Bill Text: CA AB141 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Treasure Island Transportation Management Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 443, Statutes of 2014. [AB141 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB141-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 141	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gorell

                        JANUARY 17, 2013

   An act to amend Section 8605 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 141, as amended, Gorell. Elections: write-in candidates.
   Existing law provides for the name of a person written in on a
ballot for a voter-nominated office at a direct primary election to
be placed on the general election ballot as a candidate for that
office if the person received, at the direct primary election, the
highest number of votes cast for the office or the second highest
number of votes cast for the office, except as provided.
   This bill would require that a write-in candidate for a
voter-nominated office  , in addition to being one of the top two
vote-getters,  receive votes at the direct primary election
equal in number to at least 1% of all votes cast for the office at
the last preceding general election at which the office was filled in
order for his or her name to be placed on the general election
ballot as a candidate for that office. The bill also would make
clarifying and conforming changes. 
   This bill would specify that its provisions become operative only
if ACA 9 of the 2013-14 Regular Session is approved by the voters.

   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.  Section 8605 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   8605.  A person whose name has been written in upon a ballot for
an office at the direct primary election may not have his or her name
placed upon the ballot as a candidate for that office for the
ensuing general election unless one of the following is applicable:
   (a) At that direct primary election he or she received for a
partisan office votes equal in number to at least 1 percent of all
votes cast for the office at the last preceding general election at
which the office was filled. In the case of an office that has not
appeared on the ballot since its creation, the requisite number of
votes shall equal at least 1 percent of the number of all votes cast
for the office that had the least number of votes in the most recent
general election in the jurisdiction in which the write-in candidate
is seeking office.
   (b) He or she is an independent nominee for a partisan office
pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 8300).
   (c) At that direct primary election he or she received for a
voter-nominated office the highest number of votes cast for that
office or the second highest number of votes cast for that office,
provided that he or she received votes equal in number to at least 1
percent of all votes cast for the office at the last preceding
general election at which the office was filled, except as provided
by subdivision (b) of Section 8142 or Section 8807.
   SEC. 2.    This act shall become operative only if
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 9 of the 2013-14 Regular Session is
approved by the voters.