repealing this chapter.(a) This chapter may be amended only to further its purposes and only by statute, passed in each house by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring and signed by the Governor, if at least 20 days prior to passage in each house the bill in its final form has been printed and made available for public inspection.(b) This chapter may be amended or repealed by a statute that becomes effective only when approved by the electors.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9905 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 9905.

9905.  Imposition of additional requirements; law governingNothing in this chapter shall prevent the Legislature from imposing additional requirements on itself if the requirements do not conflict with the purposes of this chapter. If any act of the Legislature conflicts with the provisions of this chapter, this chapter shall prevail.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9906 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 9906.

9906.  SeverabilityIf any provision of this chapter, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this chapter to the extent it can be given effect, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9907 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 9907.

9907.  Effective dateThis chapter shall go into effect immediately. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all changes in the structure or operation of the Legislature required by this chapter, including but not limited to the adoption of rules in accordance with Section 9920 and 9921, the reorganization of the Senate Committee on Rules, the Assembly Committee on Rules, the Joint Rules Committee, and all standing, special, select, and joint committees of the Legislature, including the reallocation of staff resources, in accordance with Sections 9911, 9915, 9917, 9922, 9923, and 9924, and the reduction in funding for support of the Legislature pursuant to Section 9934, shall be implemented upon the first meeting of the Legislature in regular or special session subsequent to enactment of this chapter.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9910 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 2 - Legislative Powers and Duties|Section 9910.

9910.  Speaker of the AssemblyThe Speaker is responsible for the efficient conduct of the legislative and administrative affairs of the Assembly.The Speaker shall be elected upon organization of the Assembly at the beginning of each regular or special session and shall serve until adjournment sine die of that session, unless removed pursuant to Section 9173 and a successor chosen pursuant to the rules of the Assembly.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9911 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 2 - Legislative Powers and Duties|Section 9911.

9911.  Assembly Committee on RulesThere is hereby created in the Assembly a Committee on Rules, which shall consist of the Speaker, who shall be the chairman of the committee, and six other Members of the Assembly, three to be elected by the party having the largest number of Members in the Assembly and three to be elected by the party having the second largest number of Members. The Assembly Committee on Rules has a continuing existence and may meet and act during sessions of the Legislature or any recess thereof and in the interim periods between sessions. The committee shall have all the powers and authority provided in Section 11 of Article IV of the Constitution of California, in this article, and as provided in the rules of the Assembly.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9912 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 2 - Legislative Powers and Duties|Section 9912.

9912.  Powers of the Assembly Committee on Rules(a) The Assembly Committee on Rules shall have the power:(1) To assign all bills to Assembly committees.(2) To appoint the Chairmen and Vice-chairmen of all other Assembly Committees, provided that the Chairman and Vice-chairman of each committee must be members of different parties.(3) To have general direction over the Assembly Chamber and rooms set aside for the use of the Assembly, including the rooms for use by Members as private offices.(4) To allocate all funds, staffing, and other resources necessary for the effective operation of the Assembly. Except as provided otherwise by affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the total membership of the committee, all funds, staffing, and resources shall be allocated proportionately by party.(5) To exercise such other powers and perform such duties as may be provided by statute enacted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or in the rules of the Assembly.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, neither the Chairman nor any member or agent of the Assembly Committee on Rules shall have the power to perform any action on behalf of the committee, including but not limited to the making of contracts, the payment of claims, the allocation of office space, or the hiring or dismissal of staff, without the express authorization of two thirds of the total membership of the committee. Such authorization shall apply only to the matter or matters under immediate consideration.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9913 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 2 - Legislative Powers and Duties|Section 9913.

9913.  Appointments by the speaker; confirmation by Assembly Committee on RulesNotwithstanding any other provision of law, all statutory appointments delegated to the Speaker of the Assembly are subject to confirmation by the Assembly Committee on Rules, two thirds of the membership thereof concurring.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9914 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 2 - Legislative Powers and Duties|Section 9914.

