{"data":{"id":"us-ca/cal.-const.-art.-iii-3.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"Cal. Const. art. III, § 3.5","heading":"","body":"An administrative agency, including an administrative agency created by the Constitution or an initiative statute, has no power:\n(a) To declare a statute unenforceable, or refuse to enforce a statute, on the basis of it being unconstitutional unless an appellate court has made a determination that such statute is unconstitutional;\n(b) To declare a statute unconstitutional;\n(c) To declare a statute unenforceable, or to refuse to enforce a statute on the basis that federal law or federal regulations prohibit the enforcement of such statute unless an appellate court has made a determination that the enforcement of such statute is prohibited by federal law or federal regulations.","path":["* California Constitution - CONS","ARTICLE III STATE OF CALIFORNIA [SEC. 1. - SEC. 9.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"f91f97722ae5ca12c16723759ead428072568f42a0a371d9e87c29bbfe0d762a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/cal.-const.-art.-iii-3","next":"us-ca/cal.-const.-art.-iii-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}