California Senate Bill SB1233 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1233INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Padilla FEBRUARY 23, 2012 An act to amend Section 9001 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1233, as introduced, Padilla. Initiative and referendum petitions: circulating title and summary. Existing law require the proponents of an initiative or referendum petition, prior to circulating the petition for signatures, to submit the text of the proposed measure 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. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes 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 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   shall  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   General  shall not deem a request for a circulating title and summary submitted until all of the requirements of this section are met.