Bill Text: CA SB651 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Initiative, referendum, and recall petitions: disclosures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-08-31 - Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Mullin. [SB651 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB651-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
July 05, 2017 |
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Amended
IN
Senate
March 27, 2017 |
| Senate Bill | No. 651 |
| Introduced by Senator Allen |
February 17, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would additionally require a statewide initiative, referendum, or recall
petition to include a disclosure, as specified, notifying the public that the petition circulator is receiving money or other valuable consideration for the specific purpose of soliciting signatures of electors, or is a volunteer or employee of a nonprofit organization.
The bill would require that a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition circulated by a paid circulator, as defined, who is paid by a committee, as specified, to include a disclosure statement identifying the persons from whom the committee received the
3 largest cumulative contributions of $50,000 or more in support of the measure and the name of their employer if 2 or more of these contributors have the same employer. The bill would require this disclosure statement to be updated within
14 days of any change in the 3 largest cumulative contributors. The bill would require a committee that employs one or more paid circulators for the purpose of circulating the petition to submit the disclosure statement and any updates to the Secretary of State for posting on his or her Internet Web site.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 336.8 is added to the Elections Code, to read:336.8.
“Paid circulator,” for the purpose of circulating an initiative, referendum, or recall petition, means a person who is compensated in any manner for collecting petition signatures to qualify a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall measure.Notwithstanding any other law, a petition for a proposed initiative measure that is circulated by a person who receives money or other valuable consideration for the specific purpose of soliciting signatures of electors, shall include the following statement immediately prior to the portion of the petition for voters’ signatures, printed names, and residence addresses, printed in 12-point boldface type:
“NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: THIS PETITION IS BEING CIRCULATED BY A PERSON PAID TO OBTAIN YOUR SIGNATURE. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE CONTENTS OF THIS PETITION BEFORE SIGNING.”
Notwithstanding any other law, a petition for a proposed initiative measure that is circulated by a person who does not receive money or other valuable consideration for the specific purpose of soliciting signatures of electors shall include the following statement immediately prior to the portion of the petition for voters’ signatures, printed names, and residence addresses, printed in 12-point boldface type:
“NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: THIS PETITION IS BEING CIRCULATED BY A VOLUNTEER OR AN EMPLOYEE OF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE CONTENTS OF THIS PETITION BEFORE SIGNING.”
SEC. 4.SEC. 2.
Section 9011.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:9011.5.
(a)(2)If more than three persons meet the disclosure threshold described in paragraph (1) and have made identical cumulative contributions, the
three persons making the largest cumulative
contributions shall be disclosed according to chronological sequence of receipt of the cumulative contributions.
(3)The disclosure statement required by paragraph (1) shall be updated within fourteen days of any change in the identities of three largest cumulative contributors. The updated statement shall include at the bottom of the page the following: “Current as of [Date]. For the latest contribution totals, go to
www.fppc.ca.gov/initiatives.”
(4)
(b)A committee that employs one or more paid circulators to circulate an initiative, referendum, or recall petition shall print on the petition, immediately following the disclosure statement required pursuant to subdivision (a), its name and shall identify itself using a name or phrase that clearly
describes the economic or other special interest of each person who contributed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more. If two or more of these persons have the same employer, the committee shall also include the employer’s identity in the disclosure statement.
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