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GOV § 9510.5
Where this section sits in the code
- Government Code - GOV
- TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]
- DIVISION 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT [8902. - 10606.]
- PART 1. LEGISLATURE [8902. - 9937.]
- CHAPTER 5. Enactment of Statutes and Adoption of Resolutions [9500. - 9517.]
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.
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