Bill Text: CA AB971 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Payment of expenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB971 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB971-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 971	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Travis Allen and Harper)
   (Coauthors: Senators Bates and Nguyen)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 971, as introduced, Chang. Payment of expenses.
   Existing law requires all expenses authorized and necessarily
incurred to prepare for and conduct an election to be paid from the
county treasuries, except as otherwise provided.
   This bill would require expenses authorized and necessarily
incurred to prepare for and conduct certain vacancy elections to be
paid by the state, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated 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 prov   ided 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) All expenses authorized and necessarily incurred on or
after January 1, 2015, in preparation for, and conduct of, elections
called by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the following offices
shall be paid by the state:  
   (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, only
those additional expenses directly related to the vacancy election
shall be paid by the state. 
    (c)     The  elections official, in
providing the materials required by this division, need not utilize
the services of the county or city purchasing agent.