CHAPTER 8. Legislative Reform

Chapter 8 added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.

§§ 9900–9937 · 30 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 9900–9907 · 8 sections

   • § 9900 Short title This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Legislative Reform Act of 1983.”
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 9903 Construction of chapter This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.
   • § 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…
   • § 9905 Imposition of additional requirements; law governing Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the Legislature from imposing additional requirements on itself if…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
2. ARTICLE 2. Legislative Powers and Duties §§ 9910–9917 · 8 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 9913 Appointments by the speaker; confirmation by Assembly Committee on Rules Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all statutory appointments delegated to…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
3. ARTICLE 3. Legislative Rules and Procedures §§ 9920–9925 · 6 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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,…
   • § 9923 Special and select committees; subcommittees No special or select committees nor any subcommittee shall be established in either the Senate or the Assembly…
   • § 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…
   • § 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;…
4. ARTICLE 4. Legislative Funds and Administration §§ 9930–9937 · 8 sections

   • § 9930 Legislative contingent funds All appropriations for contingent expenses of the Legislature and committees thereof shall be deposited in and credited to the…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 9933 Disbursement of money appropriated for legislative printing Any money appropriated for legislative printing shall be disbursed under or pursuant to the…
   • § 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…
   • § 9935 Continuous availability of funds; special accounts Except as described in Section 9934 and this Section, appropriations deposited in and credited to the Senate…
   • § 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,…
   • § 9937 Independent audit of contingent funds The Joint Rules Committee shall annually contract for an independent audit of the revenues and expenditures, for each…