BILL NUMBER: AB 1712	CHAPTERED  10/14/01

	CHAPTER  924
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 14, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 14, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 3, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Elections, Reapportionment and
Constitutional Amendments (Longville (Chair), Cardenas, Cardoza,
Firebaugh, Horton, Kehoe, Nakano, Oropeza, Shelley, and Vargas)

                        MARCH 7, 2001

   An act to amend Section 1405 of the Elections Code, relating to
special elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1712, Committee on Elections, Reapportionment and
Constitutional Amendments.  Special election:  local initiative
measure.
   Existing law requires that an election for a county, municipal, or
district initiative measure that qualifies for the local ballot
pursuant to specified procedures be held not less than 88 nor more
than 103 days after the date of the order of election.  Every law
provides, when it is legally possible to hold a special election on
any of those measures within 180 days prior to a regular or special
election held within the same territory, that the election on the
initiative measure may be held on the same date as, and consolidated
with, that regular or special election.
   This bill would provide that when it is legally possible to hold a
special election for a county, municipal, or district initiative
measure that qualifies for the local ballot pursuant to specified
procedures between a regularly scheduled statewide direct primary
election and a regularly scheduled statewide general election in the
same year, the special election may be held on the same date as, and
consolidated with, the statewide general election.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 1405 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   1405.  (a) Except as provided below, the election for a county,
municipal, or district initiative that qualifies pursuant to Section
9116, 9214, or 9310 shall be held not less than 88 nor more than 103
days after the date of the order of election.
   (1) When it is legally possible to hold a special election on an
initiative measure that has qualified pursuant to Section 9116, 9214,
or 9310 within 180 days prior to a regular or special election
occurring wholly or partially within the same territory, the election
on the initiative measure may be held on the same date as, and be
consolidated with, that regular or special election.
   (2) When it is legally possible to hold a special election on an
initiative measure that has qualified pursuant to Section 9116, 9214,
or 9310 during the period between a regularly scheduled statewide
direct primary election and a regularly scheduled statewide general
election in the same year, the election on the initiative measure may
be held on the same date as, and be consolidated with, the statewide
general election.
   (3) To avoid holding more than one special election within any
180-day period, the date for holding the special election on an
initiative measure that has qualified pursuant to Section 9116, 9214,
or 9310, may be fixed later than 103 days but at as early a date as
practicable after the expiration of 180 days from the last special
election.
   (4) Not more than one special election for an initiative measure
that qualifies pursuant to Section 9116, 9214, or 9310 may be held by
a jurisdiction during any period of 180 days.
   (b) The election for a county initiative that qualifies pursuant
to Section 9118 shall be held at the next statewide election
occurring not less that 88 days after the date of the order of
election.  The election for a municipal or district initiative that
qualifies pursuant to Section 9215 or 9311 shall be held at the
jurisdiction's next regular election occurring not less than 88 days
after the date of the order of election.