Gov. Code, § 9026.5 · Article 2. Meeting and Organization of the Legislature
Gov. Code, § 9026.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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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History
Amended November 8, 2016, by initiative Proposition 54, Sec. 5.1. Note: A prior version of Section 9026.5 was repealed on September 22, 2016, by Stats. 2016, Ch. 441. The current version was effectively added when the amendment by Proposition 54 took effect on November 9, 2016.
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