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CHAPTER 1. Legislative Counsel

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.

§§ 10200–10300 · 61 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 10200–10211 · 13 sections
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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,…
    • § 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.
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 10205.1 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 18523, 18900, 18901, 18930, 18930.5, 18931, 18933, 18936, 18937, 18938.5, 18939,
    • § 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…
    • § 10207 (a) The Legislative Counsel shall maintain the attorney-client relationship with each Member of the Legislature with respect to communications between the…
    • § 10208 Neither the Legislative Counsel nor any other employee of the bureau shall reveal to any person outside thereof the contents or nature of any matter which has…
    • § 10209 The material, including books and other publications, of the State Library shall be made available to the bureau. The University of California, all State…
    • § 10210 Subject to Article 3 (commencing with Section 10270), neither the Legislative Counsel nor any employee of the bureau shall oppose or urge legislation.
    • § 10211 The Legislative Counsel, or any deputy legislative counsel, may administer and certify oaths.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Duties §§ 10230–10249 · 24 sections
    • § 10230 The Legislative Counsel shall be in attendance upon all regular and special sessions of the Legislature.
    • § 10231 The Legislative Counsel shall prepare and assist in the preparation, amendment and consideration of legislative measures when requested or upon suggestion as…
    • § 10231.5 (a) A bill that, as introduced or amended in either house of the Legislature, would require a state agency to submit a report on any subject to either house of…
    • § 10232 Upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall advise any State agency as to the preparation of measures to be submitted to the Legislature.
    • § 10232.5 Upon request, the Legislative Counsel may provide legal services to the State Auditor.
    • § 10233 Insofar as in his power, upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall aid and assist any member of the Legislature as to bills, resolutions and measures,…
    • § 10234 The Legislative Counsel shall give such consideration to and service concerning any measure before the Legislature as circumstances will permit, and which is…
    • § 10235 (a) The Legislative Counsel shall give such consideration to and service concerning any bill in the Governor’s hands for rejection, approval, or other action,…
    • § 10236 Upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall advise as to its work with any legislative committee appointed to carry on investigations.
    • § 10237 The Legislative Counsel shall prepare or assist in the preparation or amendment of legislative measures at the written suggestion of any judge of the Supreme…
    • § 10238 Every suggestion of a judge shall set forth the substance of the provisions desired or which may be needed with the reasons therefor.
    • § 10239 A suggestion by a judge of the Supreme Court shall be filed with the clerk of that court. A suggestion by a judge of a court of appeal shall be filed with the…
    • § 10240 When a suggestion is so filed with the clerk, he shall make and send to the permanent office of the Legislative Counsel a certified copy of the suggestion. All…
    • § 10241 The Legislative Counsel shall prepare a measure in accordance with the suggestion of a judge, and shall transmit it to the chairman of the judiciary committee…
    • § 10242 The Legislative Counsel shall advise the Legislature from time to time as to legislation necessary to maintain the codes and legislation necessary to codify…
    • § 10242.5 (a) The Legislative Counsel shall annually prepare, publish, and maintain an electronic list of all reports that state and local agencies are required or…
    • § 10243 The Legislative Counsel shall cooperate with the proponents of an initiative measure in its preparation when: (a) Requested in writing so to do by 25 or more…
    • § 10244 The Legislative Counsel may contract, at not less than cost and subject to regulations approved by the Director of General Services, with any county or city…
    • § 10245 The Legislative Counsel may cooperate with any educational institution of the State in any manner approved by the Legislative Counsel and such institution.
    • § 10246 The Legislative Counsel shall not appear in any action or proceeding in the courts of this state or of the United States without the prior approval of the…
    • § 10247 When a bill is introduced in the Legislature and each time a bill is amended, on or after January 1, 1990, the Legislative Counsel shall determine whether the…
    • § 10248 Public computer network; required legislative information. (a) The Legislative Counsel shall, with the advice of the Assembly Committee on Rules and the Senate…
    • § 10248.5 Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 10248, the information that the Legislative Counsel makes available to the public pursuant to Section 10248 is…
    • § 10249 (a) (1) The Legislative Counsel shall establish a unit within the Legislative Counsel Bureau to provide advice and investigation services to the Legislature…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Commission on Uniform State Laws §§ 10270–10282 · 13 sections
    • § 10270 There is, in the Legislative Counsel Bureau, the Commission on Uniform State Laws.
    • § 10271 (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…
    • § 10272 Each appointed member of the commission shall be any of the following: (a) A member in good standing of the State Bar of California. (b) A person admitted to…
    • § 10273 Each member appointed by the Governor to the commission shall hold office for a term of four years and until the appointment and qualification of a successor.
    • § 10274 When a vacancy occurs in an office filled by appointment by the Governor, the Governor shall appoint a person to the office for the balance of the unexpired…
    • § 10275 A member of the commission is eligible for reappointment.
    • § 10276 A member of the commission shall not receive compensation for services as a member, but shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day while on official…
    • § 10277 The commission may participate in the work of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and the Legislative Counsel may allocate funds to…
    • § 10278 The commission shall meet at some place in the state at least once every two years. The commission shall elect one of its members as chairperson and another as…
    • § 10279 The members of the commission shall attend the meetings of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. The attendance of a member at this…
    • § 10280 The commission shall do all in its power to promote uniformity in state laws upon all subjects where uniformity is deemed desirable and practicable.
    • § 10281 The commission shall bring about, as far as practicable, the passage of the various uniform acts recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on…
    • § 10282 The commission shall report to the Legislature from time to time as the commission deems desirable and practicable, giving an account of its transactions and…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act §§ 10290–10300 · 11 sections
    • § 10290 This article may be cited as the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.
    • § 10291 As used in this article: (a) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar…
    • § 10292 This article applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under Section 10293 and first published electronically on or…
    • § 10293 (a) If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall do all of the following: (1) Designate the electronic…
    • § 10294 An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under Section 10293 shall authenticate the record. To…
    • § 10295 (a) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under Section 10294 is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material. (b) If another…
    • § 10296 (a) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated as official under Section 10293 shall provide for the…
    • § 10297 An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that must be preserved under Section 10296 shall ensure that the material is reasonably…
    • § 10298 In implementing this article, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider all of the following: (a) Standards and practices…
    • § 10299 In applying and construing this article, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among…
    • § 10300 This article modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq.) but does not…