BILL NUMBER: AB 2946	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Leno

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2006

   An act to amend Section 101 of the Elections Code, relating to
initiatives.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2946, as introduced, Leno  Initiative petitions: notice.
   Existing law requires any state or local initiative petition
required to be signed by the voters to contain a notice, in 12-point
type, advising the public of its right to ask whether the person
circulating the petition is a paid signature gatherer or a volunteer.

   This bill would instead require the notice to appear in 14-point
type.
   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.  Section 101 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   101.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any state or
local initiative petition required to be signed by voters shall
contain  ,  in  12-point type  
14-point type  , prior to that portion of the petition for
voters' signatures, printed names, and residence addresses, the
following language:

      "NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

   THIS PETITION MAY BE CIRCULATED BY A PAID SIGNATURE GATHERER OR A
VOLUNTEER. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK."