BILL NUMBER: AB 1100	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Low and Bloom

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 9001 of the Elections Code, relating to
ballot initiatives.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 to 
$8,000.   $2,500, and would require the Attorney General
to adjust the filing fee in January of every odd-numbered year, as
specified.  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 1.  Section 9001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   9001.  (a) Before the circulation of an initiative or referendum
petition for signatures, the text of the proposed measure shall be
submitted to the Attorney General with a written request that a
circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the
proposed measure be prepared. The electors presenting the request
shall be known as the "proponents." The Attorney General shall
preserve the written request until after the next general election.
   (b) Each and every proponent of a proposed initiative measure
shall, at the time of submitting the text of the proposed measure,
provide both of the following:
   (1) An original signed certification stating that "I, (insert
name), declare under penalty of perjury that I am a citizen of the
United States, 18 years of age or older, and a resident of (insert
county), California."
   (2) Public contact information.
   (c) The proponents of an initiative measure, at the time of
submitting the text of the proposed measure to the Attorney General,
shall pay a fee to the Attorney General of  eight thousand
dollars ($8,000)   two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500)  that shall be placed in a trust fund in the office of
the Treasurer and refunded to the proponents if the measure qualifies
for the ballot within two years from the date the summary is
furnished to the proponents. If the measure does not qualify within
that period, the fee shall be immediately paid into the General Fund
of the state.  The Attorney General shall adjust the fee in
January of every odd-numbered year to reflect any increase in the
Consumer Price Index, rounded to the nearest one hundred dollars
($100). 
   (d) All referenda and proposed initiative measures must be
submitted to the Attorney General's Initiative Coordinator located in
the Sacramento Attorney General's Office via U.S. Postal Service,
alternative mail service, or personal delivery. Only printed
documents will be  accepted,   accepted; 
facsimile or  e-mail   email  delivery will
not be accepted.
   (e) The Attorney General's office shall not deem a request for a
circulating title and summary submitted until all of the requirements
of this section are met.