As readers may recall, at the end of bills in the California Legislature, there may be “plus sections,” which are uncodified provisions that may do a number of things, such as expressing legislative intent, making legislative findings and declarations, or explaining why a bill may have a certain designation, such as a special statute or an urgency statute. Probably the most common plus section is the state-mandated cost disclaimer language.
Many bills in the California Legislature do not contain any plus sections. When bills do contain them, there is usually just one plus section, but sometimes a reader might see two or even three of these sections. The following are the main “plus sections” used in California bills:
- Special statute
- Reimbursement mandate disclaimer for SMLP
- Statewide concern (not municipal affair)
- Intent
- 2011 Realignment Legislation
- Tax levy
- Urgency
- Severability
- CRTC Sections 2229 and 2230 waivers
- CRTC Section 41 findings
- Public access to records and meetings
- Findings and declarations for amending statutory initiative measure
- Rulemaking exemption
- Contingent enactment
- Double-jointing
- Appropriation / No appropriation
- Bill related to the budget bill
- Public funds disclaimer
- Retroactivity
- Submission of measure to voters