Bill Text: CA AB1730 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Elections omnibus bill.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 118, Statutes of 2017. [AB1730 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1730-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 16, 2017 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1730 |
Introduced by Committee on Elections and Redistricting (Assembly Members |
March 23, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
(2)Existing law allows a proposed ordinance to be submitted to the governing board of a district by an initiative petition filed with the district elections official. Existing law permits the persons filing the initiative petition to also
file a written argument in favor of the ordinance, and it requires the district elections official to print and mail these arguments to each voter with the voter information guide for the election.
The bill would instead permit the district board or any member or members of the board, the proponent or proponents of the measure, an individual voter who is eligible to vote on the measure, a bona fide association of citizens, or a combination of voters and associations to file a written argument for or against any district measure.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2153 of the Elections Code is amended to read:2153.
(a) Except as provided in Section 2154, the affidavit of registration shall show all the facts required to be stated.(a)The district board or any member or members of the board, the proponent or proponents of the measure, an individual voter who is eligible to vote on the measure, a bona fide association of citizens, or a combination of these voters and associations may file a written argument, not to exceed 300 words in length, for or against any district measure. The district elections official shall cause an argument for and an argument against the measure, and the analysis of the measure, to be printed, and he or she shall enclose a copy of both arguments preceded by the analysis with each voter information guide. The printed arguments and the analysis
are “official matter” within the meaning of Section 13303.
(b)The following statement shall be printed on the front cover, or if none, on the heading of the first page, of the printed arguments:
“Arguments in support of or in opposition to the proposed laws are the opinions of the authors.”
(c)Printed arguments submitted to voters in accordance with this section shall be titled either “Argument In Favor Of Measure ____” or “Argument Against Measure ____,” accordingly, the blank spaces being filled in only with the letter or number, if any, designating the measure. At the discretion of the district elections official, the word “Proposition” may be substituted for the word “Measure” in the titles. Words used in the title shall not be counted when determining the length of any argument.