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What Is in California’s Code of Regulations Title 3?

May 2, 2022 4:44 pmMay 2, 2022 4:49 pm

The California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 3 is one of 27 Titles that contain state regulations. Title 3, called “Food and Agriculture,” contains 8 Divisions. There are also numerous chapters and articles containing regulatory sections, or individual regulations. The...

How Do Courts Determine Whether a Bill’s Provisions Are Severable?

May 2, 2022 6:26 amMay 2, 2022 6:33 am

Bills in the California Legislature often contain multiple provisions and, when those types of bills are challenged in litigation, a court must determine whether those provisions are “severable.” If a bill contains a severability clause, then the matter can be...

Overview of the California Assembly Rules

April 30, 2022 4:10 pmApril 30, 2022 4:13 pm

On the first day of the start of each two-year legislative session, the Assembly adopts rules for its internal procedures. For the 2021-2022 Session, the Standing Rules of the Assembly are contained in House Resolution 1 (Cooley). The following are...

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Dealing with Federal or Local Preemption in Legislation

April 30, 2022 7:40 amApril 30, 2022 7:48 am

California legislation at times needs to consider the impact of federal laws as well as local laws and the impact of California statutes. There are times when the Legislature has to consider that a statute it enacts does not get...

California Fair Political Practices Commission Regulations

April 29, 2022 3:37 pmApril 29, 2022 2:19 pm

There are 27 Titles of the California Code of Regulations, which contain the thousands of regulations in effect in the State of California. In Title 2, “Administration,” Division 6, there are regulations for the Fair Political Practices Commission. The California Fair Political Practices Commission...

Contingencies in California Legislation

April 29, 2022 8:23 amApril 29, 2022 8:25 am

Bills in the California Legislature sometimes contain language that make the bill’s provisions contingent upon funding or some other circumstance. These are different than “contingent enactment” language which makes a bill’s enactment contingent upon passage of another measure, such as...

AG Rob Bonta Announces Investigation into Oil Companies’ Role in ‘Causing Global Plastics Pollution Crisis’

April 29, 2022 2:31 amApril 28, 2022 8:52 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Thursday that he would be launching a state investigation into the role of oil and gas companies into the world’s global plastics pollution crisis. In his announcement Bonta said that fossil fuel and petrochemical...