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                                <ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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                <ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Umberg</ns0:AuthorText>
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                <ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 16 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal law. </ns0:Title>
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                        <ns0:Subject>Criminal law.</ns0:Subject>
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                        <html:p>Existing law specifies that crimes and public offenses include felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions.</html:p>
                        <html:p>This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.</html:p>
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                <ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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                                Section 16 of the
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                                                        <html:p>Crimes and public offenses include all of the following:</html:p>
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                                                                Felonies.
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                                                                Misdemeanors.
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                                                                Infractions.
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