CHAPTER 5. Enactment of Statutes and Adoption of Resolutions
Chapter 5 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.
§§ 9500–9517 · 20 sections
- § 9500 As used in this chapter, “clerk” means the engrossing and enrolling clerk or the employee who performs the duties of engrossing and enrolling clerk when no…
- § 9501 As used in this chapter, “committee” means the engrossing and enrolling committee of the house ordering the engrossing or enrolling of a bill or other document…
- § 9501.5 The enacting clause of every law shall be “The people of the State of California do enact as follows:”.
- § 9502 All bills and other documents ordered engrossed or enrolled by the Senate or Assembly shall be delivered by the Secretary of the Senate or Chief Clerk of the…
- § 9503 The clerk shall deliver the bills and documents without delay, in the order of their receipt, to the State Printer.
- § 9504 The State Printer shall receipt for the bills or documents, and without delay engross or enroll (print) them in the order of their receipt by him. So soon as…
- § 9505 The State Printer shall deliver the engrossed or enrolled copy of the bill or document, with the original thereof, to the clerk from whom he received the…
- § 9506 All bills and documents that have been printed shall be considered engrossed if no amendments have been made after being printed. The original bill or document…
- § 9507 If the enrolled copy of a bill or other document is found to be correct, the committee shall present it to the proper officers for their signatures. When the…
- § 9508 Enrolled bills shall be transmitted to the Governor for his approval. Until otherwise provided by the joint rules of the Legislature, enrolled constitutional…
- § 9509 As soon as an enrolled bill is delivered to the Governor, it shall be endorsed as follows: “This bill was received by the Governor this ____ day of ____,…
- § 9510 When the Governor approves a bill, he shall affix his name thereto, with the date of signing, and deposit it in the Office of the Secretary of State, where it…
- § 9510.5 There shall be two series of bill chapter numbers for each two-year regular session of the Legislature. Bills deposited with the Secretary of State from the…
- § 9511 If a bill presented to the Governor contains an item or several items of appropriation, he may object to one or more items while approving other portions of…
- § 9512 When a bill has passed both houses of the Legislature and is returned by the Governor without his signature, and with objections thereto, or if it be a bill…
- § 9513 The certificate shall be indorsed on or attached to the bill, or indorsed on or attached to the copy of the statement of objections. It shall be in the…
- § 9514 The bill or statement so authenticated shall then be delivered to the Governor, and by him deposited with the laws in the Office of the Secretary of State.…
- § 9515 If on the day the Governor desires to return a bill without his approval and with his objections thereto the house in which it originated has adjourned for the…
- § 9516 Except as otherwise provided in this section, every bill which has passed both houses of the Legislature, and has not been returned by the Governor within 12…
- § 9517 The Legislature shall finish its actions on the budget required by the Constitution by June 15th of each year.