BILL NUMBER: AB 732	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Buchanan

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 9088.5 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 732, as introduced, Buchanan. Bond measures: ballot pamphlet:
Legislative Analyst.
   Existing law regulates the form and content of the ballot pamphlet
submitted to voters prior to each statewide election, and requires
the Legislative Analyst to include in the ballot pamphlet a specified
discussion of state bonded indebtedness.
   This bill would add to the ballot pamphlet for each statewide
election at which a bond measure is at issue a simple and easy to
understand graph, chart, or report card, prepared by the Legislative
Analyst, illustrating this information relating to state bonded
indebtedness, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 9088.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

   9088.5.  At each statewide election at which a state bond measure
will be submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection, the
ballot pamphlet for that election shall include a simple and easy to
understand graph, chart, or report card, prepared by the Legislative
Analyst, illustrating the information included in the discussion
prepared pursuant to Section 9088.