Bill Text: CA SB942 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Special elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-23 - Held in committee and under submission. [SB942 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB942-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 942 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Vidak
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
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 942, as introduced, Vidak. 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, 2008, and before December 31, 2014,
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. The Legislature recognizes the unnecessary burden that
unreimbursed special elections have had on California's 58 counties.
These special elections have forced the counties to redirect
important funds that should be used to provide critical services to
the community.
SEC. 2. Section 13001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
13001. All (a) (1)
Except as provided in subd ivision
(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 payments 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.
(2) All payments under this subdivision shall be made in the same
manner as other county or city expenditures are made.
(b) All expenses authorized and necessarily incurred on or after
January 1, 2008, and before December 31, 2014, 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. 3. 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, 2008, and before
December 31, 2014, for the preparation and conduct of elections
proclaimed by the Governor for specified purposes, it is necessary
that this bill go into immediate effect.