9914.  President pro tempore of the senateThe President pro Tempore is responsible for the efficient conduct of the legislative and administrative affairs of the Senate.The President pro Tempore shall be elected upon organization of the Senate at the beginning of each regular or special session and shall serve until adjournment sine die of that session, unless removed pursuant to Section 9173 and a successor chosen pursuant to the rules of the Senate.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9915 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 2 - Legislative Powers and Duties|Section 9915.

9915.  Senate Committee on RulesThere is hereby created in the Senate a Committee on Rules, which shall consist of the President pro Tempore of the Senate, who shall be the chairman of the committee, and four other Members of the Senate, two to be elected by the party having the largest number of Members in the Senate and two to be elected by the party having the second largest number of Members. The Senate Committee on Rules has a continuing existence and may meet and act during sessions of the Legislature or any recess thereof and in the interim periods between sessions. The committee shall have all the powers and authority provided in Section 11 of Article IV of the Constitution of California, in this article, and as provided in the rules of the Senate.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9916 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 2 - Legislative Powers and Duties|Section 9916.

9916.  Powers of the Senate Committee on Rules(a) The Senate Committee on Rules shall have the power:(1) To assign all bills to Senate committees.(2) To appoint the Chairmen and Vice-chairmen of all other Senate committees, provided that the Chairman and Vice-chairman of each committee must be members of different parties.(3) To have general direction over the Senate Chamber and rooms set aside for the use of the Senate, including the rooms for use by Members as private offices.(4) To allocate all funds, staffing, and other resources necessary for the effective operation of the Senate. Except as decided otherwise by affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the total membership of the committee, all funds, staffing, and resources shall be allocated proportionately by party.(5) To exercise such other powers and perform such duties as may be provided by statute enacted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or in the rules of the Senate.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, neither the Chairman nor any member or agent of the Senate Committee on Rules shall have the power to perform any action on behalf of the committee, including but not limited to the making of contracts, the payment of claims, the allocation of office space, or the hiring or dismissal of staff, without the express authorization of two thirds of the membership of the committee. Such authorization shall apply only to the matter or matters under immediate consideration.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9917 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 2 - Legislative Powers and Duties|Section 9917.

9917.  Joint rules committee(a) There is hereby created the Joint Rules Committee which shall be comprised of the combined membership of the Assembly Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules as specified in this article and two other Members of the Senate, one to be elected by the party having the largest number of Members in the Senate and one to be elected by the party having the second largest number of Members. The committee herein created has a continuing existence and may meet and act during sessions of the Legislature or any recess thereof and in the interim periods between sessions. The committee shall have all the powers and authority provided in Section 11 of Article IV of the Constitution of California, this title, and in the joint rules of the Legislature. Any action of the committee shall require an affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Senate members and a majority of the Assembly members of the committee, except that any action which involves or anticipates the expenditure or allocation of funds shall require an affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the Senate members and two thirds of the Assembly members. Any reference in any code or statute to the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization shall be deemed a reference to the Joint Rules Committee.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, neither the Chairman nor any member or agent of the Joint Rules Committee shall have the power to perform any action on behalf of the committee, including but not limited to the making of contracts, the payment of claims, the allocation of office space, or the hiring or dismissal of staff, without the express authorization of two thirds of the membership of the committee. Such authorization shall apply only to the matter or matters under immediate consideration.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
CA Govt Code § 9920 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 8 - Legislative Reform|ARTICLE 3 - Legislative Rules and Procedures|Section 9920.

9920.  RulesEach house of the Legislature shall adopt rules for its proceedings for each regular and special session by resolution adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the membership of the house in question. No rule of either the Senate or Assembly shall be amended except by resolution adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the Members of that house. Any standing rule of either house may be suspended temporarily by a vote of two thirds of the Members of that house present and voting; provided, that in no case may a rule be suspended in the absence of a quorum. Any such temporary suspension shall apply only to the matter under immediate consideration, and in no case shall it extend beyond an adjournment.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)