Article IV, LEGISLATIVE
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Cal. Const. art. IV, § 1 Section 1
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The legislative power of this State is vested in the California Legislature which consists of the Senate and Assembly, but the people reserve to themselves the powers of initiative and referendum.
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 2 Section 2
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(a) (1) The Senate has a membership of 40 Senators elected for 4-year terms, 20 to begin every 2 years. (2) The Assembly has a membership of 80 members elected for 2-year terms. (3) The terms of a Senator or a Member of the Assembly shall commence on the first Monday in December …
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 3 Section 3
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(a) The Legislature shall convene in regular session at noon on the first Monday in December of each even-numbered year and each house shall immediately organize. Each session of the Legislature shall adjourn sine die by operation of the Constitution at midnight on November 30 of…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 4 Section 4
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(a) To eliminate any appearance of a conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties and responsibilities, no Member of the Legislature may knowingly receive any salary, wages, commissions, or other similar earned income from a lobbyist or lobbying firm, as defined by the…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 5 Section 5
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(a) (1) Each house of the Legislature shall judge the qualifications and elections of its Members and, by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring, may expel a Member. (2) (A) Each house may suspend a Member by motion or resolution adopted by …
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 6 Section 6
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For the purpose of choosing members of the Legislature, the State shall be divided into 40 Senatorial and 80 Assembly districts to be called Senatorial and Assembly Districts. Each Senatorial district shall choose one Senator and each Assembly district shall choose one member of …
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 7 Section 7
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(a) Each house shall choose its officers and adopt rules for its proceedings. A majority of the membership constitutes a quorum, but a smaller number may recess from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members. (b) Each house shall keep and publish a journal of its pro…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 8 Section 8
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(a) At regular sessions no bill other than the budget bill may be heard or acted on by committee or either house until the 31st day after the bill is introduced unless the house dispenses with this requirement by rollcall vote entered in the journal, three fourths of the membersh…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 9 Section 9
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A statute shall embrace but one subject, which shall be expressed in its title. If a statute embraces a subject not expressed in its title, only the part not expressed is void. A statute may not be amended by reference to its title. A section of a statute may not be amended unles…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 10 Section 10
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(a) Each bill passed by the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor. It becomes a statute if it is signed by the Governor. The Governor may veto it by returning it with any objections to the house of origin, which shall enter the objections in the journal and proceed to re…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 11 Section 11
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The Legislature or either house may by resolution provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control.
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 12 Section 12
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(a) Within the first 10 days of each calendar year, the Governor shall submit to the Legislature, with an explanatory message, a budget for the ensuing fiscal year containing itemized statements for recommended state expenditures and estimated state revenues. If recommended expen…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 13 Section 13
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A member of the Legislature may not, during the term for which the member is elected, hold any office or employment under the State other than an elective office.
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 14 Section 14
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A member of the Legislature is not subject to civil process during a session of the Legislature or for 5 days before and after a session.
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 15 Section 15
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A person who seeks to influence the vote or action of a member of the Legislature in the member’s legislative capacity by bribery, promise of reward, intimidation, or other dishonest means, or a member of the Legislature so influenced, is guilty of a felony.
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 16 Section 16
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(a) All laws of a general nature have uniform operation. (b) A local or special statute is invalid in any case if a general statute can be made applicable.
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 17 Section 17
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The Legislature has no power to grant, or to authorize a city, county, or other public body to grant, extra compensation or extra allowance to a public officer, public employee, or contractor after service has been rendered or a contract has been entered into and performed in who…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 18 Section 18
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(a) The Assembly has the sole power of impeachment. Impeachments shall be tried by the Senate. A person may not be convicted unless, by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two thirds of the membership of the Senate concurs. (b) State officers elected on a statewide basis, membe…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 19 Section 19
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(a) The Legislature has no power to authorize lotteries, and shall prohibit the sale of lottery tickets in the State. (b) The Legislature may provide for the regulation of horse races and horse race meetings and wagering on the results. (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the Le…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 20 Section 20
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(a) The Legislature may provide for division of the State into fish and game districts and may protect fish and game in districts or parts of districts. (b) There is a Fish and Game Commission of 5 members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate, a majority of the me…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 21 Section 21
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To meet the needs resulting from war-caused or enemy-caused disaster in California, the Legislature may provide for: (a) Filling the offices of members of the Legislature should at least one fifth of the membership of either house be killed, missing, or disabled, until they are a…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 22 Section 22
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It is the right of the people to hold their legislators accountable. To assist the people in exercising this right, at the convening of each regular session of the Legislature, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the minority leader of each h…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 28 Section 28
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, no bill shall take effect as an urgency statute if it authorizes or contains an appropriation for either (1) the alteration or modification of the color, detail, design, structure or fixtures of the historically restor…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 8.5 Section 8.5
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An act amending an initiative statute, an act providing for the issuance of bonds, or a constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature and submitted to the voters for approval may not do either of the following: (a) Include or exclude any political subdivision of the State …
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 4.5 Section 4.5
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution or existing law, a person elected to or serving in the Legislature on or after November 1, 1990, shall participate in the Federal Social Security (Retirement, Disability, Health Insurance) Program and the State shall pay on…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 1.5 Section 1.5
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The people find and declare that the Founding Fathers established a system of representative government based upon free, fair, and competitive elections. The increased concentration of political power in the hands of incumbent representatives has made our electoral system less fr…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 7.5 Section 7.5
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In the fiscal year immediately following the adoption of this Act, the total aggregate expenditures of the Legislature for the compensation of members and employees of, and the operating expenses and equipment for, the Legislature may not exceed an amount equal to nine hundred fi…
Cal. Const. art. IV, § 12.5 Section 12.5
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Within 10 days following the submission of a budget pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 12, following the proposed adjustments to the Governor’s Budget required by subdivision (e) of Section 13308 of the Government Code or a successor statute, and following the enactment of th…