BILL NUMBER: AB 1769	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Tran

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2010

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1769, as amended, Tran. Elections: payment of expenses.
   Existing law provides that all expenses authorized and necessarily
incurred in the preparation for and conduct of elections are to be
paid from the county treasuries.
   This bill would require that expenses incurred on or after
 October   January  1, 2009, and before
 February 1   December 31  , 2010, 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 Representative in the Congress of
the United States, be paid by the state.
   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.  Section 13001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   13001.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all 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 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.
   (b) All expenses authorized and necessarily incurred on or after
 October   January  1, 2009, and before
 February 1   December 31  , 2010, 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
Representative in the Congress of the United States, shall be paid by
the state.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2011, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2011, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 13001 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   13001.  (a) All 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 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.
   (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2011.
  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 responsibility for expenses
incurred in  for  the preparation and conduct of
certain elections proclaimed by the Governor for specified purposes,
it is necessary that this bill go into immediate effect.