BILL NUMBER: AB 2551	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wilk

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 9201 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2551, as introduced, Wilk. Local initiatives.
   Existing law allows a proposed ordinance to be submitted to the
legislative body of the city by a petition filed with the elections
official of the legislative body, as provided, after being signed by
not less than a specified number of voters.
   This bill would a technical, nonsubstantive change 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 9201 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   9201.   Any   A  proposed ordinance may
be submitted to the legislative body of the city by a petition filed
with the elections official of the legislative body, in the manner
hereinafter prescribed, after being signed by not less than the
number of voters specified in this article. The petition may be in
separate sections, providing that the petition complies with this
article. The first page of each section shall contain the title of
the petition and the text of the measure. The petition sections shall
be designated in the manner set forth in Section 9020.