SECTIONS 9126-9134 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 9126-9134

9126. Unless specifically exempted from this section, all
appropriations for contingent expenses of the Senate and legislative
committees thereof, including appropriations previously made which
have not reverted to the General Fund, shall be deposited in and
credited to the Senate Contingent Fund, which fund is created in the
State Treasury. The money in the fund shall be available for the
expenses of the Senate and legislative committees thereof, and shall
be disbursed under or pursuant to the direction of the Senate as
provided in the rules, orders, and resolutions of the Senate, or as
provided by the Senate Committee on Rules (which committee has a
continuing existence during sessions and between sessions with such
powers, duties and responsibilities as the Senate from time to time
shall prescribe) as and when thereunto authorized by the Senate. The
money in the fund shall be disbursed pursuant to, and the powers,
duties and responsibilities of the Senate Committee on Rules shall be
as provided by, the rules, orders and resolutions adopted by the
Senate at the 1949 Regular Session until modified or superseded by
Senate action at a subsequent session.

9127. Unless specifically exempted from this section, all
appropriations for contingent expenses of the Assembly and
legislative committees thereof, including appropriations previously
made which have not reverted to the General Fund, shall be deposited
in and credited to the Assembly Contingent Fund, which fund is
created in the State Treasury. The money in the fund shall be
available for the expenses of the Assembly and legislative committees
thereof and shall be disbursed under or pursuant to the direction of
the Assembly as provided in the rules, orders, and resolutions of
the Assembly, or as provided by the Assembly Rules Committee (which
committee has a continuing existence during sessions and between
sessions with such powers, duties and responsibilities as the
Assembly from time to time shall prescribe) as and when thereunto
authorized by the Assembly. The money in the fund shall be disbursed,
pursuant to, and the powers, duties and responsibilities of the
Assembly Rules Committee shall be as provided by, the rules, orders
and resolutions adopted by the Assembly at the 1949 Regular Session
until modified or superseded by Assembly action at a subsequent
session.

9128. Any money appropriated for legislative printing shall be
disbursed under or pursuant to the direction of the Senate or
Assembly as provided in the rules, orders, and resolutions of the
Senate or Assembly or their joint rules and resolutions.

9129. Appropriations deposited in and credited to the Senate
Contingent Fund or the Assembly Contingent Fund shall be continuously
available without regard to fiscal years, except that appropriations
made at extraordinary or special sessions for the expenses of said
sessions shall be maintained as special accounts within the
particular funds and shall be available for expenditure for such
purpose for a period of one year after the date upon which the
appropriation first becomes available for expenditure, and the
unexpended balance of any such appropriation shall revert to the fund
from which the appropriation was made upon the expiration of one
year following the last day of the period of its availability.

9130.5. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, on any claim
against the Senate Contingent Fund or the Assembly Contingent Fund
there may be a certification under penalty of perjury in lieu of an
affidavit, and any individual who wilfully makes and subscribes such
certificate to a claim which he knows to be false as to any material
matter shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall
be subject to the penalties prescribed for perjury by the Penal Code.

9131. For the period ending on November 30 of each year, the
Assembly Committee on Rules, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the
Joint Rules Committee shall annually prepare a report to the public
of all expenditures made from the operating fund subject to their
direction and control. The report shall be made available to the
public by November 30 of the year following that for which it is
prepared. The report shall include, but not be limited to, a list of
expenditures for each Member and committee of the Legislature in the
following categories:
(a) Out-of-state travel and living expense reimbursement and
in-state travel and living expense reimbursement.
(b) Automotive expenses.
(c) Building utilities, maintenance, and rent.
(d) Telephone.
(e) Postage.
(f) Printing.
(g) Office supplies.
(h) Newsletters.
(i) Per diem for attendance at legislative sessions.
(j) Employee salaries and benefits.
(k) Employee travel and per diem.
(l) Equipment and furniture.
(m) Telegraph.
(n) Freight.
(o) Publications.
(p) Study contracts and any other contract not reported under any
other category.
(q) Meals.
(r) Ceremonies and events.
(s) First-class air travel.
(t) Automotive repairs.
(u) Office alterations.
(v) All other expenditures.

