Bill Text: CA AB1947 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Petitions: compensation for signatures.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-09-18 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1947 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1947-Enrolled.html
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Enrolled
August 24, 2018 |
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Passed
IN
Senate
August 23, 2018 |
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Passed
IN
Assembly
April 30, 2018 |
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Amended
IN
Assembly
April 02, 2018 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 1947 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Low |
January 29, 2018 |
An act to add Section 102.5 to the Elections Code, relating to elections.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1947, Low.
Petitions: compensation for signatures.
Under existing law, a person who is 18 years of age or older may circulate an initiative, referendum, or recall petition.
This bill would provide that a person or organization who pays a person money or any other thing of value based on the number of signatures obtained on a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a specified fine, imprisonment, or both that fine and imprisonment. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide
that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 102.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:102.5.
(a) A person or organization who pays a person money or any other thing of value based on the number of signatures obtained on a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.(b) This section does not prohibit the payment for signature gathering not based, either directly or indirectly, on the number of signatures obtained on a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition.
