BILL NUMBER: AB 2369	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hagman

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 15624 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2369, as introduced, Hagman. Elections: voter-requested
recounts.
   Existing law establishes procedures by which a voter may request a
recount of the votes cast in an election following completion of the
official canvass. Under existing law, the voter seeking the recount
is required, before the recount is commenced and at the beginning of
each subsequent day, to deposit with the elections official the
amount of money required by the elections official to cover the cost
of the recount for that day.
   This bill would modify and apply these provisions to the
candidate-controlled campaign committee that is represented by the
voter filing the request to seek a recount. The bill would also
specify that the money deposited with the elections official be from
the voter's own personal funds or from the funds of the
candidate-controlled campaign committee of the candidate on whose
behalf the recount is being requested.
   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 15624 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   15624.  The voter  or the candidate-controlled campaign
committee represented by the voter  filing the request seeking
the recount shall, before the recount is commenced and at the
beginning of each day following, deposit with the elections official
a sum as required by the elections official to cover the cost of the
recount for that day.  The money deposited shall be from the
voter's own personal funds or from funds of the candidate-controlled
campaign committee of the candidate on whose behalf the recount is
being requested.  The money deposited shall be returned to the
depositor if, upon completion of the recount, the candidate, slate of
presidential electors, or the position on the measure (affirmative
or negative) for which the declaration is filed is found to have
received the plurality of votes cast which it had not received
according to the official canvass or, in an election where there are
two or more candidates, the recount results in the candidate for whom
the recount was requested appearing on the ballot in a subsequent
runoff election or general election who would not have so appeared in
the absence of the recount. The depositor shall be entitled to the
return of any money deposited in excess of the cost of the recount if
the candidate, slate, or position on the measure has not received
the plurality of the votes cast or, in an election where there are
two or more candidates, the recount does not result in the candidate
for whom the recount was requested appearing on the ballot in a
subsequent runoff or general election as a result of the recount.
Money not required to be refunded shall be deposited in the
appropriate public treasury.