Bill Text: CA SB106 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Special elections.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB106 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB106-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 106	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Blakeslee
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Dutton,   Gaines,   La Malfa,   Runner,
  and Walters   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Halderman   and Monning   ) 

                        JANUARY 13, 2011

   An act to amend Section 13001 of the Elections Code, relating to
special elections, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

F   SB 106, as amended, Blakeslee. Special elections.
   Existing law provides that expenses authorized and necessarily
incurred in the preparation for and conduct of elections are to be
paid from the county treasuries, except as specified.
   This bill would provide that expenses authorized and necessarily
incurred on or after January 1, 2009, and before April 19, 2011, for
elections proclaimed by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the office
of Senator or Member of the Assembly, or to fill a vacancy in the
office of United States Senator or Member of the United States House
of Representatives, shall be paid by the state.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
F   SECTION 1.    The Legislature recognizes the
unnecessary burden that unreimbursed special elections have had on
California's 58 counties. These special elections have forced the
counties to redirect important funds which should be used to provide
critical services to the community. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 13001 of
the Elections Code is amended to read:
   13001.  (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), 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 if an election is called by the
governing body of a city the expenses shall be paid from the treasury
Fof the city.   (2) All payments under this subdivision shall be made in the same
manner as other county or city expenditures are made.
   (b) All expenses authorized and necessarily incurred on or after
January 1, 2009, and before April 19, 2011, in the preparation for,
and conduct of, elections proclaimed by the Governor to fill a
vacancy in the office of Senator or Member of the Assembly, or to
fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator or Member of
the United States House of Representatives, 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.
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   This act is an
urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of
the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts
constituting the necessity are:
   In order to assure the orderly conduct of elections during the
ongoing dire fiscal climate by relieving counties of responsibility
for expenses incurred on or after January 1, 2009, and before April
19, 2011, for the preparation and conduct of elections proclaimed by
the Governor for specified purposes, it is necessary that this bill
go into immediate effect.