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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Government Code - GOV |
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Title 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
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Division 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT |
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Part 1. LEGISLATURE |
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Chapter 5. Enactment of Statutes and Adoption of Resolutions |
Section 9510.5.
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There shall be two series of bill chapter numbers for each two-year regular session of the Legislature. Bills deposited with the Secretary of State from the beginning of the two-year session through December 31 of the odd-numbered year shall be designated "Statutes of [odd-numbered year], Chapter ____." Bills deposited with the Secretary of State after December 31 of the odd-numbered year shall be designated "Statutes of [even-numbered year], Chapter ____." Concurrent resolutions, joint resolutions, and proposed constitutional amendments adopted by the Legislature shall be chaptered as resolution chapters with a different series of numbers than those assigned to bills but shall otherwise be numbered and designated in the same manner as bills enacted into law.