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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 7 - Legislative Printing and Publications › ARTICLE 4 - Preparation and Printing of Statutes › Section 9764.

9764. The statutes of each session shall be prepared for printing and publication by the Legislative Counsel, the State Librarian, or such other state agency authorized or required by law to render the service when directed or requested, as the Department of General Services directs or requests in writing.
(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 7 - Legislative Printing and Publications › ARTICLE 4 - Preparation and Printing of Statutes › Section 9765.

9765. Preparation of the statutes shall include the making of an index and statutory record, and the delivery thereof to the State Printing Office as soon as practicable after final adjournment of the Legislature. The date of approval or adoption of each act and its effective date shall be prefixed to its text. The cost of preparation shall be paid from the same source as the cost of printing and publishing the statutes is paid.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1155.)
2023 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 4 - Preparation and Printing of Statutes › Section 9766.

9766. At the beginning of each volume of the statutes there shall be printed:
(a) The Constitution of the state.
(b) The name and place of residence of:
(1) The Governor.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor.
(3) The other executive officers of the state.
(4) The Senators and Members of the Assembly.
(5) The presiding officers of the Senate and Assembly.
(c) The certificate of the Secretary of State showing what acts, or sections or parts of acts of the Legislature are delayed from going into effect by a referendum petition properly certified and filed in his office.
(d) The certificate of the Secretary of State showing the result of all elections upon any initiative or referendum measures submitted to the electors of the state within the previous year.
(e) The text of all such initiative measures adopted by the electors.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 579.)
2023 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 4 - Preparation and Printing of Statutes › Section 9767.

9767. The Office of State Printing shall print the number of copies of the statutes of each session prepared at the direction of the Department of General Services that the Joint Rules Committee determines is necessary.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9768 or any other provision of law, printed copies of the statutes shall only be bound in the number determined by the Department of General Services to be necessary to meet the demand therefor.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 72.)
2023 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 4 - Preparation and Printing of Statutes › Section 9768.

9768. The statutes shall be bound in law buckram binding.
(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)
2023 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 9790.

9790. The Department of General Services shall maintain a bill-filing room for the Senate and Assembly, and file all bills, resolutions, journals and other documents ordered by the Senate or Assembly. It shall also place all such bills, resolutions, journals and other documents in binders for the use of the Members of the Legislature and perform such other duties in connection with their filing and distribution as may be required by the rules or special orders of either house.
(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 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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, or identified in the Legislative Analyst’s Supplemental Report of the Budget Act, to be submitted by a state or local agency to a committee of the Legislature or 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) A report shall not 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. 2023, Ch. 148, Sec. 1. (SB 259) 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 8 - Legislative Reform › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 9900.

9900. Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Legislative Reform Act of 1983.”
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 chapter
The 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 judgment 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 71. (AB 1754) 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 8 - Legislative Reform › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 9903.

9903. Construction of chapter
This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
2023 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; procedures
This 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.)
2023 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 governing
Nothing 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.)
2023 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. Severability
If 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.)
2023 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 date
This 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.)
2023 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 Assembly
The 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.)
2023 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 Rules
There 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 Rules
Notwithstanding 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.)
2023 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 senate
The 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.)
2023 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 Rules
There 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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. Rules
Each 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.)
2023 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 9921.

9921. Joint Rules
The Senate and Assembly shall adopt rules for their joint proceedings for each regular and special session by resolution adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the membership of each house. No joint rule so adopted may be amended except by resolution adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the membership of each house. The Senate and Assembly may provide for temporary suspension of a joint rule by a single house upon the affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the members of that house; provided, that the 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.)
2023 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 9922.

9922. Standing committees
All standing committees of both the Senate and the Assembly, except the Senate Committee on Rules and the Assembly Committee on Rules, shall be created and the size and jurisdiction thereof established through the adoption of or amendment to the rules of the respective houses by resolution, two thirds of the membership of the house in question concurring. Committee membership shall be determined in the following manner:
(a). The membership of each committee shall be proportional to the partisan composition of the house in question.
(b). Majority party members of each committee shall be selected by the majority party in a manner to be determined by the party caucus in each house.
(c). Minority party members of each committee shall be selected by the minority party or parties, in a manner to be determined by the party caucus or caucuses in each house.
(d). The Assembly Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules shall provide for the necessary and reasonable expenses of all committees of their respective houses pursuant to the provisions of Sections 9912 and 9916.
(e) The majority party in each house shall be that party with the largest number of Members in that house. Each other party with membership in the house shall be a minority party.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
2023 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 9923.

