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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 2.2 - Open Meetings › Section 9031.

9031. Any interested person may commence an action by mandamus, injunction, or declaratory relief for the purpose of stopping or preventing violations or threatened violations of this article by Members of the Legislature or to determine the applicability of this article to actions or threatened future action of a house of the Legislature or a committee thereof.
(Repealed (by Sec. 5) and added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1235, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 2.5 - Legislative Session After War or Enemy-Caused Disaster › Section 9035.

9035. As used in this article, “disaster” means a war or enemy-caused calamity within this State, such as an attack by nuclear weapons.
(Added by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 2.5 - Legislative Session After War or Enemy-Caused Disaster › Section 9036.

9036. If a disaster occurs, the Legislature shall convene itself in special session immediately after such disaster first occurs, which session shall convene at the permanent seat of government in the City of Sacramento or at the temporary seat of government as established by law if the session cannot be held in the City of Sacramento. At such special session the Legislature may fill any vacancies in its membership, pursuant to law, and may consider and act upon any subject of legislation that is designed to relieve or alleviate the consequences of such disaster or to restore or continue state and local government in connection therewith, together with such other subjects within the scope of legislative regulation or control as are specified by concurrent resolution adopted by both houses of the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 312.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 2.5 - Legislative Session After War or Enemy-Caused Disaster › Section 9037.

9037. If the Legislature is convened in special session pursuant to this article on the date specified by the State Constitution for the convening of a regular session, the Legislature may convene in such regular session without adjourning the special session or it may provide by concurrent resolution that the subjects to be considered at the regular session may be acted upon at the special session, and in such case the regular session shall not be convened.
(Added by renumbering Section 9038 by Stats. 1968, Ch. 312.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Crimes Against the Legislative Power › Section 9050.

9050. Every person who wilfully, and by force or fraud, prevents the Legislature, either of the houses composing it, or any of the members thereof from meeting or organizing is guilty of a felony.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Crimes Against the Legislative Power › Section 9051.

9051. Every person who wilfully disturbs the Legislature, or either of the houses composing it, while in session, or who commits any disorderly conduct in the immediate view and presence of either house tending to interrupt its proceedings or impair the respect due to its authority is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Crimes Against the Legislative Power › Section 9051.5.

9051.5. As used in this article, “bill or resolution” includes a constitutional amendment.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1134, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Crimes Against the Legislative Power › Section 9052.

9052. Every person who fraudulently alters the draft of any bill or resolution which has been presented to either of the houses composing the Legislature for passage or adoption, with intent to procure it to be passed or adopted by either house, or certified by the presiding officer of either house, in language different from that intended by such house, is guilty of a felony.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Crimes Against the Legislative Power › Section 9053.

9053. Every person who fraudulently alters the enrolled copy of any bill or resolution which has been passed or adopted by the Legislature, with intent to procure it to be approved by the Governor, certified by the Secretary of State, or printed or published by the State in language different from that in which it was passed or adopted by the Legislature is guilty of a felony.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Crimes Against the Legislative Power › Section 9053.5.

9053.5. (a) Every person who intentionally, maliciously, with knowledge of the falsity, and with intent to defame a particular legislator, publishes or causes to be published any writing which purports to be a facsimile of an actual bill or resolution, or any part thereof, of the California Legislature, which is not an exact copy of a bill or resolution, or part thereof, which has been introduced in the Legislature, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) This section shall not apply to the print media, the electronic media, or to news services.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1134, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Crimes Against the Legislative Power › Section 9054.

9054. Every person who obtains, or seeks to obtain, money or other thing of value from another person upon a pretense, claim, or representation that he can or will improperly influence in any manner the action of any member of a legislative body in regard to any vote or legislative matter, is guilty of a felony. Upon the trial no person otherwise competent as a witness may be excused from testifying concerning the offense charged on the grounds that the testimony may criminate himself, or subject him to public infamy. The testimony shall not afterwards be used against him in any judicial proceeding except for perjury in giving the testimony.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Crimes Against the Legislative Power › Section 9055.

9055. Every member of the Legislature convicted of any crime defined in this article, in addition to the punishment prescribed, forfeits his office and is forever disqualified from holding any office in the State.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Crimes Against the Legislative Power › Section 9056.

