Bill Text: CA AB1100 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Ballot initiatives: filing fees.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 229, Statutes of 2015. [AB1100 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1100-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1100	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  229
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Low and Bloom

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 9001 of the Elections Code, relating to
ballot initiatives.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1100, Low. Ballot initiatives: filing fees.
   Existing law requires a fee of $200 to be paid by the proponents
when a proposed ballot initiative or referendum is submitted to the
Attorney General for preparation of a circulating title and summary.
   This bill would increase the filing fee from $200 to $2,000. The
bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 9001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   9001.  (a) Before the circulation of an initiative or referendum
petition for signatures, the text of the proposed measure shall be
submitted to the Attorney General with a written request that a
circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the
proposed measure be prepared. The electors presenting the request
shall be known as the "proponents." The Attorney General shall
preserve the written request until after the next general election.
   (b) Each and every proponent of a proposed initiative measure
shall, at the time of submitting the text of the proposed measure,
provide both of the following:
   (1) An original signed certification stating that "I, (insert
name), declare under penalty of perjury that I am a citizen of the
United States, 18 years of age or older, and a resident of (insert
county), California."
   (2) Public contact information.
   (c) The proponents of a proposed initiative measure, at the time
of submitting the text of the proposed measure to the Attorney
General, shall pay a fee to the Attorney General of two thousand
dollars ($2,000) that shall be placed in a trust fund in the office
of the Treasurer and refunded to the proponents if the measure
qualifies for the ballot within two years from the date the summary
is furnished to the proponents. If the measure does not qualify
within that period, the fee shall be immediately paid into the
General Fund of the state.
   (d) All referenda and proposed initiative measures must be
submitted to the Attorney General's Initiative Coordinator located in
the Sacramento Attorney General's Office via U.S. Postal Service,
alternative mail service, or personal delivery. Only printed
documents will be accepted; facsimile or email delivery will not be
accepted.
   (e) The Attorney General's office shall not deem a request for a
circulating title and summary submitted until all of the requirements
of this section are met.