BILL NUMBER: SB 967	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vidak

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2016

   An act to amend Section 13001 of the Elections Code, relating to
special elections, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 967, as introduced, Vidak. Special elections.
   Existing law requires counties to pay expenses authorized and
necessarily incurred in the preparation for and conduct of elections,
except as specified.
   This bill would require the state to pay expenses authorized and
necessarily incurred on or after January 1, 2008, and before December
31, 2016, for elections proclaimed by the Governor to fill a vacancy
in the office of Senator or Member of the Assembly, or to fill a
vacancy in the office of United States Senator or Member of the
United States House of Representatives.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature recognizes the unnecessary burden that
unreimbursed special elections have had on California's 58 counties.
These special elections have forced the counties to redirect
important funds that should be used to provide critical services to
the community.
  SEC. 2.  Section 13001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   13001.   All   (a)     (1)
    Except as provided in subdivision (b), 
expenses authorized and necessarily incurred in the preparation for,
and conduct of, elections as provided in this code shall be paid from
the county treasuries, except that  when   if
 an election is called by the governing body of a city the
expenses shall be paid from the treasury of the city.  All
payments shall be made in the same manner as other county or city
expenditures are made. The elections official, in providing the
materials required by this division, need not utilize the services of
the county or city purchasing agent.  
   (2) All payments under this subdivision shall be made in the same
manner as other county or city expenditures are made.  
   (b) The state shall pay expenses authorized and necessarily
incurred on or after January 1, 2008, and before December 31, 2016,
in the preparation for, and conduct of, elections proclaimed by the
Governor to fill a vacancy in the office of Senator or Member of the
Assembly, or to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator
or Member of the United States House of Representatives.  
   (c) The elections official, in providing the materials required by
this division, need not utilize the services of the county or city
purchasing agent. 
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to relieve counties of the heavy burden of expenses
incurred on or after January 1, 2008, and before December 31, 2016,
for the preparation and conduct of multiple elections proclaimed by
the Governor for specified purposes, it is necessary that this bill
go into immediate effect.