Bill Text: CA SB1272 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Campaign finance: advisory election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 175, Statutes of 2014. [SB1272 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1272-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1272	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lieu

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

    An act to amend Section 8601 of the Elections Code,
relating to elections.   An act to submit an advisory
question to the voters relating to campaign finance, calling an
election, to take effect immediately. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1272, as amended, Lieu.  Elections: write-in
candidates.   Campaign finance: advisory election. 

   This bill would call a special election to be consolidated with
the November 8, 2016, statewide general election. The bill would
require the Secretary of State to submit to the voters at the
November 8, 2016, consolidated election an advisory question asking
whether the Congress of the United States should propose, and the
California legislature should ratify, an amendment or amendments to
the United States Constitution to overturn Citizens United v. Federal
Election Commission (2010) 558 U.S. 310, and other applicable
judicial precedents, as specified. The bill would require the
Secretary of State to communicate the results of this election to the
Congress of the United States.  
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an act calling an election.  
   Existing law provides procedures relating to the nomination of
write-in candidates. Existing law requires that statement and
nomination papers be available on the 57th day prior to the election
for which a candidate is filing as a write-in candidate and requires
that those papers be delivered to the elections official no later
than the 14th day prior to the election.  
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    A special election is hereby called to
be held throughout the state on November 8, 2016. The special
election shall be consolidated with the statewide general election to
be held on that date. The consolidated election shall be held and
conducted in all respects as if there were only one election and only
one form of ballot shall be used. 
   SEC. 2.    (a) Notwithstanding Section 9040 of the
Elections Code, the Secretary of State shall submit the following
advisory question to the voters at the November 8, 2016, consolidated
election: 

   "Shall the Congress of the United States propose, and the
California legislature ratify, an amendment or amendments to the
United States Constitution to overturn Citizens United v. Federal
Election Commission (2010) 558 U.S. 310, and other applicable
judicial precedents, to allow the full regulation or limitation of
campaign contributions and spending, to ensure that all citizens,
regardless of wealth, may express their views to one another, and to
make clear that the rights protected by the United States
Constitution are the rights of natural persons only?" 

   (b) Upon certification of the election, the Secretary of State
shall communicate to the Congress of the United States Congress the
results of the election asking the question set forth in subdivision
(a).  
   (c) The provisions of the Elections Code that apply to the
preparation of ballot measures and ballot materials at a statewide
election apply to the measure submitted pursuant to this section.

   SEC. 3.    This act calls an election within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 8601 of the Elections Code
is amended to read:
   8601.  The statement and nomination papers shall be available on
the 57th day prior to the election for which the candidate is filing
as a write-in candidate, and shall be delivered to the elections
official who is responsible for the conduct of the election no later
than the 14th day prior to the election.          
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