Bill Text: CA AB1886 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1886 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Payment of expenses.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-25 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1886 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB1886-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1886

Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Berman)

January 18, 2018

An act to amend Section 13001 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1886, as introduced, Carrillo. Payment of expenses.

Existing law requires that all expenses authorized and necessarily incurred to prepare for and conduct an election be paid from the county treasuries, except as otherwise provided.

This bill would require the state to pay expenses authorized and necessarily incurred to prepare for and conduct certain vacancy elections, as specified.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 13001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

13001.

~~All~~ (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all expenses authorized and necessarily incurred in the preparation for, and conduct of, elections as provided in this code shall be paid from the county treasuries, except that when an election is called by the governing body of a city the expenses shall be paid from the treasury of the city. All payments under this subdivision shall be made in the same manner as other county or city expenditures are made. ~~The~~

(b) (1) The state shall pay all expenses authorized and necessarily incurred on or after January 1, 2017, in preparation for, and conduct of , elections called by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the following offices:

(A) State Senator.

(B) Member of the Assembly.

(C) United States Senator.

(D) Member of the United States House of Representatives.

(2) If a vacancy election for an office specified in this subdivision is consolidated with a statewide or local election, the state shall only pay those additional expenses directly related to the vacancy election.

(c) The elections official, in providing the materials required by this division, need not utilize the services of the county or city purchasing agent.