Bill Text: CA AB1134 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections: petitions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 510, Statutes of 2009. [AB1134 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1134-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1134	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mendoza

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Sections 103, 9602, and 11303 of the Elections
Code, relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1134, as introduced, Mendoza. Elections: petitions.
   Existing law requires that a declaration setting forth certain
information be attached to an initiative, referendum, or recall
petition or paper that is submitted to an elections official. Under
existing law, a voter may file a written request with the elections
official to withdraw his or her signature from an initiative,
referendum, or recall petition prior to its filing.
   This bill would provide that a voter's written request to withdraw
his or her signature from these petitions is not a petition or paper
requiring a declaration.
   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 103 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   103.   Any   A  voter who has signed an
initiative, referendum  ,  or recall petition pursuant to
the Constitution or laws of this state shall have his or her
signature withdrawn from the petition upon filing a written request
therefor with the appropriate county elections official or city
elections official prior to the day the petition is filed.  A
written request made under this section shall not constitute a
petition or paper for purposes of   Section 104. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 9602 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   9602.   Any   A  voter who has signed
 any   an  initiative or referendum
petition, and who subsequently wishes his or her name withdrawn, may
do so by filing a written request for the withdrawal with the
appropriate elections official. This request shall be filed in the
elections official's office prior to the date the petition is filed.
 A written request made under   this section shall not
constitute a petition or paper for purposes of Section 104. 
  SEC. 3.  Section 11303 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   11303.   Any  A  voter who has signed a
recall petition shall have his or her signature withdrawn from the
petition upon filing a written request therefor with the elections
official prior to the day the petition section bearing the voter's
signature is filed.  A written request made under this section
shall not constitute a petition or paper for purposes of Section 104.