9056. Any person who shall secure through his influence, knowingly exerted for that purpose, the introduction of any bill, resolution or amendment into the State Legislature and shall thereafter solicit or accept from any person other than a person upon whose request he secured such introduction, any pay or other valuable consideration for preventing or attempting to prevent, the enactment or adoption of such measure, while it retains its original purpose, shall be guilty of a crime and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 132. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Legislative Open Records Act › Section 9070.

9070. The Legislature finds and declares that access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business by the Legislature is a fundamental and necessary right of every citizen in this state.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1246.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Legislative Open Records Act › Section 9071.

9071. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Open Records Act.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1246.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Legislative Open Records Act › Section 9072.

9072. As used in this article:
(a) “Person” includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association.
(b) “Legislature” includes any Member of the Legislature, any legislative officer, any standing, joint, or select committee or subcommittee of the Senate and Assembly, and any other agency or employee of the Legislature.
(c) “Legislative records” means any writing prepared on or after December 2, 1974, which contains information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by the Legislature.
(d) “Writing” means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, and every other means of recording upon any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combination thereof, and all papers, maps, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, magnetic or punched cards, discs, drums, and other documents.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 139. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Legislative Open Records Act › Section 9073.

9073. Legislative records are open to inspection at all times during the normal office hours of the Legislature and any person has a right to inspect any legislative record, except as hereafter provided. Any person shall be furnished reasonable opportunities for inspection of legislative records and reasonable facilities for making memoranda or abstracts therefrom. Any person may receive a copy of a legislative record if such record is of a nature permitting such copying. The Legislature may establish fees reasonably calculated to reimburse it for its actual cost in making such copies available, provided such fee shall not exceed ten cents ($0.10) per page.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1246.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Legislative Open Records Act › Section 9074.

9074. All requests to inspect any legislative record shall be made to the appropriate Rules Committee of each house of the Legislature or the Joint Rules Committee, except that all requests to inspect any legislative record in the possession of the Auditor General shall be made to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Such committees shall be considered to have custody of all legislative records and shall be responsible for making all legislative records available for inspection. Such committees shall promptly inform any person whether any legislative record shall be made available for inspection. Such legislative records shall be made available for inspection promptly and without unnecessary delay. Whenever such committee withholds any legislative record from inspection, within four working days of the request to inspect such record, the committee shall justify in writing the withholding of such record by demonstrating that the record in question is exempt under the express provisions of this article or that on the facts of the particular case the public interest served by not making the record public clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record, provided that when the Legislature is not in session, such committee shall furnish such written justification within 10 working days of the request to inspect such record. The Rules Committee of each house, the Joint Rules Committee, and the Joint Legislative Audit Committee shall adopt written guidelines stating the procedures to be followed when making legislative records available for inspection.
The amendment of this section made at the 1981–82 Regular Session of the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1168, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Legislative Open Records Act › Section 9075.

9075. Nothing in this article shall be construed to invalidate or affect the operation of Sections 10207, 10208, 10525, and 10526 of this code, or Temporary Joint Rule 37 of the Senate and Assembly in effect on the effective date of this article, or to require the disclosure of records that are any of the following:
(a) Preliminary drafts, notes, or legislative memoranda, except as provided in Section 9080.
(b) Records pertaining to pending litigation to which the Legislature is a party, or to claims made pursuant to Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1, until the litigation or claim has been finally adjudicated or otherwise settled.
(c) Personnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, provided that the Senate Committee on Rules, the Assembly Committee on Rules, or the Joint Rules Committee shall determine whether disclosure of these records constitutes an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
(d) Records pertaining to the names and phone numbers of senders and recipients of telephone and telegraph communications, provided that records of the total charges for any such communication shall be open for inspection.
(e) Records pertaining to the name and location of recipients of automotive fuel or lubricants expenditures, provided that records of the total charges for those expenditures shall be open for inspection.
(f) In the custody of or maintained by the Legislative Counsel, except those records in the public data base maintained by the Legislative Counsel that are described in Section 10248. Legislative records shall not be transferred to the custody of the Legislative Counsel to evade the disclosure provisions of this chapter.
(g) In the custody of or maintained by the majority and minority caucuses and majority and minority consultants of each house of the Legislature, provided that legislative records shall not be transferred to the custody of the majority and minority caucuses and majority and minority consultants of each house of the Legislature to evade the disclosure provisions of this chapter.
(h) Correspondence of and to individual Members of the Legislature and their staff, except as provided in Section 9080.
(i) Records the disclosure of which is exempted or prohibited pursuant to provisions of federal or state law, including, but not limited to, provisions of the Evidence Code relating to privilege.
(j) Communications from private citizens to the Legislature, except as provided in Section 9080.
(k) Records of complaints to or investigations conducted by, or records of security procedures of, the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 928, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Legislative Open Records Act › Section 9076.

