Bill Text: CA SB795 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 795 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Initiatives.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB795 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB795-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 795	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Walters

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 18602 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 795, as introduced, Walters. Initiatives.
   Existing law makes it a crime for a person working for the
proponent of a statewide initiative or referendum to cover or obscure
the Attorney General's summary of the measure from a prospective
signer.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 18602 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   18602.   Any   A  person working for the
proponent or proponents of a statewide initiative or referendum
measure who covers or otherwise obscures the summary of the measure
prepared by the Attorney General from the view of a prospective
signer is guilty of a misdemeanor.