BILL NUMBER: AB 2233	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Donnelly

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 8106.5 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2233, as amended, Donnelly. Primary elections: petitions:
signatures.
   Existing law requires a person who seeks to have his or her name
printed on the ballot used at the direct primary to file with the
county elections official a declaration of candidacy and nomination
papers. Existing law requires a person to pay a fee to file his or
her declaration of candidacy. Existing law permits a candidate to
submit a petition containing a specified number of signatures of
registered voters in lieu of the filing fee required for the
declaration of candidacy.
   This bill would require the elections official to reduce the
number of signatures required on a petition in lieu of a filing fee
for a special election that is held to fill a vacancy by the same
proportion as the reduction in time for the candidate to collect
signatures if the number of days for a candidate to collect the
signatures is less than the number of days that a candidate would
have to collect signatures on a petition at a regular election for
the same office.  However, the elections official would not be
permitted to reduce the number of signatures to less than 100 for a
special election to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative in
Congress, state Senator, or Member of the Assembly. 
   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 8106.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

   8106.5.   (a)    If the number of days for a
candidate to collect signatures on a petition in lieu of a filing fee
for a special election that is held to fill a vacancy is less than
the number of days that a candidate would have to collect signatures
on a petition  at   for  a regular election
for the same office, the elections official shall reduce the
required number of signatures for the petition, as specified in
subdivision (a) of Section 8106, by the same proportion as the
reduction in time for the candidate to collect signatures.  In
determining the proportion of time by which the period for a
candidate to collect signatures has been reduced,   the
elections official shall exclude any days allotted for filing a
supplemental petition pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of
Section 8106.  
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the number of signatures
required on an in-lieu-filing-fee petition for a special election
held to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative in Congress,
state Senator, or Member of the Assembly shall be not less than 100.