California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - General

• Section 10200.
  There is in the State Government the Legislative Counsel Bureau. The bureau is in charge of a chief, who is a civil executive officer and...
• Section 10201.
  The Legislative Counsel shall be selected by concurrent resolution at the beginning of each regular session and shall serve until his or her successor is...
• Section 10202.
  If a vacancy occurs while the Legislature is not in session, a committee consisting of the Speaker of the Assembly, the Speaker pro Tempore of...
• Section 10203.
  The Legislative Counsel shall be chosen without reference to party affiliations and solely on the ground of fitness to perform the duties of his or...
• Section 10204.
  The annual salary of the Legislative Counsel is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or such greater amount as may be prescribed by the Joint Rules Committee....
• Section 10205.
  (a) The Legislative Counsel may employ and fix the compensation, in accordance with law, of such professional assistants and clerical and other employees as he or...
• Section 10205.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 18523, 18900, 18901, 18930, 18930.5, 18931, 18933, 18936, 18937, 18938.5, 18939, 18950, 19050, 19052, 19054, 19054.1, 19057, 19057.1, 19057.2, 19057.4, 19081, and 19101,...
• Section 10206.
  The permanent office of the Legislative Counsel shall be in the State Capitol in Sacramento, where he or she shall be provided with suitable and...
• Section 10207.
  (a) The Legislative Counsel shall maintain the attorney-client relationship with each Member of the Legislature with respect to communications between the member and the Legislative Counsel...
• Section 10208.
  Neither the Legislative Counsel nor any other employee of the bureau shall reveal to any person outside thereof the contents or nature of any matter...
• Section 10209.
  The material, including books and other publications, of the State Library shall be made available to the bureau. The University of California, all State agencies...
• Section 10210.
  Subject to Article 3 (commencing with Section 10270), neither the Legislative Counsel nor any employee of the bureau shall oppose or urge legislation.(Amended by Stats....
• Section 10211.
  The Legislative Counsel, or any deputy legislative counsel, may administer and certify oaths.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 575.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018