California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - General

• Section 9900.
  Short titleThis chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Legislative Reform Act of 1983.”(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
• Section 9901.
  Findings and declaration.The people find and declare:(a) All citizens of the State are entitled to full and effective representation by their elected representatives.(b) In recent years spending...
• Section 9902.
  Purposes of chapterThe people enact this chapter to accomplish the following purposes:(a) Appropriations for the support of the Legislature should be reduced by thirty percent from...
• Section 9903.
  Construction of chapterThis chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.(Added June 5, 1984, by initiative Proposition 24.)
• Section 9904.
  Amendment or repeal of chapter; proceduresThis chapter may be amended only by the procedures set forth in this section. If any portion of subsection (a)...
• Section 9905.
  Imposition of additional requirements; law governingNothing in this chapter shall prevent the Legislature from imposing additional requirements on itself if the requirements do not conflict...
• Section 9906.
  SeverabilityIf any provision of this chapter, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of...
• Section 9907.
  Effective dateThis chapter shall go into effect immediately. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all changes in the structure or operation of the Legislature required...

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