9923. Special and select committees; subcommittees
No special or select committees nor any subcommittee shall be established in either the Senate or the Assembly except by affirmative vote of two thirds of the Committee on Rules of the house in question. Membership of special or select committees or subcommittees shall be determined according to the provisions of Section 9922. For purposes of this title, “special” and “select” committees or subcommittees include all committees or subcommittees which are not standing committees of either house or joint committees of the two houses.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
2023 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 9924.

9924. Joint committees
No joint committee shall be established except by passage of concurrent resolution, two thirds of the membership of each house concurring. The membership of each joint committee shall be allocated equally between the Senate and the Assembly, and the delegation from each house shall be chosen pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 9922.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
2023 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 9925.

9925. Member voting
Each house of the Legislature shall provide in its rules for appropriate voting procedures on the floor and in committees or subcommittees; provided, that no Member shall be allowed to cast a vote for another Member, nor shall any Member be allowed to change his or her vote or add a vote to the roll after the vote is announced, without the consent of four fifths of the membership of the house, nor shall any vote be taken in any committee or subcommittee of either house in the absence of a quorum, except a vote to adjourn.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
2023 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 4 - Legislative Funds and Administration › Section 9930.

9930. Legislative contingent funds
All appropriations for contingent expenses of the Legislature and committees thereof shall be deposited in and credited to the following funds, which funds are created in the State Treasury:
(a) Appropriations for the contingent expenses of the Senate and committees thereof shall be deposited in the Senate Contingent Fund, and shall be disbursed under or pursuant to the direction of the Senate Committee on Rules in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Appropriations for the contingent expenses of the Assembly and committees thereof shall be deposited in the Assembly Contingent Fund, and shall be disbursed under or pursuant to the direction of the Assembly Committee on Rules in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(c) Appropriations for the contingent and joint expenses of the Senate and Assembly and committees thereof shall be deposited in the Contingent Funds of the Senate and Assembly, and shall be disbursed under or pursuant to the direction of the Joint Rules Committee in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
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9931. Disbursements from Senate Contingent Fund and Assembly Contingent Fund
Except as provided by affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the membership of the rules committee having powers of direction under Section 9930, all disbursements from the Senate Contingent Fund and the Assembly Contingent Fund shall be divided proportionately according to the partisan composition of the house in question.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
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9932. Disbursements from Contingent Funds of the Senate and Assembly
No disbursements shall be made from the Contingent Funds of the Senate and Assembly except as provided by vote of the Joint Rules Committee, two thirds of the total membership thereof concurring.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
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9933. Disbursement of money appropriated for legislative printing
Any money appropriated for legislative printing shall be disbursed under or pursuant to the direction of the Senate or Assembly as provided in the rules of the Senate or Assembly or their joint rules, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 9931 and 9932.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
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9934. Limits upon public expenditure
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 30 days following the enactment of this chapter, the total amount of monies appropriated for the support of the Legislature, including but not limited to all monies appropriated to the Senate Contingent Fund, the Assembly Contingent Fund, the Contingent Funds of the Senate and Assembly, for legislative printing, and for aids to the Legislature as described in Part 2 of this title, shall be reduced by an amount equal to thirty percent of the total amount of monies appropriated for support of the Legislature for the 1983–84 fiscal year, and the amount so reduced shall revert to the General Fund. For each fiscal year thereafter, the total amount of monies appropriated for support of the Legislature shall not exceed an amount equal to that expended for support in the preceding fiscal year, adjusted and compounded by an amount equal to the percentage increase or decrease in state General Fund spending for that fiscal year.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
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9935. Continuous availability of funds; special accounts
Except as described in Section 9934 and this Section, appropriations deposited in and credited to the Senate Contingent Fund, the Assembly Contingent Fund, or the Contingent Funds of the Senate and Assembly, shall be continuously available without regard to fiscal years. Appropriations made at extraordinary or special sessions for the expenses of said sessions shall be maintained as separate accounts within the particular funds and shall be available for expenditure for such purpose for the duration of said sessions, and the unexpended balance of any such appropriation shall revert to the General Fund upon the adjournment sine die of the special session or sessions for which it was appropriated.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
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9936. Reports to public on expenditures made from contingent funds; contents
