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 $2,500, and would require the Attorney General to adjust the filing fee in January of every odd-numbered year, as specified.end deletebegin insert $2,000.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
P2 1submitted to the Attorney General with a written request that a
2circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of
3the proposed measure be prepared. The electors presenting the
4request shall be known as the “proponents.” The Attorney General
5shall preserve the written request until after the next general
6election.
7(b) Each and every proponent of a proposed initiative measure
8shall, at the time of submitting the text of the proposed measure,
9provide both of the following:
10(1) An original
signed certification stating that “I, (insert name),
11declare under penalty of perjury that I am a citizen of the United
12States, 18 years of age or older, and a resident of (insert county),
13California.”
14(2) Public contact information.
15(c) The proponents ofbegin delete anend deletebegin insert a proposedend insert initiative measure, at the
16time of submitting the text of the proposed measure to the Attorney
17General, shall pay a fee to the Attorney General of two thousand
18begin delete five hundredend delete dollarsbegin delete ($2,500)end deletebegin insert
($2,000)end insert that shall be placed in a
19trust fund in the office of the Treasurer and refunded to the
20proponents if the measure qualifies for the ballot
within two years
21from the date the summary is furnished to the proponents. If the
22measure does not qualify within that period, the fee shall be
23immediately paid into the General Fund of the state.begin delete The Attorney
24General shall adjust the fee in January of every odd-numbered
25year to reflect any increase in the Consumer Price Index, rounded
26to the nearest one hundred dollars ($100).end delete
27(d) All referenda and proposed initiative measures must be
28submitted to the Attorney General’s Initiative Coordinator located
29in the Sacramento Attorney General’s Office via U.S. Postal
30Service, alternative mail service, or personal delivery. Only printed
31documents will be accepted; facsimile or email delivery will not
32be accepted.
33(e) The Attorney General’s office shall not deem a request for
34a circulating title and summary submitted until all of the
35requirements of this section are met.
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