CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill No. 1282

Introduced by Senator Vidak

February 16, 2018

An act to amend Section 9114 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1282, as introduced, Vidak. Elections: measures submitted to the voters.
Existing law requires a county elections official to examine an initiative petition to determine whether to not it is signed by the requisite number of voters. Existing law requires the elections official to inform the measure’s proponents as to its sufficiency or insufficiency, and it directs the elections official to take no further action if the petition is found to be insufficient. Existing law also specifies that a proponent of a measure found to be insufficient may file a new petition on the same subject at a later date.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 9114 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

9114.
 Except as provided in Section 9115, within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the elections official shall examine the petition, and from the records of registration ascertain whether or not the petition is signed by the requisite number of voters. A certificate showing the results of this examination shall be attached to the petition.
In determining the number of valid signatures, the elections official may check the signatures against facsimiles of voters’ signatures provided that the method of preparing and displaying the facsimiles complies with law.
The elections official shall notify the proponents of the petition as to the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition.
If the petition is found insufficient, no further insufficient, further action shall not be taken. However, the failure to secure sufficient signatures, shall signatures does not preclude the filing of a new petition on the same subject, subject at a later date.
If the petition is found sufficient, the elections official shall certify the results of the examination to the board of supervisors at the next regular meeting of the board.