BILL NUMBER: AB 1799	CHAPTERED  09/29/06

	CHAPTER  727
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member McCarthy
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Daucher, Huff, Saldana, Spitzer, and
Vargas)
   (Coauthors: Senators Bowen, Dunn, and Kehoe)

                        JANUARY 9, 2006

   An act to amend Section 13001 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1799, McCarthy  Elections: payment of expenses.
   Existing law provides that all expenses authorized and necessarily
incurred in the preparation for and conduct of elections are to be
paid from the county treasuries.
   This bill would provide, until January 1, 2007, that expenses
incurred on or after January 1, 2006, for elections proclaimed by the
Governor to fill a vacancy in the office of State Senator or Member
of the Assembly, or to fill a vacancy in the office of United States
Senator or Representative in Congress, are to be paid by the state.
Where an election proclaimed by the Governor is consolidated with a
local election, the state would pay only those additional expenses
directly related to the election proclaimed by the Governor.
  This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   13001.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all expenses
authorized and necessarily incurred in the preparation for and
conduct of elections as provided in this code shall be paid from the
county treasuries, except that when an election is called by the
governing body of a city the expenses shall be paid from the treasury
of the city.  All payments shall be made in the same manner as other
county or city expenditures are made. The elections official, in
providing the materials required by this division, need not utilize
the services of the county or city purchasing agent.
   (b) All expenses authorized and necessarily incurred on or after
January 1, 2006, in the preparation for and conduct of elections
proclaimed by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the office of Senator
or Assembly Member in the Legislature, or to fill a vacancy in the
office of Senator or Representative in the United States Congress,
shall be paid by the state. If an election proclaimed by the Governor
to fill a vacancy in an office specified by this subdivision is
consolidated with a local election, only those additional expenses
directly related to the election proclaimed by the Governor shall be
paid by the state.
  (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2007,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1, 2007, deletes or extends that date.

  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to relieve counties of responsibility for expenses
incurred in 2006 for the preparation for and conduct of elections
proclaimed by the Governor for specified purposes, it is necessary
that this bill go into immediate effect.