Bill Text: CA AB2369 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Elections: voter-requested recounts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 904, Statutes of 2014. [AB2369 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2369-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2369	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  904
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hagman

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 15624 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2369, Hagman. Elections: voter-requested recounts.
   Existing law establishes procedures by which a voter may request a
recount of the votes cast in an election following completion of the
official canvass. Under existing law, the voter seeking the recount
is required, before the recount is commenced and at the beginning of
each subsequent day, to deposit with the elections official the
amount of money required by the elections official to cover the cost
of the recount for that day.
   This bill would modify and apply these provisions to the campaign
committee, as defined, that is represented by the voter filing the
request to seek a recount.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 15624 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   15624.  The voter or the campaign committee, as defined in Section
82013 of the Government Code, represented by the voter filing the
request seeking the recount shall, before the recount is commenced
and at the beginning of each day following, deposit with the
elections official a sum as required by the elections official to
cover the cost of the recount for that day. The money deposited shall
be returned to the depositor if, upon completion of the recount, the
candidate, slate of presidential electors, or the position on the
measure (affirmative or negative) for which the declaration is filed
is found to have received the plurality of votes cast which it had
not received according to the official canvass or, in an election
where there are two or more candidates, the recount results in the
candidate for whom the recount was requested appearing on the ballot
in a subsequent runoff election or general election who would not
have so appeared in the absence of the recount. The depositor shall
be entitled to the return of any money deposited in excess of the
cost of the recount if the candidate, slate, or position on the
measure has not received the plurality of the votes cast or, in an
election where there are two or more candidates, the recount does not
result in the candidate for whom the recount was requested appearing
on the ballot in a subsequent runoff or general election as a result
of the recount. Money not required to be refunded shall be deposited
in the appropriate public treasury.