Cal. Gov. Code § 9600

Operation of Statutes and Resolutions

Applied in 46 court decisions — leading case 55 Cal. App. 4th 172 - People v. Fitch (1997)

Most recently applied in 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 241 - C.S. v. Superior Court of Santa Clara Cnty. (December 2018)

Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 7.

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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a statute enacted at a regular session shall go into effect on January 1 next following a 90-day period from the date of enactment of the statute and a statute enacted at a special session shall go into effect on the 91st day after adjournment of the special session at which the bill was passed.

(b) Statutes calling elections, statutes providing for tax levies or appropriations for the usual current expenses of the state, and urgency statutes shall go into effect immediately upon their enactment.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.