BILL NUMBER: AB 887	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 8204 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 887, as introduced, Ting. Primary election nominations:
judicial officers.
   Existing law establishes the procedures by which candidates for
judicial office are nominated. For a candidate's name to be included
on the ballot at a direct primary election, existing law requires the
candidate to deliver to the county elections official a declaration
of candidacy and nomination papers not later than 5 p.m. on the 88th
day prior to the primary election. However, existing law provides an
additional 5 days to file nomination papers for a judicial office if
the incumbent of the office dies on or before the last day prescribed
for the filing of nomination papers, or files a declaration of
intention but fails to file his or her nomination papers by the last
day prescribed for the filing of the papers.
   This bill would make 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 8204 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   8204.  (a) If an incumbent of a judicial office dies on or before
the last day prescribed for the filing of nomination papers, or files
a declaration of intention but for any reason fails to file his or
her nomination papers by the last day prescribed for the filing of
the papers, an additional five days shall be allowed for the filing
of nomination papers for the office.
   (b)  Any   A  person other than the
person who was the incumbent, if otherwise qualified, may file
nomination papers for the office during the extended period,
notwithstanding that he or she has not filed a written and signed
declaration of intention to become a candidate for the office as
provided in Sections 8023 and 8201.