California State Capitol Building Annex Statutes

Section 9105 provides that the State Capitol Building Annex is the annex to the historic State Capitol, constructed to the east of the original building, situated in the area bounded by 10th, L, 15^th, and N Streets in the City of Sacramento.

Section 9105.5 provides that any work of construction, restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction must do all of the following:

• Incorporate elements complementary to the historic State Capitol, efficient and sustainable, and historic elements from the existing State Capitol Building Annex.

• Integrate within its design elements that educate and impress upon visitors the rich heritage of symbolism that earlier generations of Californians made a vital part of the palette of the historic State Capitol design so as to convey the meaning of California’s self-governance and the state’s unique and ever-distinctive heritage.

• Incorporate symbolic treasures, as is befitting the heritage of symbols left by California’s founders for current and future generations to enjoy and explore.

• Incorporate a mural honoring Native Americans in California in one of the main hearing rooms in the newly constructed state capitol building annex or the restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed State Capitol Building Annex.

In addition, there is a statement of legislative intent that any newly constructed state capitol building annex or the restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed State Capitol Building Annex is to be designed to welcome all visitors to a safe, healthful, accessible, and working State Capitol, including historic chambers supported by needed caucusing spaces. And, this is so that all Californians may effectively engage with their elected representatives and their state government in meaningful, participatory, and deliberative democracy.

Section 9106 provides that the State Capitol Building Annex is intended primarily for the use of the legislative department and, except as otherwise provided in this article, is devoted to their use.

Section 9107 creates the Joint Rules Committee which has the membership specified in the Joint Rules of the Senate and the Assembly. The committee has a continuing existence and may meet and act during sessions of the Legislature or any recess and in the interim periods between sessions. 

In addition, the provisions of the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly relating to investigating committees apply to this committee and any action of the committee requires an affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Senate members and a majority of the Assembly members of the committee.

Section 9107.5 provides that any reference in any code or statute to the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization is deemed a reference to the Joint Rules Committee.

Section 9108 specifies that the first floor of the State Capitol Building Annex is excepted from the provisions of this article and that space continues under the control of the Department of General Services.

Section 9109 states that the determination of the Joint Rules Committee as to the needs of the Legislature is subject to change only by action of the committee or by concurrent resolution. If, at any time, the committee determines that there is space in the State Capitol Building Annex in excess of the needs of the legislative branch of the state government, it may release that space for use by the executive branch of the state government until such time as the space is needed by the legislative branch.

Section 9110 says the maintenance and operation of all of the State Capitol Building Annex is under the control of the Department of General Services, subject to this article, and that the security of the State Capitol Building Annex is the responsibility of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.

Section 9111 allows the Joint Rules Committee to participate in the work of the National Conference of State Legislatures. There are specified Members of the Legislature who are authorized to act as members of the committee for the purpose of attending meetings of the conference. In addition, the committee may pay annually from the Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate its proportionate share of the expenses of the National Conference of State Legislatures, in participation with other states, to the extent that funds are appropriated for that purpose.