9076. Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declarative relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce his right to inspect any legislative record or class of legislative records under this article. The times for responsive pleadings and for hearings in such proceedings shall be set by the judge of the court with the object of securing a decision as to such matters at the earliest possible time.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1246.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Legislative Open Records Act › Section 9077.

9077. Whenever it is made to appear by verified petition to the superior court of the county where the records or some part thereof are situated that certain legislative records are being improperly withheld from a member of the public, the court shall order the committee charged with withholding the records to disclose the legislative record or show cause why the committee should not do so. The court shall decide the case after examining the record in camera, if permitted by subdivision (b) of Section 915 of the Evidence Code, papers filed by the parties and such oral argument and additional evidence as the court may allow.
If the court finds that the committee’s decision to refuse disclosure is not justified under the provisions of Section 9074 or 9075, he shall order the committee to make the record available for inspection. If the judge determines that the committee was justified in refusing to make the record available for inspection, he shall return the item to the committee without disclosing its content with an order supporting the decision refusing disclosure. Any person who fails to obey the order of the court shall be cited to show cause why he is not in contempt of court.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1246.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Legislative Open Records Act › Section 9078.

9078. The court shall award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to the plaintiff should the plaintiff prevail in litigation filed pursuant to Section 9077.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1246.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Legislative Open Records Act › Section 9079.

9079. If the court finds that the plaintiff’s case is clearly frivolous, it shall award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to the public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1246.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Legislative Offices › Section 9100.

9100. Legislative offices for the use of the Members of the Legislature in the performance of their legislative duties, shall be maintained at all times, and without regard to whether the Legislature is or is not in session, in the State Building in Los Angeles, in the State Building in San Francisco, in San Diego, and in a state building in Alameda County.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1552.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Legislative Offices › Section 9101.

9101. The legislative offices provided for in this article shall be under the management and control of the Senate Committee on Rules.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 312.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Legislative Offices › Section 9103.

9103. The Department of General Services shall provide suitable office space in the State Building in Los Angeles and in the State Building in San Francisco and in an appropriate building in San Diego County and in a state building in Alameda County for the offices provided for in this article, and shall provide for the maintenance and upkeep of the same.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Legislative Offices › Section 9104.

9104. Appropriations for the support of the offices provided for in this article shall be included in the Budget Bill.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 1012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 5 - The State Capitol Building Annex › Section 9105.

9105. The State Capitol Building Annex is the annex to the historic State Capitol, constructed to the east of the original building, situated in the area bounded by 10th, L, 15th and N Streets in the City of Sacramento.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1757, Sec. 2. Effective October 1, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 5 - The State Capitol Building Annex › Section 9105.5.

9105.5. (a) Any work of construction, restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction undertaken pursuant to Article 5.2 (commencing with Section 9112) shall do all of the following:
(1) Incorporate elements complementary to the historic State Capitol, elements to make the newly constructed state capitol building annex or the restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed State Capitol Building Annex efficient and sustainable, and historic elements from the existing State Capitol Building Annex described in Section 9105.
(2) Integrate within its design elements that educate and impress upon visitors the rich heritage of symbolism that earlier generations of Californians made a vital part of the palette of the historic State Capitol design so as to convey the meaning of California’s self-governance and the state’s unique and ever-distinctive heritage.
(3) Incorporate symbolic treasures, as is befitting the heritage of symbols left by California’s founders for current and future generations to enjoy and explore, so as to ensure that the legislative and executive branch working spaces in the newly constructed state capitol building annex or the restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed State Capitol Building Annex are no longer barren and devoid of the enriching presence of those symbols of self-governance.
(4) Incorporate a mural honoring Native Americans in California in one of the main hearing rooms in the newly constructed state capitol building annex or the restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed State Capitol Building Annex. The mural shall be designed in consultation with the Native American Heritage Commission to ensure that it contains accurate depictions of Native Americans in California.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that any newly constructed state capitol building annex or the restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed State Capitol Building Annex be designed to welcome all visitors to a safe, healthful, accessible, and working State Capitol, including historic chambers supported by needed caucusing spaces, offices for the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Legislative Counsel, hearing spaces to facilitate the convenient conduct of hearings during sessions, and space for the Sergeants at Arms, so that all Californians may effectively engage with their elected representatives and their state government in meaningful, participatory, and deliberative democracy.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 690, Sec. 1. (AB 1459) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 5 - The State Capitol Building Annex › Section 9106.

