AB 1100, as amended, Low. Ballot initiatives: filing fees.
Existing law requires a fee of $200 to be paid by the proponents when a proposed ballot initiative or referendum is submitted to the Attorney General for preparation of a circulating title and summary.
This bill would increase the filing fee from $200 tobegin delete $8,000.end deletebegin insert $2,500, and would require the Attorney General to adjust the filing fee in January of every odd-numbered year, as specified.end insert The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 9001 of the Elections Code is amended
2to read:
(a) Before the circulation of an initiative or referendum
4petition for signatures, the text of the proposed measure shall be
5submitted to the Attorney General with a written request that a
P2 1circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of
2the proposed measure be prepared. The electors presenting the
3request shall be known as the “proponents.” The Attorney General
4shall preserve the written request until after the next general
5election.
6(b) Each and every proponent of a proposed initiative measure
7shall, at the time of submitting the text of the proposed measure,
8provide both of the following:
9(1) An original
signed certification stating that “I, (insert name),
10declare under penalty of perjury that I am a citizen of the United
11States, 18 years of age or older, and a resident of (insert county),
12California.”
13(2) Public contact information.
14(c) The proponents of an initiative measure, at the time of
15submitting the text of the proposed measure to the Attorney
16General, shall pay a fee to the Attorney General ofbegin delete eight thousand begin insert two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)end insert that
17dollars ($8,000)end delete
18shall be placed in a trust fund in the office of the Treasurer and
19refunded to the proponents if the measure qualifies for the ballot
20
within two years from the date the summary is furnished to the
21proponents. If the measure does not qualify within that period, the
22fee shall be immediately paid into the General Fund of the state.
23begin insert The Attorney General shall adjust the fee in January of every
24odd-numbered year to reflect any increase in the Consumer Price
25Index, rounded to the nearest one hundred dollars ($100).end insert
26(d) All referenda and proposed initiative measures must be
27submitted to the Attorney General’s Initiative Coordinator located
28in the Sacramento Attorney General’s Office via U.S. Postal
29Service, alternative mail service, or personal delivery. Only printed
30documents will bebegin delete accepted,end deletebegin insert
accepted;end insert facsimile orbegin delete e-mailend deletebegin insert emailend insert
31 delivery will not be accepted.
32(e) The Attorney General’s office shall not deem a request for
33a circulating title and summary submitted until all of the
34requirements of this section are met.
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