Bill Text: CA SB867 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: State reserve fund ballot measure.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 186, Statutes of 2014. [SB867 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB867-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 867	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  186
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 11, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 11, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 11, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 11, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 12, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

                        JANUARY 9, 2014

   An act relating to elections, and declaring the urgency thereof,
to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 867, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. State reserve fund
ballot measure.
   Existing law provides that each statewide ballot measure submitted
to the voters be designated by a numeral, which shall be the
designation by which the measure is identified on the ballot and in
the state ballot pamphlet. Under existing law, beginning with the
November 3, 1998, statewide general election, all statewide ballot
measures are numbered in a continuous sequence, commencing with the
number "1" and continuing in numerical sequence for a period of 10
years, after which the numbering sequence recommences with the number
"1" at the next statewide election.
   Existing law permits the Legislature to propose to the voters
amendments to the California Constitution. At the 2013-14 Second
Extraordinary Session, the Legislature adopted Assembly
Constitutional Amendment 1, which proposes a constitutional amendment
relating to the establishment of state reserve funds in the State
Treasury. Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 is scheduled to be
submitted to the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general
election.
   This bill would provide that, notwithstanding the requirements
described above regarding the numbering of statewide ballot measures,
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 of the 2013-14 Second
Extraordinary Session shall be designated as "Proposition 2" for
purposes of the ballot, the sample ballot, the state ballot pamphlet,
and the local voter's pamphlet, and shall be placed as the 2nd
ballot measure on the November 4, 2014, statewide general election
ballot. The bill would further direct that any reference in the state
ballot pamphlet or in a candidate's statement to "Proposition 44"
shall be changed to "Proposition 2" prior to final publication of the
state ballot pamphlet or the voter's pamphlet that contains the
candidate's statement.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 13117 of the Elections Code
or any other provision of law, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1
of the 2013-14 Second Extraordinary Session (Resolution Chapter 1 of
the 2013-14 Second Extraordinary Session) shall be designated as
"Proposition 2" for purposes of the ballot and the state ballot
pamphlet and shall be placed as the second ballot measure on the
November 4, 2014, statewide general election ballot. If any material
submitted to the Secretary of State for inclusion in the state ballot
pamphlet contains a reference to "Proposition 44," the Secretary of
State shall revise the material by substituting "Proposition 2" for
"Proposition 44" prior to final publication of the state ballot
pamphlet.
   (b) Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 of the 2013-14 Second
Extraordinary Session shall be referred to in any sample ballot or
voter's pamphlet prepared pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 13300) of Division 13 of the Elections Code as "Proposition
2." Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any statement
submitted by a candidate for inclusion in the voter's pamphlet
contains a reference to "Proposition 44," the county elections
official shall revise the statement by substituting "Proposition 2"
for "Proposition 44" prior to final publication of the voter's
pamphlet that contains the candidate's statement.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order for Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 of the 2013-14
Second Extraordinary Session to be properly designated on the ballot
and in the state ballot pamphlet for the November 4, 2014, statewide
general election, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.