AB 1457, as introduced, Obernolte. Petition circulator: certification: use of signatures.
Existing law requires a petition circulator, prior to soliciting signatures on an initiative petition, to execute and submit to the person, company official, or other organizational officer who is in charge of signature gathering a signed statement, as specified. Existing law requires the person, company official, or other organizational officer who is in charge of signature gathering for the proposed initiative measure to keep the certification on file for not less than eight months after the certification of the results of the election for which the measure qualified, or if the measure, for any reason, is not submitted to the voters, eight months after the deadline for submission of the petition to the elections official.
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 9610 of the Elections Code is amended
2to read:
(a) begin deletePrior to end deletebegin insertBefore end insertsoliciting signatures on an initiative
2petition, a circulator shall execute and submit to the person,
3company official, or other organizational officer who is in charge
4of signature gathering a signed statement that reads as follows:
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I, ___, acknowledge that it is a misdemeanor under state law (Section 18650 of the Elections Code) to knowingly or willfully allow the signatures on an initiative petition to be used for any purpose other than qualification of the proposed measure for the ballot. I certify that I will not knowingly or willfully allow the signatures for this initiative to be used for any purpose other than qualification of the measure for the ballot. |
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Dated this ________ day of __________, 20___ |
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16(b) The certification required by subdivision (a) shall be kept
17on file by the person, company official, or other organizational
18officer who is in charge of signature gathering for the proposed
19initiative measure for not less than eight months after the
20certification of the results of the election for which the
measure
21qualified, or if the measure, for any reason, is not submitted to the
22voters, eight months after the deadline for submission of the
23petition to the elections official.
24(c) This section shall not apply to unpaid circulators of state or
25local initiative petitions.
26(d) Failure to comply with this section shall not invalidate any
27signatures on a state or local initiative petition.
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