Handbook on Legislative Drafting in California
My new “Handbook on Legislative Drafting in California” has been published by Kendall-Hunt. This handbook contains 290 chapters and I hope for it to be a useful handbook for those involved or interested in drafting legislation in this state.
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edition or Ebook version. Here is the link to
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The following are the handbook’s Table of Contents:
Introduction
Overview of Legislative Drafting in
California
Chapter
1 Legislative Drafting – An
Introduction
Chapter
2 The Role of the Legislative Counsel
Chapter
3 The Job of the California Bill
Drafter
Chapter
4 Modernizing California Statutes
Chapter
5 Eliminating Legalese in California
Statutes
Chapter
6 Judges Should Better Appreciate the
Legislative Process and Bill Drafting Principles
Chapter
7 Federal Constitutional Limits on
Legislatures
Chapter
8 Is Plagiarism Allowed in Bill Drafting?
Chapter
9 How Complicated Can Bill Drafting Become?
Chapter 10 Active
Versus Passive Voice in Legislation
Chapter 11 What Are All the Legislative Measures?
California Legislature and
Legislative Process
Chapter 12
Overview of the California Legislature
Chapter 13
Overview of the California Legislative Process
Chapter
14 Key Differences between the Assembly and
Senate in the Legislative Process
Chapter
15 Different Vote Requirements for California
Legislative Actions and Bills
Chapter 16
Overview of California’s Budget Process
Chapter 17 What
Happens in the First Part of the Legislative Session?
Chapter 18
What Happens in the Middle Part of the Legislative Session?
Chapter 19
What Happens in the Last Part of the Legislative Session?
Chapter
20 Delegation of Authority by the Legislature
Chapter 21 A
Look at the 72-Hours in Print Rule
Chapter 22
How Is a Bill “In Print” When It Will Be Amended Days Later?
Chapter 23
The Legislative Privilege
Chapter
24 Limits on Certain Types of Legislative
Measures
Chapter 25
Legislature Telling Agencies How to Act
Chapter 26
What Are Committee Bills?
Chapter 27
Joint Rule 26.5 Explained
Chapter 28
Two Types of Author’s Amendments
Chapter 29
What Is Being Amended by Bill Amendments?
Chapter 30 Rules
That Apply and Do Not Apply to Special Session Bills
Chapter 31
Named Legislative Acts
Chapter 32
The Second Bill Introduction Deadline than in the Constitution
Chapter 33 Higher Vote Threshold
California Legislative Publications
Chapter 34
Overview of California’s Legislative Publications
Chapter
35 What is the Legislative Index?
Chapter
36 What is the Table of Sections Affected?
Chapter
37 What is the Statutory Record?
Chapter
38 What is the New Laws Report?
Chapter
39 Role of Mason’s Manual
Chapter 40 Flagging Items for Bill Searches
Overview of California Laws
Chapter 41
Where to Find California Laws
Chapter 42
Codified Versus Uncodified Laws
Chapter 43 General
Provisions of California Codes
Chapter 44
California’s “Plain English” Statutes
Chapter 45
Researching the Legislative History of an Enacted California Statute
Chapter 46
The Enrolled Bill Rule in California
Chapter 47
California Law and Its “Maxims of Jurisprudence”
Chapter
48 Effective Versus Operative Dates of Statutes
Chapter 49
Retroactivity of California Statutes
Chapter 50
Types of Legislative Measures
Chapter 51
Statutes Other than Codes
Chapter 52
Headings in California Law
Chapter 53
Forms Used in Statutes
Chapter 54
Grants of Rulemaking Authority
Chapter 55
Why Do California Codes Have General Provisions?
Chapter 56 Misspelling
Found in California Statutes?
Chapter 57
What Is a Substantive Change in the Law?
Chapter 58
Use of Parentheticals in California Statutes
Chapter 59
Statutes, State Agencies, and the Administrative Procedure Act
Chapter 60 Classification of Counties and Statutes
Statutory Construction in
California
Chapter 61
California’s Use of Statutory Construction in Statutes
Chapter 62 Some
Commonly-codified Statutory Interpretation Principles
Chapter 63
Basic Guidelines for Statutory Construction
Chapter 64
Legislative Intent and California Courts
Chapter 65
The Connection Between Judges and Bill Drafters
Chapter 66 Should
Legislative Intent Statements Be Codified?
