Bill Text: CA AB1540 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: State dinosaur: Augustynolophus morrisi.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 264, Statutes of 2017. [AB1540 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB1540-Chaptered.html

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Assembly Bill No. 1540

CHAPTER 264

An act to amend Section 425.7 of the Government Code, relating to state government.

[ Approved by Governor  September 23, 2017. Filed with Secretary of State  September 23, 2017. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1540, Bloom. State dinosaur: Augustynolophus morrisi.

Existing law establishes the state flag and the state’s emblems, including, among other things, the saber-toothed cat as the official state fossil.

This bill would establish the Augustynolophus morrisi as the official state dinosaur.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 425.7 of the Government Code is amended to read:

425.7.

 (a) The Augustynolophus morrisi is the official state dinosaur.

(b) The saber-toothed cat (Smilodon californicus) is the official state fossil.