9106. The State Capitol Building Annex is intended primarily for the use of the legislative department and, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall be devoted exclusively to such use.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1757, Sec. 3. Effective October 1, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 5 - The State Capitol Building Annex › Section 9107.

9107. There is hereby created the Joint Rules Committee which shall have the membership specified in the Joint Rules of the Senate and the Assembly. 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 provisions of the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly relating to investigating committees shall apply to the committee herein created and it shall have all the powers and authority provided in said rules, in Section 11 of Article IV of the Constitution of California, and in this article. 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.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 618.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 5 - The State Capitol Building Annex › Section 9107.5.

9107.5. Any reference in any code or statute to the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization shall be deemed a reference to the Joint Rules Committee.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 618.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 5 - The State Capitol Building Annex › Section 9108.

9108. The first floor of the State Capitol Building Annex is excepted from the provisions of this article. Such excepted space shall continue under the control of the Department of General Services. All other space in the State Capitol Building Annex shall be allocated from time to time by the Joint Rules Committee in accordance with its determination of the needs of the Legislature and the two houses thereof. The committee shall allocate such space as it determines to be necessary for facilities and agencies dealing with the Legislature as a whole including, but not limited to, press quarters, billrooms, telephone rooms, and offices for the Legislative Counsel and for committees created by the two houses jointly. The committee shall allocate to the Senate and Assembly, respectively, the space it determines to be needed by those houses and their committees and the officers, employees, and attachés thereof. The space thus allocated to the Senate and to the Assembly shall be allotted from time to time by the Senate Rules Committee and the Assembly Rules Committee, respectively.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1757, Sec. 4. Effective October 1, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 5 - The State Capitol Building Annex › Section 9109.

9109. The determination of the Joint Rules Committee as to the needs of the Legislature shall be subject to change only by action of the committee or by concurrent resolution. If, at any time, the committee determines that there is space in the State Capitol Building Annex in excess of the needs of the legislative branch of the state government, it may release that space for use by the executive branch of the state government until such time as the space is needed by the legislative branch. The release shall be effected by notifying the Director of General Services that certain described space is not necessary for the use by the Legislature for the time being. Thereafter, the Department of General Services, until such time as the Director of General Services is notified that the space has become needed by the legislative branch, shall have the same jurisdiction over the excess space as if this article had not been enacted.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1757, Sec. 5. Effective October 1, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 5 - The State Capitol Building Annex › Section 9110.

9110. (a) The maintenance and operation of all of the State Capitol Building Annex is under the control of the Department of General Services, subject to this article.
(b) Security of the State Capitol Building Annex is the responsibility of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 305, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 5 - The State Capitol Building Annex › Section 9111.

9111. The Joint Rules Committee may participate in the work of the National Conference of State Legislatures. The following Members of the Legislature are authorized to act as members of the committee for the purpose of attending meetings of the conference: (1) the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and one Member of the Senate from each of the two major political parties, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and (2) the Speaker, Speaker pro Tempore, Majority Floor Leader, and Minority Floor Leader of the Assembly, and the chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Rules.
The committee may pay annually from the Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate its proportionate share of the expenses of the National Conference of State Legislatures, in participation with other states, to the extent that funds are appropriated for that purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 77. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 1 - LEGISLATURE › CHAPTER 1.5 - General › ARTICLE 5.2 - State Capitol Building Annex Act of 2016 › Section 9112.5.