(a) For the periods beginning December 1, March 1, June 1, and September 1 of each year, the Assembly Committee on Rules, Senate Committee on Rules, and the Joint Rules Committee shall quarterly issue a report to the public on the expenditures made from the contingent fund subject to their direction and control. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, a listing of total expenditures for each Member and committee of the Legislature in the following categories:
(1) Out-of-state travel and living expense reimbursement and in-state travel and living expense reimbursement.
(2) Automotive expenses.
(3) Rent
(4) Telephone.
(5) Postage.
(6) Printing.
(7) Office supplies.
(8) Newsletters.
(9) Per diem for attendance at legislative sessions.
(10) Staff salaries and expenses.
(11) Contracts entered into with any other party.
(b) Each report shall be completed, published, and made available to the public within 30 calendar days following the completion of the reporting period.
(c) For the period ending on November 30 of each year, the Assembly Committee on Rules, Senate Committee on rules, and the Joint Rules Committee shall annually issue a report to the public on the expenditures made from the contingent fund subject to their direction and control. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, a listing of total expenditures for each Member and committee of the Legislature in the categories described in subdivision (a). Each report shall be completed, published, and made available to the public within 90 calendar days following the completion of the reporting period.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
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9937. Independent audit of contingent funds
The Joint Rules Committee shall annually contract for an independent audit of the revenues and expenditures, for each fiscal year, from the Assembly Contingent Fund, Senate Contingent Fund, and the Contingent Funds of the Assembly and Senate. The organization performing the audit shall be subject to approval by the Fair Political Practices Commission. The audit shall include, but need not be limited to, an evaluation of the accuracy of the expenditures described in Section 9936 and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal auditing procedures of the individual rules committees.
The audit shall be completed and made available to the public within 180 calendar days following the completion of the fiscal year for which the audit is performed.
(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
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10200. There is in the State Government the Legislative Counsel Bureau. The bureau is in charge of a chief, who is a civil executive officer and who shall be known as the Legislative Counsel of California.
(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)
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10201. The Legislative Counsel shall be selected by concurrent resolution at the beginning of each regular session and shall serve until his or her successor is selected and qualified.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 112. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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10202. If a vacancy occurs while the Legislature is not in session, a committee consisting of the Speaker of the Assembly, the Speaker pro Tempore of the Assembly, the President pro Tempore of the Senate and the chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate shall select the Legislative Counsel to serve until the Legislature in session makes a selection for the office.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 113. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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10203. The Legislative Counsel shall be chosen without reference to party affiliations and solely on the ground of fitness to perform the duties of his or her office.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 114. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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10204. The annual salary of the Legislative Counsel is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or such greater amount as may be prescribed by the Joint Rules Committee. The Legislative Counsel shall be repaid all actual expenses incurred or paid by him or her in the discharge of his or her duties.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 115. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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10205. (a) The Legislative Counsel may employ and fix the compensation, in accordance with law, of such professional assistants and clerical and other employees as he or she deems necessary for the effective conduct of the work under his or her charge.
(b) The Legislative Counsel and the employees of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall, to the extent that funds appropriated for the support of the Legislative Counsel Bureau include funds for that purpose, receive any or all of the employee benefits provided to employees of either house of the Legislature. The benefits that are authorized by this subdivision shall be in addition to any other employee benefits authorized by any other provision of law.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 19853, the Legislative Counsel and the employees of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall observe any holiday designated pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 19853, that is also observed by the Legislature, on the same day that the holiday is observed by the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1124, Sec. 11. Effective September 30, 2002.)
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10206. The permanent office of the Legislative Counsel shall be in the State Capitol in Sacramento, where he or she shall be provided with suitable and sufficient offices convenient to the chambers of the Senate and Assembly. For the convenience of Members of the Legislature, and when in his or her judgment the conduct of his or her work requires, he or she may maintain temporary offices at other places in the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 116. Effective January 1, 2004.)