California Assembly Bill ACA10 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: ACA 10INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gatto DECEMBER 9, 2010 A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 10 of Article II thereof, relating to initiatives. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACA 10, as introduced, Gatto. Initiatives. The California Constitution provides voters, through the initiative, the power to propose statutes and constitutional amendments and to adopt or reject them. The California Constitution further provides that the Legislature may amend or repeal an initiative statute only by another statute approved by the voters, unless the initiative statute permits amendment or repeal without the approval of the voters. This measure would instead authorize the Legislature to amend or repeal an initiative statute, effective 4 years or more after the date the initiative statute is approved by the voters, unless the initiative statute allows that action by the Legislature at an earlier date. The measure would require that an amendment or repeal of an initiative statute by the Legislature be passed by a percentage of the membership of each house that exceeds the percentage of voters that approved the initiative statute or, if applicable, that approved the most recent amendment of the initiative statute. Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2011-12 Regular Session commencing on the sixth day of December 2010, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows: That Section 10 of Article II thereof is amended to read: SEC. 10. (a) An initiative statute or referendum approved by a majority of votes thereon takes effect the day after the election unless the measure provides otherwise. If a referendum petition is filed against a part of a statute the remainder shall not be delayed from going into effect. (b) If provisions of  2   two  or more measures approved at the same election conflict, those of the measure receiving the highest affirmative vote shall prevail. (c)  (1)    The Legislature may amend or repeal referendum statutes.  It  The Legislature  may amend or repeal an initiative statute by another statute that  becomes effective only when approved by the electors   takes effect not sooner than four years from the date that the initiative statute was approved by the electors,  unless the initiative statute permits amendment or repeal  without their approval   by the Legislature at an earlier date  .  (2) An amendment or repeal of an initiative statute pursuant to this subdivision shall be passed by a percentage of the membership of each house of the Legislature that exceeds the percentage of electors that approved the initiative statute or, in the case of an initiative statute that has been amended by the electors, that approved the most recent amendment of the initiative statute.  (d) Prior to circulation of an initiative or referendum petition for signatures, a copy shall be submitted to the Attorney General who shall prepare a title and summary of the measure as provided by law. (e) The Legislature shall provide the manner in which  petitions   a petition  shall be circulated, presented, and certified, and  measures   the manner in which a measure is  submitted to the electors.