Article 5. The State Capitol Building Annex of California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.5. >> Article 5.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

(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.

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.