BILL NUMBER: SB 141	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 17, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Correa,   Gaines,   La Malfa,   and Lieu
  ) 
   (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 amended, 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.   (a)    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.