BILL NUMBER: SB 83	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

                        JANUARY 10, 2011

    An act relating to the Budget Act of 2011.  
An act calling an election, to   take effect immediately.




	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 83, as amended, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. 
Budget Act of 2011.   Special election.  
   Existing law provides that the Secretary of State is the chief
elections officer of the state and requires the Secretary of State to
perform specified duties, including preparing and mailing ballot
pamphlets, in connection with any statewide election. Existing law
requires that every measure submitted to the voters comply with a
specified schedule leading up to the day of the election.  
   This bill would call a statewide special election to be held on
June 7, 2011, and would require the Secretary of State to place
before the voters at that election a legislative constitutional
amendment, as specified, relating to local government finance. In
addition, the bill would waive certain statutory deadlines in
relation to the placement of that measure before the voters at the
June 7, 2011, statewide special election. The bill would also provide
that funds necessary to pay the claims of local agencies arising
from their costs incurred to conduct the June 7, 2011, statewide
special election shall be included in the Budget Act of 2011 or in
another statute.  
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an act calling an election.  
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2011. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    A statewide special election is hereby
called to be held on June 7, 2011. Notwithstanding Sections 10403 and
10406 of the Elections Code or any other provision of law, any
county, municipal, district, or other election scheduled to be held
on June 7, 2011, may, at the discretion of the appropriate local
officials, be consolidated with the statewide special election called
by this act. 
   SEC. 2.    Notwithstanding the requirements of
Section 9040 of the Elections Code or any other provision of law, and
in accordance with other provisions of the Elections Code and the
Government Code governing the submission of a statewide measure to
the voters that are not inconsistent with this act, the Secretary of
State shall submit Assembly Constitutional Amendment 2 or Senate
Constitutional Amendment 1, as applicable, of the 2011-12 First
Extraordinary Session to the voters at the statewide special election
called by this act to be held on June 7, 2011. 
   SEC. 3.    Notwithstanding Sections 13115 and 13117
of the Elections Code, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 2 or Senate
Constitutional Amendment 1, as applicable, of the 2011-12 First
Extraordinary Session shall be placed as the first ballot measure on
the June 7, 2011, statewide special election ballot and shall be
designated as Proposition 28. 
   SEC. 4.    (a) The Secretary of State shall include
in the ballot pamphlets for the June 7, 2011, statewide special
election, mailed pursuant to Section 9094 of the Elections Code, the
information specified in Section 9084 of the Elections Code regarding
Proposition 28.  
   (b) In accordance with Sections 9092 of the Elections Code, not
less than 20 days before submitting the copy for the ballot pamphlet
to the State Printer, the Secretary of State shall make the copy
available for public examination.  
   (c) Notwithstanding Sections 9054 and 13282 of the Elections Code
or any other provision of law, the ballot labels required pursuant to
Section 13282 and the translations of the ballot materials required
pursuant to Section 9054 may be made available for public examination
at a later date than the start of the public examination period for
the ballot pamphlet, provided that the ballot labels and translations
of the ballot materials must remain available for public examination
for eight days. 
   SEC. 5.    The funds necessary to pay the claims of
local agencies arising from their costs incurred to conduct the June
7, 2011, statewide special election shall be included in the Budget
Act of 2011 or in another statute. 
   SEC. 6.    This act calls an election within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2011.