Chapter 67
Publishing Letters to the Journal for Determining Legislative Intent
Chapter 68
Does Legislative Intent Language Trump Statutory Language?
Chapter 69
Are Legislative Findings and Declarations Necessary in Legislation?
Chapter 70
California’s Reenactment Rule
Chapter
71 Legislative Statutes and Cases Interpreting
Them
Chapter 72
Some Differences in Drafting Types of Legislative Measures
Chapter 73
Why Might a Bill Be Declared Unconstitutional?
Chapter 74
Is There a Difference Between Vagueness and Ambiguity>
Chapter 75
Should There Be a Distinction among Legislative History Items?
Chapter 76
Legislative History and Intent – What Is the Difference?
Chapter 77
Canon of Statutory Construction – Last Antecedent
Chapter 78
Canon of Statutory Construction – Noscitur
Chapter 79
Canon of Statutory Construction – Ejusdem
Chapter 80
Canon of Statutory Construction – Expressio
Chapter 81
Canon of Statutory Construction – Rule against Surplusage
Chapter 82
Canon of Statutory Construction – Whole Act Rule
Chapter 83
Canon of Statutory Construction – In pari Materia
Chapter 84
Canon of Statutory Construction – Rule of Lenity
Chapter 85
Canon of Statutory Construction – Constitutional Avoidance
Chapter 86
Liberally Construing Statutes
Chapter 87
Statutes Codifying Court Decisions
Chapter 88
Declarations of Existing Law
Chapter 89 Interpreting
Statutes Using Legislative Guidance
Chapter 90
Bills Citing Statutes and Court Decisions
Chapter 91
Courts Determining Severability
Chapter 92
Courts Delving into Legislative Intent
Chapter 93 Can
Legislation Affect Pending Litigation?
Chapter 94
Intent and Policy Statements in Bills
Chapter
95 Interesting Statements of Intent
Chapter
96 Include a Policy or Intent Statement with
Legislative Findings?
Chapter 97
Legislative Findings in Lottery Act Bills
Chapter 98
Legislature’s Intent Instructions
Chapter 99
Legislative Findings in CCPA Bills
Chapter 100 Findings Versus
Intent Statements
Chapter 101 Express Versus Implied Repeals
California Bill Drafting Rules
Chapter 102 Drafting
Rules from the Constitution
Chapter 103 Drafting
Rules from the Government Code
Chapter 104 Drafting
Rules from the Legislature’s Joint Rules
Chapter 105 Drafting
Rules from the Legislature’s House Rules
Chapter 106 Preparing to
Amend or Repeal Laws
Chapter 107 Four Stages
of Preparing Legislation
Chapter 108 Transitional
Versus Saving Provisions
Chapter 109 The
Seven Cs of Basic Legislative Drafting
Chapter 110
Drafting Bills and Amendments
Chapter 111 California
Bill Drafting Considerations
Chapter 112 Senate
Rules Applicable to the Drafting of Legislation
Chapter 113
Assembly Rules Applicable to the Drafting of Legislation
Chapter 114 Key
Reminders in Drafting Legislation
Chapter 115
Considerations in Drafting California Legislation
Chapter 116
Special Rules for Drafting Legislation
Chapter 117
Additional Bill Drafting Guidelines
Chapter
118 Making Legislation More Readable
Chapter 119 Guidelines for Forming
Legislative Sentences
Chapter 120 Punctuation
in California Legislation
Chapter 121 The Use of
Definitions in Legislation
Chapter 122
Gender-Neutral Legislative Drafting
Chapter 123 Affirmative
Voice in Legislation
Chapter 124 Specific Bill
Drafting Guidance
Chapter 125 Conflict in
California Legislation
Chapter 126 “That” Versus
“Which”
Chapter 127 “Shall” Versus
“May“
Chapter 128 More on Drafting
Definitions
Chapter 129 Intriguing Timing Definitions in Statute
Drafting Bills in California
Chapter 130 Bills
Chapter 131 The Anatomy
of a Bill
Chapter 132 General
Outline of a Bill
Chapter 133 Reading a
Bill to Understand What It Proposes to Do
Chapter 134 Correct
Version of a Bill
Chapter 135 Can a Bill
Take Just Three Actions?
Chapter 136 Amend Repeal
Add Bills
Chapter 137 Order of
Bill Authors
Chapter 138 Main Actions
a Bill Takes
Chapter
139 Which Phrase to Use
Chapter
140 Provisos in California Law
Chapter 141 Types of
Bills
Chapter 142 Provisions
of a Bill
Chapter 143 The
Legislative Counsel’s Digest
Chapter 144 Drafting
Legislative Counsel Digests
Chapter 145 A Bill’s
“Keys” – What Are They?