9112.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that available cash sources, including, but not limited to, an allocation of the moneys deposited into the State Project Infrastructure Fund prior to 2018 and moneys appropriated in the Budget Acts of 2018, 2021, and 2022, be used to fund the projects authorized by Section 9112.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 48, Sec. 19. (SB 189) Effective June 30, 2022.)
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9113. An amount of space proportional to the amount of space utilized by the executive branch in the existing State Capitol Building Annex described in Section 9105, or another amount of space as determined by the agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 9112, within any state capitol annex constructed, or within the restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed State Capitol Building Annex described in Section 9105, shall be under the control of the Department of General Services. All other space in the newly constructed state capitol annex or the restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed State Capitol Building Annex shall be allocated from time to time by the Joint Rules Committee in accordance with its determination of the needs of the Legislature and the two houses thereof. The committee shall allocate to the Senate and Assembly, respectively, the space it determines to be needed by those houses and their committees and the officers, employees, and attachés thereof. The space allocated to the Senate and to the Assembly pursuant to this section shall be allotted from time to time by the Senate Rules Committee and the Assembly Rules Committee, respectively.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 40, Sec. 3. (AB 1826) Effective June 27, 2018.)
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9113.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, moneys transferred from the State Project Infrastructure Fund to the Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate for purposes of the projects authorized by Section 9112 may be invested in eligible securities, in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 16470) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 4, or deposited in eligible banks, in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with 16500) of Part 2 of Division 4. Upon request of the Joint Rules Committee regarding any portion of these funds, the Pooled Money Investment Board shall designate that portion of those funds as “surplus money” pursuant to Section 16470.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 16305.7 and 16475, any interest earned on, or other increment derived from, the moneys invested or deposited pursuant to this section shall be credited to the Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding Section 13340, moneys derived from the interest earned on, or other increment derived from, investments or deposits pursuant to this section are continuously appropriated to the Joint Rules Committee. Subject to paragraph (2), the Joint Rules Committee shall use those moneys solely for purposes of the projects authorized by Section 9112.
(2) Expenditures of the proceeds from investment or deposit of the funds described in subdivision (a) for the design and construction of the projects authorized by Section 9112 shall not result in project costs exceeding the amount recognized by the State Public Works Board or approved pursuant to the agreement required by subdivision (b) of Section 9112.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 87. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
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9114. The work performed pursuant to this article represents a historic partnership between the executive and legislative branches to revitalize the State Capitol Building Annex. The relevant entities of the legislative and executive branches and their officers and staff shall collaborate in good faith to explore and adopt any available and appropriate approaches to this work that expedite construction of the applicable projects in an efficient manner, that minimize disruption to the schedule of the Legislature in light of its occupancy of most of the State Capitol Building Annex, and that allow the Joint Rules Committee to have the preeminent role in making decisions about the design and management of the projects so that they advance the interests of the Legislature and executive branch in serving Californians for decades to come. The intent of the legislative and executive branches is to expedite and not unreasonably delay in taking actions needed to advance the expeditious development and construction of the projects authorized by Section 9112 and to collaborate in good faith.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 40, Sec. 4. (AB 1826) Effective June 27, 2018.)
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9114.5. (a) There is hereby appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, from the State Project Infrastructure Fund to the Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate an amount up to thirty-seven million dollars ($37,000,000), as determined by the agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 9112 and any amendments thereto, to cover the costs of the design and construction of those components of the project or projects authorized by Section 9112 that will modify portions of the west wing of the State Capitol in order to facilitate a fully functional State Capitol. Any transfer of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall occur at the same time as the transfer of funds pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 14692, or at a time as determined by the agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 9112 or any amendments thereto.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the appropriation in subdivision (a) constitute an express appropriation for the alteration or modification of the color, detail, design, structure, or fixtures of the historically restored areas of the first, second, and third floors and the exterior of the west wing of the State Capitol, as required by Section 28 of Article IV of the California Constitution.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 251, Sec. 6. (AB 163) Effective September 23, 2021.)
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9115. (a) In order to adequately provide for the proper housing and administrative requirements of the Legislature, it is necessary for the Legislature to acquire and finance additional legislative office facilities in a location adjacent to the State Capitol Building so as to provide for the efficient and effective operations of state government.
