{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"8289","citation":"Gov. Code, § 8289","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 1. GENERAL [8000. - 8899.95.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3.5. Law Reform [8280. - 8298.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-1/chapter-3.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. California Law Revision Commission [8280. - 8298.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-1/chapter-3.5/article-2"}],"history":"Added by renumbering Section 10330 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1335, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The commission shall, within the limitations imposed by Section <a href=\"/gov/8293\">8293</a>:</p><p>(a) Examine the common law and statutes of the state and judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms in the law and recommending needed reforms.</p><p>(b) Receive and consider proposed changes in the law recommended by the American Law Institute, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, any bar association or other learned bodies.</p><p>(c) Receive and consider suggestions from judges, justices, public officials, lawyers, and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law.</p><p>(d) Recommend, from time to time, such changes in the law as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law, and to bring the law of this state into harmony with modern conditions.</p>","text":"The commission shall, within the limitations imposed by Section 8293: (a) Examine the common law and statutes of the state and judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms in the law and recommending needed reforms. (b) Receive and consider proposed changes in the law recommended by the American Law Institute, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, any bar association or other learned bodies. (c) Receive and consider suggestions from judges, justices, public officials, lawyers, and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law. (d) Recommend, from time to time, such changes in the law as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law, and to bring the law of this state into harmony with modern conditions.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/california-law-revision-commission-8289","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}