BILL NUMBER: SB 141	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Davis)

                        JANUARY 31, 2011

   An act to amend Section 13001 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 141, as introduced, Price. Elections: payment of expenses.
   Existing law requires 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 provide that expenses authorized and necessarily
incurred for 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, are to be paid by the state. When an election
proclaimed by the Governor is consolidated with a local election, the
bill would provide that the state shall pay only those additional
expenses directly related to the election proclaimed by the Governor.

   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 13001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   13001.   All   Except as provided in
subdivision (b), 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 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.