(b) The Legislature desires to provide a procedure for acquiring, and to authorize the financing of, these legislative office facilities by the enactment of this article.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to conduct a thorough review of the current and long-term requirements of the Legislature for office facilities and to conduct a study to determine the most economical and cost-effective method of funding the acquisition of those office facilities.
(d) It is also the intent of the Legislature to minimize delays, and thereby reduce costs, in the acquisition of adequate office facilities, and to that end it is the intent of the Legislature that the requirements of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code be completed in an expeditious manner without undue delays.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1366, Sec. 2. Effective October 2, 1989.)
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9117. As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Bonds” means bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, and any other evidence of indebtedness, and also includes certificates of participation or lease-purchase agreements.
(b) “Lease financing” means the financial undertaking authorized by this article under which the lessee shall lease the project from the lessor and the rental payments to be paid by the lessee, and any other authorized or appropriated funds, shall be used to secure the repayment of the bonds and the proceeds of the bonds shall be applied to pay the costs of the project and related costs as authorized by this article.
(c) “Lessee” means the Legislature, acting through its authorized representative as provided for in this article.
(d) “Lessor” means the State Public Works Board acting pursuant to the State Building Construction Act of 1955, Part 10b (commencing with Section 15800) of Division 3 of Title 2, a joint exercise of powers agency established between the lessee and any qualifying entity of government and acting pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1, or any other person, corporation, partnership, or other entity serving as the lessor under the lease financing.
(e) “Project” means the property and the buildings on the property bounded by 10th, 11th, N, and O Streets in the City of Sacramento, consisting of two connecting buildings located at 1020 N Street and 1021 O Street in the City of Sacramento, and the remodeling and rehabilitation of these buildings or destruction and removal of these buildings and the construction of new buildings on this property for use as legislative office facilities, and includes all aspects of the project from initial planning to completion and occupancy by the Legislature.
(f) “Treasurer” means the Treasurer of the State of California.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1366, Sec. 2. Effective October 2, 1989.)
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9118. (a) The lessee may lease the project from the lessor, and the lessor may lease the project to the lessee. The lessor may acquire all real property for the project with the proceeds of the bonds.
(b) The lessee shall take all actions required under this article by and through any person designated by a resolution adopted by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Assembly Committee on Rules. The designated person may contract for, and on behalf of, the Legislature, as lessee, and the Legislature shall be bound by the contracts and actions of the designated person.
(c) In connection with the financing authorized by this article, the lessor and the lessee may seek and obtain interim financing from the Pooled Money Investment Account pursuant to Section 16312.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1366, Sec. 2. Effective October 2, 1989.)
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9119. (a) The State Public Works Board may issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 15830) of Part 10b of Division 3 of Title 2 to finance the project authorized by this article.
(b) The Treasurer may, in his or her discretion, serve as trustee for the bonds. The Treasurer shall sell the bonds in accordance with Section 5702.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1366, Sec. 2. Effective October 2, 1989.)
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9120. The terms of the lease financing are those specified in the lease, trust agreement, indenture, and any related documents executed and delivered between the lessor, the lessee, and the Treasurer. The total amount of lease financing under this article shall not exceed the sum of the cost of the project, including all sums necessary to pay the costs of coordination, direction, and supervision of development and design, financing costs, interest during construction, a reasonably required reserve fund, interest on interim financing, administrative expenses of the lessor, the lessee, the Treasurer, and their agents and consultants, and the transfer and relocation of the present occupants of the buildings to new facilities.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1366, Sec. 2. Effective October 2, 1989.)
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9121. (a) This article shall be deemed and construed to be separate and complete authority for all of the actions authorized by this article, including, but not limited to, the development, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and financing of the project, and all acts related thereto, and the transfer and relocation of the present occupants of the buildings to new facilities. To the extent that this article is inconsistent with any other general statute or special act or parts thereof, or any local government laws, rules, and regulations, now or hereafter enacted, this article is controlling.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the project authorized by this article shall be subject to Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code.
(c) The project authorized by this article shall not be subject to any other state or local government requirement, limitation, or control, including, but not limited to, zoning and building permits.
(d) This article shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose and in a manner that will promote the acquisition, construction, renovation, improvement, and financing of the project.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, no funds shall be expended for the destruction, removal, remodeling, or rehabilitation of the existing buildings on the project property prior to the completion of the feasibility study required pursuant to former Section 9116, as added by Chapter 1366 of the Statutes of 1989, and the approval of the funding source and the project scope and cost by a subsequently enacted resolution of both houses of the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 2005.)