8260-8273
GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 8260-8273
8260. There is in the state government, the Commission on Uniform State Laws. 8261. The commission consists of one Member of the Senate, appointed by the Committee on Rules, one Member of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker, six additional members, appointed by the Governor, the Legislative Counsel, any person, not otherwise a member of the commission, elected as a life member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws based upon service as a member of the commission, and any person, not otherwise a member of the commission, who served as a member of the commission, other than as an appointee of the Governor, for a period of at least five years. The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing power and shall participate in the activities of the commission to the extent that the participation is not incompatible with their respective positions as Members of the Legislature. For the purposes of this article, the Members of the Legislature shall constitute a joint interim investigating committee on the subject of this article and shall have the powers and duties imposed upon those committees by the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly. 8262. Each appointed commissioner shall be any of the following: (a) A member in good standing of the bar of this state. (b) A person admitted to practice before the highest court of any other state of the United States. (c) A judge of a court of record in this state. 8263. Each appointed commissioner shall hold office for a term of four years and until the appointment and qualification of his successor. 8264. Upon the death, resignation or refusal to serve of any appointed commissioner, the Governor shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy so caused. The new appointment shall be for the unexpired term. 8265. A commissioner is eligible for reappointment. 8266. No member of the commission shall receive any compensation for his or her services as a commissioner, but shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day while on official business of the commission. In addition, each member shall also be entitled to receive actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties, including actual and necessary travel expenses. 8267. The commission may expend in accordance with law for expenses and actual disbursements in effectuating the objects of this article, including travel expenses, all money made available for its use. The commission may participate in the work of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and may pay, from the sums available for the support of the commission, its proportionate share of the expenses of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. This proportionate share shall be based upon the population of the state in comparison to that of other states. 8268. The commission shall meet at some place in the state at least once in every two years. It shall elect one of its members as chairperson and another as secretary, who shall hold their respective offices for a term of two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. 8269. The commissioners shall attend the meetings of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. The attendance of a commissioner at this meeting shall be deemed an excused or authorized absence from his or her employment. 8270. The commissioners shall do all in their power to promote uniformity in state laws upon all subjects where uniformity is deemed desirable and practicable. 8271. The commission shall bring about, as far as practicable, the passage of the various uniform acts recommended by the national conference, and shall devise and recommend such additional legislation or other or further course of action as is deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article. 8272. The commission shall report to the Legislature from time to time as the commission deems desirable and practicable, giving an account of its transactions and its advice and recommendations for legislation. 8273. Upon request of the commission, the Legislative Counsel may assist the commission in performing its duties and, for that purpose, may authorize the expenditure of funds appropriated for the support of the Legislative Counsel.