California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Duties

• Section 10230.
  The Legislative Counsel shall be in attendance upon all regular and special sessions of the Legislature.(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 7.)
• Section 10231.
  The Legislative Counsel shall prepare and assist in the preparation, amendment and consideration of legislative measures when requested or upon suggestion as herein provided.(Added by...
• Section 10231.5.
  (a)  A bill that, as introduced or amended in either house of the Legislature, would require a state agency to submit a report on any...
• Section 10232.
  Upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall advise any State agency as to the preparation of measures to be submitted to the Legislature.(Added by Stats. 1945,...
• Section 10232.5.
  Upon request, the Legislative Counsel may provide legal services to the State Auditor.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 890, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
• Section 10233.
  Insofar as in his power, upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall aid and assist any member of the Legislature as to bills, resolutions and measures,...
• Section 10234.
  The Legislative Counsel shall give such consideration to and service concerning any measure before the Legislature as circumstances will permit, and which is in any...
• Section 10235.
  (a) The Legislative Counsel shall give such consideration to and service concerning any bill in the Governor’s hands for rejection, approval, or other action, as the...
• Section 10236.
  Upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall advise as to its work with any legislative committee appointed to carry on investigations.(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)
• Section 10237.
  The Legislative Counsel shall prepare or assist in the preparation or amendment of legislative measures at the written suggestion of any judge of the Supreme...
• Section 10238.
  Every suggestion of a judge shall set forth the substance of the provisions desired or which may be needed with the reasons therefor.(Added by Stats....
• Section 10239.
  A suggestion by a judge of the Supreme Court shall be filed with the clerk of that court. A suggestion by a judge of a...
• Section 10240.
  When a suggestion is so filed with the clerk, he shall make and send to the permanent office of the Legislative Counsel a certified copy...
• Section 10241.
  The Legislative Counsel shall prepare a measure in accordance with the suggestion of a judge, and shall transmit it to the chairman of the judiciary...
• Section 10242.
  The Legislative Counsel shall advise the Legislature from time to time as to legislation necessary to maintain the codes and legislation necessary to codify such...
• Section 10242.5.
  (a) The Legislative Counsel shall annually prepare, publish, and maintain an electronic list of all reports that state and local agencies are required or requested by...
• Section 10243.
  The Legislative Counsel shall cooperate with the proponents of an initiative measure in its preparation when:(a) Requested in writing so to do by 25 or more...
• Section 10244.
  The Legislative Counsel may contract, at not less than cost and subject to regulations approved by the Director of General Services, with any county or...
• Section 10245.
  The Legislative Counsel may cooperate with any educational institution of the State in any manner approved by the Legislative Counsel and such institution.(Added by Stats....
• Section 10246.
  The Legislative Counsel shall not appear in any action or proceeding in the courts of this state or of the United States without the prior...
• Section 10247.
  When a bill is introduced in the Legislature and each time a bill is amended, on or after January 1, 1990, the Legislative Counsel shall...
• Section 10248.
  Public computer network; required legislative information.(a) The Legislative Counsel shall, with the advice of the Assembly Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules, make...
• Section 10248.5.
  Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 10248, the information that the Legislative Counsel makes available to the public pursuant to Section 10248 is within the public...

Last modified: October 22, 2018