AB 971, as introduced, Chang. Payment of expenses.
Existing law requires all expenses authorized and necessarily incurred to prepare for and conduct an election to be paid from the county treasuries, except as otherwise provided.
This bill would require expenses authorized and necessarily incurred to prepare for and conduct certain vacancy elections to be paid by the state, as specified.
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 insertExcept as provided in subdivision (b), all 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 that when an election is called
7by the governing body of a city the expenses shall be paid from
P2 1the treasury of the city. All payments begin insertunder this subdivision end insertshall
2be made in the same manner as other county or city expenditures
3are made.begin delete Theend delete
4(b) (1) All expenses authorized and necessarily incurred on or
5after January 1, 2015, in preparation for, and conduct of, elections
6called by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the following offices
7shall be paid by the state:
8(A) State Senator.
end insertbegin insert9(B) Member of the Assembly.
end insertbegin insert10(C) United States Senator.
end insertbegin insert11(D) Member of the United States House of Representatives.
end insertbegin insert
12(2) If a vacancy election for an office specified in this
13subdivision is consolidated with a statewide or local election, only
14those additional expenses directly related to the vacancy election
15shall be paid by the state.
16begin insert(c)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertTheend insert elections official, in providing the materials required
17by this division, need not utilize the services of the county or city
18purchasing agent.
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