Bill Text: CA AB2551 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2551 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Local ballot measures: bond issues.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 908, Statutes of 2014. [AB2551 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2551-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2551	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wilk

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section  9201   9401  of
the Elections Code, relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2551, as amended, Wilk. Local  initiatives 
 ballot measures: bond issues  . 
   Existing law requires all bond issues proposed by a county, city
and county, city, district, or other political subdivision, or by any
agency, department, or board thereof, to be submitted to the voters
for approval. Existing law requires all official materials for the
bond issue proposal to contain a statement of specified tax rate
data.  
   This bill would require the statement to include the best estimate
from official sources of the total debt service that would be
required to be repaid if all the bonds are issued and sold. 

   Existing law allows a proposed ordinance to be submitted to the
legislative body of the city by a petition filed with the elections
official of the legislative body, as provided, after being signed by
not less than a specified number of voters.  
   This bill would a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions. 
   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 9401 of the  
Elections Code   is amended to read: 
   9401.  (a) In connection with each bond issue specified in Section
9400, a statement shall be mailed to the voters with the sample
ballot for the bond election. The statement required by this section
shall be filed with the  election   elections
 official conducting the election not later than the 88th day
prior to the election, and shall include  all of the following
 :
   (1) The best estimate from official sources of the tax rate that
would be required to be levied to fund that bond issue during the
first fiscal year after the first sale of the bonds based on assessed
valuations available at the time of the election or a projection
based on experience within the same jurisdiction or other
demonstrable factors.
   (2) The best estimate from official sources of the tax rate that
would be required to be levied to fund that bond issue during the
first fiscal year after the last sale of the bonds if the bonds are
proposed to be sold in series, and an estimate of the year in which
that rate will apply, based on assessed valuations available at the
time of the election or a projection based on experience within the
same jurisdiction or other demonstrable factors.
   (3) The best estimate from official sources of the highest tax
rate that would be required to be levied to fund that bond issue, and
an estimate of the year in which that rate will apply, based on
assessed valuations available at the time of the election or a
projection based on experience within the same jurisdiction or other
demonstrable factors. 
   (4) The best estimate from official sources of the total debt
service, including the principal and interest, that would be required
to be repaid if all the bonds are issued and sold. The estimate may
include information about the assumptions used to determine the
estimate. 
   (b) In addition, the statement may contain  any 
 a  declaration of policy of the legislative or governing
body of the applicable jurisdiction, proposing to  utilize
  use  revenues other than ad valorem taxes
 for purposes of funding   to fund  the
bond issue, and the best estimate from official sources of these
revenues and the reduction in the tax rate levied to fund the bond
issue resulting from the substitution of revenue.
   (c) The words "tax rate" as used in this chapter means tax rate
per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation on all property
to be taxed to fund  any   a  bond issue
described in Section 9400. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 9201 of the Elections Code
is amended to read:
   9201.  A proposed ordinance may be submitted to the legislative
body of the city by a petition filed with the elections official of
the legislative body, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, after
being signed by not less than the number of voters specified in this
article. The petition may be in separate sections, providing that the
petition complies with this article. The first page of each section
shall contain the title of the petition and the text of the measure.
The petition sections shall be designated in the manner set forth in
Section 9020.