Cal. Government Code - GOV § 9020. Section 9020.
The Legislature shall convene in regular session at the City of Sacramento at noon on the first Monday in December of each even-numbered year, and each house shall immediately organize.
ARTICLE 2. Meeting and Organization of the Legislature [9020. - 9026.5.]
Cal. Government Code - GOV 2.
in effectCal. Government Code - GOV § 9021. Section 9021.
The certificate of election is prima facie evidence of the right to membership.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 9022. Section 9022.
At the day and hour appointed for the assembling of any regular session of the Legislature, the President of the Senate, or in case of his absence or inability, the senior member present, shall take the chair, call the members and members elect to order, and have the secretary call over the senatorial districts, in their order, from which members have been elected at the preceding election. As the districts are called the members elect shall present their certificates, take the constitutional oath of office, and assume their seats. If a quorum is present, the Senate may then elect its officers.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 9023. Section 9023.
At the day and hour appointed for the assembling of any regular session of the Legislature, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, or in case of his absence or inability, the senior member elect present, shall take the chair, call the members elect to order, and call over the roll of counties in alphabetical order. As the counties are called the members elect shall present their certificates, take the constitutional oath of office, and assume their seats. If there is more than one senior member elect present and the senior members are unable to agree as to who shall call the session to order, the Attorney General or one of his deputies shall call the session to order.
If a quorum is present, the Assembly shall then elect its officers, and there shall be no other business, motion or resolution considered before the election of the Speaker, save and except a motion to adjourn or a motion for a call of the house.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 9024. Section 9024.
Members of the Legislature who did not take the oath of office at the assembling of the Legislature may take the oath at any time during the term for which they were elected.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 9025. Section 9025.
An entry of the oath taken by members of the Legislature shall be made on the journals of the proper house.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 9026. Section 9026.
All standing committees of either the Senate or Assembly shall be appointed by the presiding officer of their respective house if the house by resolution or its rules does not direct otherwise.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 9026.5. Section 9026.5.
Televised or other audiovisual recordings of public proceedings.
(a)
Televised or other audiovisual recordings of the public proceedings of each house of the Legislature and the committees thereof may be used for any legitimate purpose and without the imposition of any fee due to the State or any public agency or public corporation thereof.
(b)
The Legislature’s costs of complying with paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 7 and of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 8 of Article IV of the California Constitution shall be included as part of the total aggregate expenditures allowed under Section 7.5 of Article IV of the California Constitution.
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