CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 63Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesDecember 06, 2022 An act relating to elections.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 63, as introduced, Cervantes. Elections: candidates residence.Under the California Constitution, a person is ineligible to serve as a State Assembly Member or State Senator if they have not been a resident of the their legislative district for one year. Existing statutory law also requires a Member of the State Board of Equalization to be and remain an inhabitant of the district in which they are elected to serve, or else a vacancy occurs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that imposes certain consequences, including the ineligibility to serve in office, upon a candidate for any of the above offices if the candidate files an affidavit of voter registration that changes their residency, after being certified as a candidate but before the certification of election results. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that imposes consequences, including the ineligibility to serve in office, upon a candidate for the California State Assembly, the California State Senate, or the State Board of Equalization if the candidate files an affidavit of voter registration that changes the candidates residence to one that is outside of the district that they are seeking to represent, after being certified as a candidate for the office pursuant to Section 8120 of the Elections Code, but before the certification of election results for the general election for that office.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 63Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesDecember 06, 2022 An act relating to elections.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 63, as introduced, Cervantes. Elections: candidates residence.Under the California Constitution, a person is ineligible to serve as a State Assembly Member or State Senator if they have not been a resident of the their legislative district for one year. Existing statutory law also requires a Member of the State Board of Equalization to be and remain an inhabitant of the district in which they are elected to serve, or else a vacancy occurs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that imposes certain consequences, including the ineligibility to serve in office, upon a candidate for any of the above offices if the candidate files an affidavit of voter registration that changes their residency, after being certified as a candidate but before the certification of election results. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 63
Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesDecember 06, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes
December 06, 2022
An act relating to elections.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 63, as introduced, Cervantes. Elections: candidates residence.
Under the California Constitution, a person is ineligible to serve as a State Assembly Member or State Senator if they have not been a resident of the their legislative district for one year. Existing statutory law also requires a Member of the State Board of Equalization to be and remain an inhabitant of the district in which they are elected to serve, or else a vacancy occurs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that imposes certain consequences, including the ineligibility to serve in office, upon a candidate for any of the above offices if the candidate files an affidavit of voter registration that changes their residency, after being certified as a candidate but before the certification of election results.
Under the California Constitution, a person is ineligible to serve as a State Assembly Member or State Senator if they have not been a resident of the their legislative district for one year. Existing statutory law also requires a Member of the State Board of Equalization to be and remain an inhabitant of the district in which they are elected to serve, or else a vacancy occurs.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that imposes certain consequences, including the ineligibility to serve in office, upon a candidate for any of the above offices if the candidate files an affidavit of voter registration that changes their residency, after being certified as a candidate but before the certification of election results.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that imposes consequences, including the ineligibility to serve in office, upon a candidate for the California State Assembly, the California State Senate, or the State Board of Equalization if the candidate files an affidavit of voter registration that changes the candidates residence to one that is outside of the district that they are seeking to represent, after being certified as a candidate for the office pursuant to Section 8120 of the Elections Code, but before the certification of election results for the general election for that office.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that imposes consequences, including the ineligibility to serve in office, upon a candidate for the California State Assembly, the California State Senate, or the State Board of Equalization if the candidate files an affidavit of voter registration that changes the candidates residence to one that is outside of the district that they are seeking to represent, after being certified as a candidate for the office pursuant to Section 8120 of the Elections Code, but before the certification of election results for the general election for that office.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that imposes consequences, including the ineligibility to serve in office, upon a candidate for the California State Assembly, the California State Senate, or the State Board of Equalization if the candidate files an affidavit of voter registration that changes the candidates residence to one that is outside of the district that they are seeking to represent, after being certified as a candidate for the office pursuant to Section 8120 of the Elections Code, but before the certification of election results for the general election for that office.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that imposes consequences, including the ineligibility to serve in office, upon a candidate for the California State Assembly, the California State Senate, or the State Board of Equalization if the candidate files an affidavit of voter registration that changes the candidates residence to one that is outside of the district that they are seeking to represent, after being certified as a candidate for the office pursuant to Section 8120 of the Elections Code, but before the certification of election results for the general election for that office.
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