Cal. GOV § 9052
This is the official text of Cal. GOV § 9052, part of California’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of state and local government, including public employment and public records.
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Official statutory text
Every person who fraudulently alters the draft of any bill or resolution which has been presented to either of the houses composing the Legislature for passage or adoption, with intent to procure it to be passed or adopted by either house, or certified by the presiding officer of either house, in language different from that intended by such house, is guilty of a felony.
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