BILL NUMBER: SB 293	CHAPTERED  07/17/07

	CHAPTER  76
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 17, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 17, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 7, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 26, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ackerman
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Sharon Runner)

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2007

   An act to add and repeal Section 7310 of the Elections Code,
relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 293, Ackerman. Presidential nominees.
   Under existing law, the Secretary of State is required to deliver
certificates of nomination to local elections officials 68 days prior
to a general election.
   This bill would, until January 1, 2009, require, if the Republican
National Convention will conclude after the deadline for the
Secretary of State to deliver certificates of nomination to local
elections officials, the Chairperson of the Republican State Central
Committee to notify the Secretary of State of the apparent
nomination, with certain requirements, of the Republican candidates
for President and Vice President of the United States either not less
than 78 days prior to the election or as soon as the nominations
become apparent but not less than 61 days prior to the election. The
bill would require the Secretary of State to prepare the certificates
of nomination based on this information.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 7310 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   7310.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 8148, if the Republican
National Convention will conclude after the deadline for the
Secretary of State to deliver certificates of nomination to local
elections officials pursuant to Section 8148, the Chairperson of the
Republican State Central Committee shall do one of the following:
   (1) Notify the Secretary of State of the apparent nomination of
the Republican candidates for President and Vice President of the
United States not less than 78 days prior to the election, if all of
the following conditions apply:
   (A) A candidate for President has attained a sufficient number of
delegate votes to assure his or her nomination at the Republican
National Convention.
   (B) The candidate described in paragraph (1) has identified a
person who will be nominated to run for the office of Vice President.

   (C) The Republican National Convention is likely to nominate the
person who is the choice of the candidate for President in the Vice
Presidential nomination.
   (2) Notify the Secretary of State of the apparent nomination of
the Republican candidates for President and Vice President of the
United States as soon as each of these apparent nominations become
known but not less than 61 days prior to the election, if all of the
following conditions apply:
   (A) A candidate for President has attained a sufficient number of
delegate votes to assure his or her nomination at the Republican
National Convention.
   (B) The candidate described in paragraph (1) has identified a
person who will be nominated to run for the office of Vice President.

   (C) The Republican National Convention is likely to nominate the
person who is the choice of the candidate for President in the Vice
Presidential nomination.
   (b) The Secretary of State shall prepare the certificates of
nomination required in Section 8148 to include the names of the
Republican candidates for President and Vice President as notified by
the Chairperson of the Republican State Central Committee.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2009, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2009, deletes or extends
that date.