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Government Code - GOV
TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS
CHAPTER 2.2 - California Access to Justice Commission
Section 68659.

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CA Govt Code § 68659 (2025)
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68659. (a) The commission is expressly authorized to inform the Legislature of its position on any legislative proposal pending before the Legislature and to urge the introduction of legislative proposals.

(b) The commission is expressly authorized to state its position and viewpoint on issues developed in the performance of its duties and responsibilities as specified in this chapter.

(c) The commission is expressly authorized to inform the executive and judicial branches of its positions, including stating positions on regulations and rules and submitting amicus curiae briefs on issues supporting the commission’s mission.

(d) The commission is expressly authorized to hold public hearings, issue reports and recommendations, and initiate projects to provide legal assistance.

(e) In carrying out its mission, the commission does not speak on behalf of any appointing authority or any commissioner as an individual or as the holder of another office, but instead on behalf of the commission as a whole.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 34, Sec. 7. (SB 133) Effective June 30, 2023.)

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