BILL NUMBER: AB 119	CHAPTERED  10/11/07

	CHAPTER  487
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 11, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 11, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Price
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Adams)

                        JANUARY 9, 2007

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 119, Price. Elections: payment of expenses.
   Existing law, operative January 1, 2007, repealed, among other
things, those provisions in the Elections Code that had required that
all expenses authorized and necessarily incurred in the preparation
for, and conduct of, elections be paid from the county treasuries,
except when an election is called by the governing body of a city.
   This bill would, retroactive to January 1, 2007, restore those
provisions.
   This bill would additionally provide, until January 1, 2008, that
expenses incurred on or after January 1, 2007, 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 bill would provide that 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 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   13001.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), effective
January 1, 2007, 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, 2007, in the preparation for and conduct of elections
proclaimed by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the office of State
Senator or Assembly Member, or to fill a vacancy in the office of
United States Senator or Representative in the 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,
2008, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute
that is enacted on or before January 1, 2008, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 13001 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   13001.  (a) 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) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2008.
  SEC. 3.  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 the year 2007 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.