SB 942, as introduced, Vidak. Special elections.
Existing law provides that expenses authorized and necessarily incurred in the preparation for and conduct of elections are to be paid from the county treasuries, except as specified.
This bill would provide that expenses authorized and necessarily incurred on or after January 1, 2008, and before December 31, 2014, for elections proclaimed by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the office of Senator or Member of the Assembly, or to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator or Member of the United States House of Representatives, shall be paid by the state.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Vote: 2⁄3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature recognizes the unnecessary
2burden that unreimbursed special elections have had on California’s
358 counties. These special elections have forced the counties to
4redirect important funds that should be used to provide critical
5services to the community.
Section 13001 of the Elections Code is amended to
2read:
begin deleteAll end deletebegin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertExcept as provided in subdivision (b), end insert
4expenses authorized and necessarily incurred in the preparation
5for, and conduct of, elections as provided in this code shall be paid
6from the county treasuries, except thatbegin delete whenend deletebegin insert ifend insert an election is called
7by the governing body of a city the expenses shall be paid from
8the treasury of the city.begin delete All payments shall be made in the same
9manner as other county or city expenditures are made. The elections
10official, in providing the materials required by this division, need
11not utilize the services of the county or city purchasing agent.end delete
12(2) All payments under this subdivision shall be made in the
13same manner as other county or city expenditures are made.
14(b) All expenses authorized and necessarily incurred on or after
15January 1, 2008, and before December 31, 2014, in the preparation
16for, and conduct of, elections proclaimed by the Governor to fill
17a vacancy in the office of Senator or Member of the Assembly, or
18to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator or Member
19of the United States House of Representatives, shall be paid by the
20state.
21(c) The elections official, in providing the materials required
22by this division, need not utilize the services of the county or city
23purchasing agent.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
25immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
26the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
27immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
28In order to assure the orderly conduct of elections during the
29ongoing dire fiscal climate by relieving counties of responsibility
30for expenses incurred on or after January 1, 2008, and before
31December 31, 2014, for the preparation and conduct of elections
32proclaimed by the Governor for specified purposes, it is necessary
33that this bill go into immediate effect.
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