Bill Text: CA AB1139 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Bills.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB1139 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB1139-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1139 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Jeffries FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amend Section 9516 of the Government Code, relating to bills. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1139, as introduced, Jeffries. Bills. Existing law provides that a bill that passes the Legislature and is not returned by the Governor within 12 days becomes law. However, a bill that passes the Legislature before September 1 of the 2nd calendar year of the biennium of the legislative session and is in the Governor's possession on or after that date, and is not returned by the Governor on or before September 30, becomes law. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 9516 of the Government Code is amended to read: 9516. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every billwhichthat has passed both houses of the Legislature, and has not been returned by the Governor within 12 days, thereby becoming a law, is authenticated by the Governor causing the fact to be certified thereon by the Secretary of State in the following form: "This bill having remained with the Governor 12 days, and the Legislature being in session, it has become a law this ____ day of ____, ____." The certificate shall be signed by the Secretary of State and deposited with the laws in his or her office. Upon the receipt of such a bill and certificate, the Secretary of State shall assign a chapter number to the bill in the manner provided in Section 9510. Every billwhichthat has been passed by the Legislature before September 1 of the second calendar year of the biennium of the legislative session, whichand was in the possession of the Governor on or after September 1, andwhichhas not been returned by the Governor on or before September 30 of that year, thereby becoming a law, is authenticated by the Governor causing the fact to be certified thereon by the Secretary of State in the following form: "This bill having been passed by the Legislature before September 1 of the second calendar year of the biennium of the legislative session, having been in the possession of the Governor on or after September 1 of such year, and having remained with the Governor through September 30 of such year, it has become a law this ______ day of ______." The certificate shall be signed by the Secretary of State and deposited with the laws in his or her office. Upon the receipt of such a bill and certificate, the Secretary of State shall assign a chapter number to the bill in the manner provided in Section 9510.