BILL NUMBER: AB 2093	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Grove

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 9030 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2093, as introduced, Grove. Petitions: filings.
   Existing law specifies procedures for collecting signatures on a
petition for an initiative, referendum, or recall, and for filing the
petition and signatures with elections officials.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   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 9030 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   9030.  (a) Each section of the petition shall be filed with the
elections official of the county or city and county in which it was
circulated, but all sections circulated in any county or city and
county shall be filed at the same time. Once filed,  no
  a  petition section shall  not  be
amended except by  the  order of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
   (b) Within eight days after the filing of the petition, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the elections official shall
determine the total number of signatures affixed to the petition and
shall transmit this information to the Secretary of State. If the
total number of signatures filed with all elections officials is less
than 100 percent of the number of qualified voters required to find
the petition sufficient, the Secretary of State shall so notify the
proponents and the elections officials, and no further action shall
be taken with regard to the petition.
   (c) If the number of signatures filed with all elections officials
is 100 percent or more of the number of qualified voters needed to
declare the petition sufficient, the Secretary of State shall
immediately so notify the elections officials.
   (d) Within 30 days after this notification, excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, and holidays, the elections official shall determine the
number of qualified voters who have signed the petition. If more than
500 names have been signed on sections of the petition filed with an
elections official, the elections official shall use a random
sampling technique for verification of signatures, as determined by
the Secretary of State. The random sample of signatures to be
verified shall be drawn in such a manner that every signature filed
with the elections official shall be given an equal opportunity to be
included in the sample. The random sampling shall include an
examination of at least 500 or 3 percent of the signatures, whichever
is greater. In determining from the records of registration what
number of qualified voters have signed the petition, the elections
official may use the duplicate file of affidavits of registered
voters or the facsimiles of voters' signatures, provided that the
method of preparing and displaying the facsimiles complies with law.
   (e) The elections official, upon the completion of the
examination, shall immediately attach to the petition, except the
signatures thereto appended, a properly dated certificate, showing
the result of the examination, and shall immediately transmit the
petition and the certificate to the Secretary of State. A copy of
this certificate shall be filed in the elections official's office.
   (f) If the certificates received from all elections officials by
the Secretary of State establish that the number of valid signatures
does not equal 95 percent of the number of qualified voters needed to
find the petition sufficient, the petition shall be deemed to have
failed to qualify, and the Secretary of State shall immediately so
notify the proponents and the elections officials.
   (g) If the certificates received from all elections officials by
the Secretary of State total more than 110 percent of the number of
qualified voters needed to find the petition sufficient, the petition
shall be deemed to qualify as of the date of receipt by the
Secretary of State of certificates showing the petition to have
reached the 110 percent, and the Secretary of State shall immediately
so notify the proponents and the elections officials.