SECTIONS 9105-9111 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 9105-9111

9105. The State Capitol Building Annex is the annex to the historic
State Capitol, constructed to the east of the original building,
situated in the area bounded by 10th, L, 15th and N Streets in the
City of Sacramento.

9106. The State Capitol Building Annex is intended primarily for
the use of the legislative department and, except as otherwise
provided in this article, shall be devoted exclusively to such use.

9107. There is hereby created the Joint Rules Committee which shall
have the membership specified in the Joint Rules of the Senate and
the Assembly. The committee herein created has a continuing existence
and may meet and act during sessions of the Legislature or any
recess thereof and in the interim periods between sessions. The
provisions of the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly relating to
investigating committees shall apply to the committee herein created
and it shall have all the powers and authority provided in said
rules, in Section 11 of Article IV of the Constitution of California,
and in this article. Any action of the committee shall require an
affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Senate members
and a majority of the Assembly members of the committee.

9107.5. Any reference in any code or statute to the Joint Committee
on Legislative Organization shall be deemed a reference to the Joint
Rules Committee.

9108. The first floor of the State Capitol Building Annex is
excepted from the provisions of this article. Such excepted space
shall continue under the control of the Department of General
Services. All other space in the State Capitol Building Annex shall
be allocated from time to time by the Joint Rules Committee in
accordance with its determination of the needs of the Legislature and
the two houses thereof. The committee shall allocate such space as
it determines to be necessary for facilities and agencies dealing
with the Legislature as a whole including, but not limited to, press
quarters, billrooms, telephone rooms, and offices for the Legislative
Counsel and for committees created by the two houses jointly. The
committee shall allocate to the Senate and Assembly, respectively,
the space it determines to be needed by those houses and their
committees and the officers, employees, and attachGs thereof. The
space thus allocated to the Senate and to the Assembly shall be
allotted from time to time by the Senate Rules Committee and the
Assembly Rules Committee, respectively.

9109. The determination of the Joint Rules Committee as to the
needs of the Legislature shall be subject to change only by action of
the committee or by concurrent resolution. If, at any time, the
committee determines that there is space in the State Capitol
Building Annex in excess of the needs of the legislative branch of
the state government, it may release that space for use by the
executive branch of the state government until such time as the space
is needed by the legislative branch. The release shall be effected
by notifying the Director of General Services that certain described
space is not necessary for the use by the Legislature for the time
being. Thereafter, the Department of General Services, until such
time as the Director of General Services is notified that the space
has become needed by the legislative branch, shall have the same
jurisdiction over the excess space as if this article had not been
enacted.

9110. (a) The maintenance and operation of all of the State Capitol
Building Annex is under the control of the Department of General
Services, subject to this article.
(b) Security of the State Capitol Building Annex is the
responsibility of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.

9111. The Joint Rules Committee may participate in the work of the
National Conference of State Legislative Leaders. The following
Members of the Legislature are authorized to act as members of the
committee for the purpose of attending meetings of the conference:
(1) the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and one Member of the
Senate from each of the two major political parties, appointed by the
Senate Committee on Rules, and (2) the Speaker, Speaker pro Tempore,
Majority Floor Leader, and Minority Floor Leader of the Assembly,
and the Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Rules.
The committee may pay annually from the Contingent Funds of the
Assembly and Senate its proportionate share of the expenses of the
National Conference of State Legislative Leaders, in participation
with other states, to the extent that funds are appropriated for that
purpose.