Gov. Code, § 8281.5 · Article 2. California Law Revision Commission
Gov. Code, § 8281.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The Committee on Revision of the Penal Code consists of one Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and five members appointed by the Governor.
(b) (1) The Members of the Legislature appointed to the committee serve at the pleasure of the appointing power and shall participate in the activities of the committee to the extent that the participation is not incompatible with their respective public offices as Members of the Legislature.
(2) For purposes of this article, those Members of the Legislature constitute a joint interim investigating committee on the subject of Section 8290.5 and, as a joint interim investigating committee, have the powers and duties imposed on those committees by the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly.
(c) (1) The members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for a term of four years. The terms of the members first appointed expire as follows:
(A) Three terms expire on January 1, 2022.
(B) Two terms expire on January 1, 2024.
(2) When a vacancy occurs in any office within the committee filled by appointment by the Governor, the Governor shall appoint a person to the office, who shall hold office for the balance of the unexpired term of the person’s predecessor.
(d) Members of the committee shall not be members of the commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 25, Sec. 4. (SB 94) Effective June 27, 2019.
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