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

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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-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 106	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Blakeslee

                        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


   SB 106, as introduced, 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:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   13001.   All   (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  when   if
 an election is called by the governing body of a city the
expenses shall be paid from the treasury of the city.  All

    (2)     All  payments  under this
subdivision  shall be made in the same manner as other county or
city expenditures are made.  The elections official, in
providing the materials required by this division, need not utilize
the services of the county or city purchasing agent.  
   (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.  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.