In the California Legislature, there is an order to listing a bill’s authors and co-authors and there are different types of co-authors. So, what is that order? As an initial matter, there is Joint Rule 10.7, titled “Heading of Bills,”...
The California Insurance Code is one of 29 Codes that contain state statutes. The Insurance Code contains 5 Divisions. There are also numerous parts, chapters, and articles containing hundreds of code sections, or individual statutes. The following is a broad...
The California Harbors and Navigation Code is one of 29 Codes that contain state statutes. The Harbors and Navigation Code contains 9 Divisions. There are also numerous parts, chapters, and articles containing hundreds of code sections, or individual statutes. The...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry Green tossed out California’s corporate diversity law to require publicly held corporations based in the state to include racial minorities and members of the LGBTQ community on their executive boards, ruling it “unconstitutional.” The...
Why would the California Legislature need to amend, repeal, and add the same code section in a single bill? And how is that done? There are times when the Legislature desires to sunset or repeal a code section and re-enact that...
The California Government Code is one of 29 Codes that contain state statutes. The Government Code contains 52 Titles. There are also numerous parts, divisions, chapters, and articles containing hundreds of code sections, or individual statutes. The following is a...
On occasion, the Legislature closes down an executive branch entity and creates a successor entity. This necessitates several steps, beginning with dissolution of the existing entity. That is followed by the creation of the new entity which succeeds to the...