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

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2369	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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, as amended, 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
candidate-controlled campaign committee  or primarily formed
committee, as defined,  that is represented by the voter filing
the request to seek a recount. The bill would also specify that the
money deposited with the elections official be from the voter's own
personal funds  ,   or from the  funds of
the candidate-controlled campaign committee of the candidate on whose
behalf the recount is being requested  , or funds of a primarily
formed committee  .
   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.  Section 15624 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   15624.  The voter or the candidate-controlled campaign committee
 or primarily formed committee, as defined in Section 82047.5 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 from the voter's own personal funds  ,   or from
 funds of the candidate-controlled campaign committee of
the candidate on whose behalf the recount is being requested  ,
or funds of a primarily formed committee  . 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.