SB 963, as introduced, Torres. Elections: payment of expenses.
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, 2013, and for each year thereafter, 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. The bill would require the state to pay only those additional expenses directly related to an election proclaimed by the Governor to a fill a vacancy in an office if the election is consolidated with a statewide or local election.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 13001 of the Elections Code is amended
2to read:
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
P2 1from the county treasuries, except thatbegin delete whenend deletebegin insert ifend insert an election is called
2by the governing body of a city the expenses shall be paid from
3the treasury of the city.begin delete All payments shall be made in the same
4manner as other county or city expenditures are made. The elections
5official, in providing the materials required by this division, need
6not utilize the services of the county or city purchasing agent.end delete
7(2) All payments under this subdivision shall be made in the
8same manner as other county or city expenditures are made.
9(b) All expenses authorized and necessarily incurred on or after
10January 1, 2013, and for each year thereafter, in the preparation
11for, and conduct of, elections proclaimed by the Governor to fill
12a vacancy in the office of Senator or Member of the Assembly, or
13to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator or Member
14of the United States House of Representatives, shall be paid by the
15state. If an election proclaimed by the Governor to fill a vacancy
16in an office specified by this subdivision is consolidated with a
17statewide or local election,
only those additional expenses directly
18related to the election proclaimed by the Governor shall be paid
19by the state.
20(c) The elections official, in providing the materials required
21by this division, need not use the services of the county or city
22purchasing agent.
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