BILL NUMBER: SB 1859	CHAPTERED  08/14/02

	CHAPTER  213
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 14, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 13, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 23, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 20, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Costa

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2002

   An act to amend Section 9088 of the Elections Code, relating to
state elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1859, Costa.  Elections:  ballot pamphlets.
   Existing law requires the ballot pamphlet for an election at which
state bond measures will be submitted to the voters to include a
discussion of the state's current bonded indebtedness situation.
Existing law requires that the discussion include specified
information.
   This bill would additionally require, in cases where a bond
measure allocates funds for programs, the discussion to include the
proportionate share of funds for each major program funded by the
measure.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 9088 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   9088.  (a) At each statewide election at which state bond measures
will be submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection, the
ballot pamphlet for that election shall include a discussion,
prepared by the Legislative Analyst, of the state's current bonded
indebtedness situation.
   (b) This discussion shall include information as to the dollar
amount of the state's current authorized and outstanding bonded
indebtedness, the approximate percentage of the state's General Fund
revenues which are required to service this indebtedness, and the
expected impact of the issuance of the bonds to be approved at the
election on the items specified in this subdivision.  In cases where
a bond measure allocates funds for programs, the discussion shall
also include, to the extent practicable, the proportionate share of
funds for each major program funded by the measure.
   (c) The discussion required by this section shall appear on a
separate page in the ballot pamphlet immediately following the
rebuttal to the argument against the last ballot measure included in
the ballot pamphlet.