BILL NUMBER: SB 415	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hueso
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Alejo)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Roger Hernández)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 415, as introduced, Hueso. Local election dates.
   Existing law establishes election dates in each year, which are
the second Tuesday of April in each even-numbered year, the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each odd-numbered year,
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each year, and
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year.
Existing law requires the statewide direct primary election and the
statewide general election to be held on the established dates in
June and November of each even-numbered year. Existing law requires
that county, municipal, district, and school district elections be
held on one or more of the established election dates, as specified.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would prohibit a political subdivision from holding
an election on a date other than the date of a statewide direct
primary election or statewide general election if doing so would
result in a significant decrease in voter turnout as compared to the
voter turnout at a statewide election.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to prohibit a political subdivision from holding an
election on a date other than the date of a statewide direct primary
election or statewide general election if doing so would result in a
significant decrease in voter turnout as compared to the voter
turnout at a statewide election.