BILL NUMBER: SCA 2	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Huff

                        JANUARY 29, 2015

   A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California
an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 1
of Article II thereof, relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCA 2, as introduced, Huff. Elections: initiative, referendum, and
recall.
   The California Constitution provides that all political power is
inherent in the people and that government is instituted for their
protection, security, and benefit. The California Constitution
provides that the people have the right to alter or reform government
when the public good may require.
   This measure would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.



   Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the
Legislature of the State of California at its 2015-16 Regular Session
commencing on the first day of December 2014, two-thirds of the
membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of
the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be
amended as follows:
    That Section 1 of Article II thereof is amended to read:
      SECTION 1.  All political power is inherent in the people.
Government is instituted for  their   the people'
s  protection, security, and benefit, and they 
 benefit. The People  have the right to alter or reform
 it   government  when the public good may
require.