Chapter
146 Drafting a Bill’s Title
Chapter 147 Order of
Items in a Bill Title
Chapter 148 Order of
Enumeration
Chapter 149 Drafting
Definitions in California Statutes
Chapter 150 Amendments
to Bills
Chapter 151 What to Look
for in a Bill
Chapter 152 Types of
Bill Amendments in the California Legislature
Chapter
153 California Legislation and the Single Subject Rule
Chapter
154 ‘Spot Bills’ in the California Legislature
Chapter 155 Spot Bills
Versus Intent Bills
Chapter 156 How to Draft a Spot
Bill
Chapter 157 How to Draft an Intent
Bill
Chapter
158 Are Findings and Declarations Bills
Substantive
Chapter 159 ‘Gut-and-Amend Bills’
in the California Legislature
Chapter 160 Retroactive
Versus Prospective Bills
Chapter
161 General Versus Special Statutes
Chapter
162 Urgency Clause Statutes in California Legislation
Chapter
163 Determining Whether Amendments Are Germane
Chapter
164 Severability or Savings Clauses in California Bills
Chapter 165 The Use of
Sunset Dates in California Legislation
Chapter 166 State
Mandated Local Programs
Chapter 167 Making Sense
of Technical Amendments
Chapter
168 Guidelines for Drafting Bill Titles
Chapter 169 Guidelines for
Drafting Bill Summaries
Chapter 170 Guidelines for
Drafting Legislative Statements
Chapter 171 Guidelines for
Drafting Uniform Acts
Chapter
172 Layering of Penalties and Remedies
Chapter 173 Using Cross
References
Chapter 174 Using
Acronyms in Statutes
Chapter 175 Using
“Includes” Versus “Means” in Bills
Chapter 176 Using the
Term “Construe” in Statutes
Chapter 177 Using the
Term “Abrogate”
Chapter 178 Using
Correct References in Bills and Statutes
Chapter 179 Bills
Contain Two Sections and Two Amendments
Chapter 180 What Happens
to Technical Law Changed in a Vetoed Bill?
Chapter 181 Companion
Bills
Chapter 182 Use of
Display Bills
Chapter 183 Bill Drafting Checklists
Specialized Provisions of Bills
Chapter 184 Why Bills
Have Certain Provisions
Chapter 185 Special
Statute Statements in Bills
Chapter 186 Technical
Changes Made to Existing Statutes by Legislative Counsel
Chapter 187 Unusual
Sections of California Bills
Chapter 188
Notwithstanding Clauses
Chapter 189
Double-jointing Amendments
Chapter 190 Saving
Clauses
Chapter 192 Right of
Public Access Disclaimers
Chapter 193 Legislative
Findings in Political Reform Act Bills
Chapter 194 Municipal
Affair Bills
Chapter 195 Drafting
Sunset Clauses
Chapter 196 Order of
Plus Sections
Chapter 197 Bill
Corrections
Chapter 198 Bills with
yet-to-be-determined Provisions
Chapter 199
Contingencies in Legislation
Chapter 200 Preemption
Legislation
Chapter
201 Private Rights of Action in California Legislation
Chapter 202 Section 2230
Disclaimers in Bills
Chapter 203 Gift of
Public Funds Disclaimer
Chapter
204 Automatic Repeal of Reporting Requirements in Bills
Chapter 205 Legislative
Findings in Lottery Act Bills
Chapter 206 Why
California Bills Do Not Use the Term “and/or”
Chapter 207 Intriguing
Timing Definitions in Bills
Chapter 208 Bill with
Numerous Notwithstanding Clauses
Chapter 209 Different
Type of Contingent Enactment Amendments
Chapter 210 Unique
Severability Clause
Chapter
211 Are Severability Clauses Needed?
Chapter 212 Expressions
of Limitation
Chapter 213 What Is a
Tax Levy in California Legislation?