9131.5. When expenditures are made from the appropriate contingent
fund at the direction of the Assembly Committee on Rules, the Senate
Committee on Rules, or the Joint Rules Committee for advances for
travel expenses, or for advances for goods or services, or when
expenditures are made for advances for legislative printing, the
person to whom advances were made shall reconcile the amount of the
advance with the amount of the actual expenditure and repay all
moneys in excess of the amount expended within 30 days of the date of
the expenditure.

9132. The Assembly Committee on Rules and Senate Committee on
Rules, and the Joint Rules Committee, shall annually provide to the
Director of Finance an itemized statement of proposed expenditures
from the Assembly Operating Fund, the Senate Operating Fund, and the
Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate for inclusion in the
Governor's Budget for the ensuing fiscal year. The itemized statement
of proposed expenditures shall not be subject to the provisions of
Section 13320.
The itemized statement of proposed expenditures shall include, but
not be limited to, the following categories:
(a) Out-of-state travel and living expense reimbursement and
in-state travel and living expense reimbursement.
(b) Automotive expenses.
(c) Building utilities, maintenance, and rent.
(d) Telephone.
(e) Postage.
(f) Printing.
(g) Office supplies.
(h) Newsletters.
(i) Per diem for attendance at legislative sessions.
(j) Employee salaries and benefits.
(k) Employee travel and per diem.
(l) Equipment and furniture.
(m) Telegraph.
(n) Freight.
(o) Publications.
(p) Study contracts and any other contract not reported under any
other category.
(q) Meals.
(r) Ceremonies and events.
(s) First-class air travel.
(t) Automotive repairs.
(u) Office alterations.
(v) All other expenditures.

9133. (a) The Joint Rules Committee shall annually contract for an
independent audit or audits of all funds and entities of the
Legislature, including, but not limited to, the expenditures of the
Assembly Operating Fund, the Senate Operating Fund, the Operating
Funds of the Assembly and Senate, expenditures for legislative
printing, and General Fund expenditures for reimbursement of Members
of the Legislature pursuant to Sections 8902 and 8903. These audits
shall be made in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
(b) These audits shall each include, but need not be limited to,
an evaluation of:
(1) The expenditures in the following categories:
(A) Out-of-state travel and living expense reimbursement and
in-state travel and living expense reimbursement.
(B) Automotive expenses.
(C) Building utilities, maintenance, and rent.
(D) Telephone.
(E) Postage.
(F) Printing.
(G) Office supplies.
(H) Newsletters.
(I) Per diem for attendance at legislative sessions.
(J) Employee salaries and benefits.
(K) Employee travel and per diem.
(L) Equipment and furniture.
(M) Telegraph.
(N) Freight.
(O) Publications.
(P) Study contracts and any other contract not reported under any
other category.
(Q) Meals.
(R) Ceremonies and events.
(S) First-class air travel.
(T) Automotive repairs.
(U) Office alterations.
(V) All other expenditures.
(2) The accuracy of the annual fiscal year financial statements of
the rules committees.
(c) These independent audits shall be completed, and reports
thereon made to the respective houses of the Legislature, and to the
public, by November 30 of each year for the previous fiscal year
ending June 30.

9133.5. No funds from the Assembly Operating Fund, the Senate
Operating Fund, the Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate, or
appropriations made for legislative printing, shall be expended for
purposes of purchasing goods for resale, except for goods
manufactured by any other entity of state government.

9134. Any reference in any code or statute to the Senate Contingent
Fund, the Assembly Contingent Fund or the Contingent Funds of the
Assembly and Senate shall be deemed a reference, respectively, to the
Senate Operating Fund, the Assembly Operating Fund, or the Operating
Funds of the Assembly and Senate.