Another Legislative Statement in Bills
Another Legislative Statement in Bills By Chris Micheli I was reading a bill over the Recess and came across what I believed was a new legislative statement: “It is the preference of the Legislature for the County of San Mateo to opt into the district.” We are all familiar with statements of legislative intent, as well as legislative findings and declarations. But I had not seen a legislative “preference” before. By the way, this preference statement in the bill follows a statement of legislative intent. That made it even more intriguing to me and why it was being used. Thereafter, in a search of the Codes, I found one existing statute using this “preference” phrase. It reads, in part, “it is the preference of the Legislature that priority be given to viral cultures, clinical trials, and the administrative and laboratory support services necessary to conduct the trials.” So, there is at least one existing code section using the “preference” statement. Perhaps there will be...