CHAPTER 3.5. Law Reform [8280. - 8298.]
Chapter 3.5 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1335, Sec. 1.
§§ 8280–8298 · 23 sections
ARTICLE 2. California Law Revision Commission §§ 8280–8298 · 23 sections
- § 8280 (a) There is created in the State Government the California Law Revision Commission. (b) Commencing January 1, 2020, there exists within the California Law…
- § 8281 (a) The commission consists of one Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the…
- § 8281.5 (a) The Committee on Revision of the Penal Code consists of one Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one Member of the Assembly…
- § 8282 (a) The members of the commission and committee shall serve without compensation, except that each member appointed by the Governor shall receive one hundred…
- § 8283 (a) The commission shall select one of its members chairperson. Five members constitute a quorum of the commission. (b) The Governor shall select one of the…
- § 8284 The commission may appoint an executive director and fix the director’s compensation, in accordance with law.
- § 8285 The commission may employ and fix the compensation, in accordance with law, of such professional, clerical and other assistants as may be necessary.
- § 8286 The material of the State Library shall be made available to the commission and the committee. All state agencies, and other official state organizations, and…
- § 8286.5 A local governmental entity may give the committee full information and reasonable assistance in any matters of research requiring recourse to them, or data…
- § 8287 The Board of Trustees of the State Bar shall assist the commission and the committee in any manner the commission or committee may request within the scope of…
- § 8288 (a) No employee of the commission and no member appointed by the Governor shall, with respect to any proposed legislation concerning matters assigned to the…
- § 8289 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…
- § 8290 The commission shall recommend the express repeal of all statutes repealed by implication, or held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the state or the…
- § 8290.5 (a) The committee shall study and make recommendations on revision of the Penal Code to achieve all of the following objectives: (1) Simplify and rationalize…
- § 8290.7 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The terms “dependent adult” and “dependent person” are misleading because many of the people…
- § 8291 (a) The commission and the committee shall submit their reports, and their recommendations as to revision of the laws, to the Governor and the Legislature. (b)…
- § 8292 The commission and the committee may, within the limitations imposed by Section 8293, include in their reports the legislative measures proposed by them to…
- § 8293 (a) The commission shall file a report at each regular session of the Legislature that shall contain a calendar of topics selected by it for study, including a…
- § 8294 The commission’s and committee’s reports, exhibits, and proposed legislative measures shall be printed by the State Printing Office under the supervision of…
- § 8295 The commission and the committee shall confer and cooperate with any legislative committee on revision of the law and may contract with any other committee for…
- § 8296 The commission and the committee may cooperate with any bar association or other learned, professional, or scientific association, institution, or foundation…
- § 8297 The commission may, with the approval of the Director of General Services, enter into, amend and terminate contracts with colleges, universities, schools of…
- § 8298 The commission may study and recommend revisions to correct technical or minor substantive defects in the statutes of the state without a prior concurrent…