Chapter 214 Section 2229
Waivers in Bills
Chapter 215 Prop. 63
Legislative Findings
Chapter 216 Saving Versus Grandfathering
Clauses
Chapter 217 Types of Penalties
in Statute
Chapter 218 Layering Penalties or Remedies
Fiscal and Budget Bills in
California
Chapter
219 What Is an ‘Appropriations Measure?
Chapter 220 Joint Rule
10.5 and California Fiscal Bills
Chapter 221 Closer Look
at Appropriations Bills
Chapter 222 Unique
Provisions of California’s Budget Bill – Part I
Chapter 223 Unique
Provisions of California’s Budget Bill – Part II
Chapter 224 Unique
Provisions of California’s Budget Bill – Part III
Chapter 225 Unique
Provisions of California’s Budget Bill – Part IV
Chapter 226 Unique
Provisions of California’s Budget Bill – Part V
Chapter 227 Unique
Provisions of California’s Budget Bill – Part VI
Chapter 228 Unique
Provisions of California’s Budget Bill – Part VII
Chapter 229 Unique Provisions
of California’s Budget Bill – Part VIII
Chapter 230
Constitutional Rules for the State Budget
Chapter 231 Standard
Sections in a Budget Bill
Chapter 232 Continuous
Appropriation Bills
Chapter
233 Do Continuous Appropriations Bind a Future Legislature?
Chapter 234 Drafting
Bond Bills
Chapter 235
Appropriating Funds
Chapter 236 Bills that
Contain Intent for Future Appropriations
Chapter 237
Appropriations Limit Disclaimer
Chapter 238 Drafting
Claims Bills
Chapter 239 Public
Assistance Appropriations Bills
Chapter 240 Reversion Clauses
Specific Types of Drafting in
California
Chapter
241 Bill Drafting Rules for Specific Types of Bills
Chapter 242 Drafting a
Bill to Regulate a Profession
Chapter 243 Drafting
Criminal or Penal Statutes
Chapter 244 Checklist for
Drafting Criminal Laws
Chapter 245 Drafting Tax
Statutes
Chapter 246 Additional
Rules for Drafting Tax Bills
Chapter 247 Using Model
or Uniform Acts for Bill Drafting
Chapter 248 Bills
Affecting the University of California System
Chapter 249 Validation
Bills
Chapter 250 Drafting
Memorandum of Understanding Bills
Chapter
251 Joint Powers Authority Bills
Chapter 252 Williamson
Act Bills
Chapter
253 Drafting Tribal Compact Legislation
Chapter 254 Drafting
Local Government Finance Measures
Chapter 255 Drafting
Special Statutes
Chapter 256 Drafting a
Bill Calling an Election
Chapter 257 Bills Going
to Voters
Chapter
258 Drafting a New Program
Chapter
259 2011 Realignment Bills
Chapter 260 Tied-house
Restriction Exception Bills
Chapter 261 Drafting a
State Holiday Bill
Chapter 262 Interstate
Compacts
Chapter 263 Bills
Apportioning Revenues among Political Entities
Chapter 264 Code
Maintenance Bills
Chapter 265 Successor
Entities in Legislation
Chapter 266 Legislation
to Lease or Acquire State Property
Chapter 267 Governor’s
Reorganization Plans
Chapter 268 Drafting Checklist for New Commission
Bill Drafting Examples
Chapter 269 General Bill
Drafting Examples
Chapter 270 Example of
Bill from Introduction to Chaptering
Chapter 271 Examples of
Common Provisions Found in Bills
Chapter 272 Examples of
Proper Legislative Drafting Principles
Chapter 273 Interesting
Provisions from AB 587
Chapter 274 AB 2406
Interesting Provisions
Chapter 275 Bill of Only
Repeals
Chapter 276 Possibly the Shortest Bill
Drafting Resolutions in California
Chapter 277
Resolutions
Chapter 278 The Anatomy
of a Resolution
Chapter 279 Drafting
Considerations for a Resolution
Chapter 280 Does a
Legislative Resolution Prevail Over a Statute?
Chapter 281 Resolutions Drafting Checklists
Drafting Constitutional Amendments
in California
Chapter 282
Constitutional Amendments
Chapter 283 The Anatomy
of a Constitutional Amendment
Chapter
284 Amending or Revising the California Constitution
Chapter 285 Drafting
Considerations for a Constitutional Amendment
Chapter 286 Constitutional
Amendments Have Resolution Chapters
Chapter 287 Constitutional Amendment Drafting Checklist
Drafting Ballot Measures in
California
Chapter 288 Standard
Features of Initiative Measures
Chapter
289 Single Subject Rule and the Ballot Initiative
Chapter 290 Special Rules for Bills Amending Ballot Measures
Index of Topics
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