BILL NUMBER: AB 1800	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

   An act relating to the Legislature.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1800, as introduced, Alejo. Legislature: California Capitol Law
Fellows Program.
   Existing law authorizes certain internship and fellowship
programs, as specified.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would authorize the establishment of a California
Capitol Law Fellows Program for specified purposes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would authorize the establishment of a California
Capitol Law Fellows Program for the following purposes:
   (a) To encourage knowledgeable and educated law school students
and staff with legal backgrounds to participate in and learn about
the legislative process by being placed in a legislator's office.
   (b) To provide Members of the California Legislature with subject
matter-specific legal advice so that they can make informed decisions
on multifaceted policy issues having increasingly complex and
interrelated components that rely on legal and judicial decisions,
including issues relating to labor law, business law, administrative
law, housing law, and public safety.