BILL NUMBER: AB 1117	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Donnelly

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

    An act to amend Section 3003 of the Elections Code,
relating to elections.   An act to add Section 9014.5 to
the Elections Code, relating to petitions. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1117, as amended, Donnelly.  Vote by mail ballots.
  Initiative petitions: electronic access.  
   Existing law specifies the process by which a statewide initiative
measure may be qualified for the ballot, and requires the Secretary
of State to prepare and provide to any person, on request, a pamphlet
describing certain aspects of that process.  
   This bill would require the Secretary of State to make available
the petition for an initiative or referendum measure that is
currently in circulation in a format that can be downloaded from the
official Internet Web site of the Secretary of State and printed so a
voter may sign the petition and submit it to the proponent or
proponents by mail. The bill would require the Secretary of State to
provide the mailing address where a signed petition can be sent and
make that address available to the public on the Secretary of State's
official Internet Web site.  
   Existing law requires that a vote by mail ballot be available to
any registered voter.  
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision. 
   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.    Section 9014.5 is added to the 
 Elections Code   , to read:  
   9014.5.  The Secretary of State shall make available the petition
for an initiative or referendum measure that is currently in
circulation in a format that can be downloaded from the official
Internet Web site of the Secretary of State and printed so a voter
may sign the petition and submit it to the proponent or proponents by
mail. The Secretary of State shall provide the mailing address where
a signed petition can be sent and make that mailing address
available to the public on the Secretary of State's official Internet
Web site.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 3003 of the Elections Code
is amended to read:
   3003.  A vote by mail ballot shall be available to any registered
voter.