Bill Text: CA SB915 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Initiative and referendum circulation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-11 - To Com. on RLS. [SB915 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB915-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 915	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Denham

                        JANUARY 28, 2010

   An act to amend Section 9001 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 915, as introduced, Denham. Initiative and referendum
circulation.
   Existing law requires the proponents of an initiative or
referendum to submit the text of the proposed measure to the Attorney
General and to request from the Attorney General a title and summary
for the measure prior to circulating the measure for signatures.
Existing law requires the proponents of an initiative measure to pay
a fee of $200 at the time of submitting the text of the proposed
measure to the Attorney General. Existing law requires that this fee
be refunded to the proponents if the measure qualifies for the ballot
within 2 years of the date on which the Attorney General issued the
title and summary. If the measure does not qualify for the ballot
within 2 years, existing law requires that the fee be deposited in
the General Fund.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   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 9001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   9001.  (a) Prior to the circulation of  any  
an  initiative or referendum petition for signatures, the text
of the proposed measure shall be submitted to the Attorney General
with a written request that a circulating title and summary of the
chief purpose and points of the proposed measure be prepared. The
electors presenting the request shall be known as the "proponents."
The Attorney General shall preserve the written request until after
the next general election.
   (b) Each  and every  proponent of  any
  a  proposed initiative measure shall, at the time
of submitting the text of the proposed measure, provide both of the
following:
   (1) An original signed certification stating that "I, (insert
name), declare under penalty of perjury that I am a citizen of the
United States, 18 years of age or older, and a resident of (insert
county), California."
   (2) Public contact information.
   (c) The proponents of  any   an 
initiative measure, at the time of submitting the text of the
proposed measure to the Attorney General, shall pay a fee of two
hundred dollars ($200), which shall be placed in a trust fund in the
office of the Treasurer and refunded to the proponents if the measure
qualifies for the ballot within two years from the date the summary
is furnished to the proponents. If the measure does not qualify
within that period, the fee shall be immediately paid into the
General Fund of the state.
   (d) All referenda and proposed initiative measures must be
submitted to the Attorney General's Initiative Coordinator located in
the Sacramento Attorney General's Office via  U.S. 
 United States  Postal Service, alternative mail service,
or personal delivery. Only printed documents will be accepted
 ,   ;  facsimile or e-mail delivery will
not be accepted.
   (e) The Attorney General's office shall not deem a request for a
circulating title and summary submitted until all of the requirements
of this section are met.