BILL NUMBER: AB 1232	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 101 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1232, as introduced, Logue. Elections.
   Existing law requires that a state or local initiative petition
required to be signed by the voters contain a notice to the signers
that the person circulating the petition may be a paid signature
gatherer and that the signer has the right to inquire.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 101 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   101.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  any
  a  state or local initiative petition required to
be signed by voters shall contain in 12-point type, prior to that
portion of the petition for voters' signatures, printed names, and
residence addresses, the following language:


      "NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC


THIS PETITION MAY BE CIRCULATED BY A PAID SIGNATURE GATHERER OR A
VOLUNTEER. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK."