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Layering Penalties or Remedies in California Bills

March 31, 2022 11:19 amMarch 31, 2022 11:23 am

On occasion, a bill in the California Legislature will propose a new penalty or a new remedy to be added to state statute. The following are examples of language that a reader might see in a bill: A civil penalty...

Gift of Public Funds Disclaimer in California Bills

March 30, 2022 7:04 amMarch 30, 2022 7:10 am

On occasion, a California bill will contain a section at the end that provides a disclaimer regarding a potential gift of public funds, which is generally prohibited under the California Constitution. A reader might come across language similar to the...

Drafting a New Program in California Law

March 23, 2022 7:00 amMarch 23, 2022 7:04 am

California legislators regularly propose creation of a new program in state government and the Office of Legislative Counsel is required to draft such bills. A bill that creates a new program in this state has several component parts, usually including...

Classification of Counties and California Legislation

March 22, 2022 6:45 amMarch 22, 2022 7:07 am

Reading bills from the California Legislature, or reviewing statutes contained in the 29 California Codes, you might have come across a provision such as the following: This section applies only to a county of the thirteenth class, as defined by...

Higher Education and California Labor Relations Legislation

March 21, 2022 12:12 pmMarch 21, 2022 12:18 pm

When the California Legislature proposes legislation involving higher education employer-employee relations, the Legislature is bound by any memorandum of understanding (MOU) that may be in place. For example, if the Legislature wants to require the California State University to create...

What Are 2011 Realignment Bills?

March 19, 2022 9:15 amMarch 19, 2022 9:30 am

Readers of bills in the California Legislature may have come across a bill that has a “plus section” at the end of the bill that reads as follows: To the extent that this act has an overall effect of increasing...

The Second Bill Introduction Deadline in the California Legislature

March 18, 2022 2:44 pmMarch 18, 2022 2:51 pm

How can there be a second bill introduction deadline in the California Legislature? There really is not one, but there is a deadline for getting intent and spot bills amended with substantive language. As a result, this is effectively a...