BILL NUMBER: AB 1832	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Saldana

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2010

   An act to amend Section 9001 of the Elections Code, relating to
initiatives.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1832, as introduced, Saldana. Initiative measures: filing fee.
   Existing law requires the proponent of an initiative measure,
prior to circulating the initiative petition for signatures, to
submit the text of the proposed initiative measure to the Attorney
General for preparation of a circulating title and summary of the
chief purpose and points of the measure. Existing law further
requires the proponent, at the time of submitting the text of the
proposed measure to the Attorney General, to pay a fee of $200, which
is placed in a trust fund and refunded to the proponent if the
measure qualifies for the ballot within 2 years from the date the
summary is furnished to the proponent. If the measure does not
qualify within that period, the fee is paid into the General Fund.
   This bill would increase the amount of the fee to $500 beginning
in 2011, $1,000 beginning in 2013, $1,500 beginning in 2015, and
$2,000 beginning in 2017.
   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 9001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   9001.  (a) Prior to the circulation of any initiative or
referendum petition for signatures, the text of the proposed measure
shall be submitted to the Attorney General with a written request
that a circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points
of the proposed measure be prepared. The electors presenting the
request shall be known as the "proponents." The Attorney General
shall preserve the written request until after the next general
election.
   (b) Each and every proponent of any proposed initiative measure
shall, at the time of submitting the text of the proposed measure,
provide both of the following:
   (1) An original signed certification stating that "I, (insert
name), declare under penalty of perjury that I am a citizen of the
United States, 18 years of age or older, and a resident of (insert
county), California."
   (2) Public contact information.
   (c)  (1)    The proponents of any initiative
measure, at the time of submitting the text of the proposed measure
to the Attorney General, shall pay a fee  of two hundred
dollars ($200), which   to the Attorney General in
accordance with the following schedule: 
    (A)     Five hundred dollars ($500),
beginning January 1, 2011.  
   (B) One thousand dollars ($1,000), beginning January 1, 2013.
 
   (C) One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), beginning January
1, 2015.  
   (D) Two thousand dollars ($2,000), beginning January 1, 2017.

    (2)     A fee received pursuant to
paragraph (1)  shall be placed in a trust fund in the office of
the Treasurer and refunded to the proponents if the measure qualifies
for the ballot within two years from the date the summary is
furnished to the proponents. If the measure does not qualify within
that period, the fee shall be immediately paid into the General Fund
of the state.
   (d) All referenda and proposed initiative measures must be
submitted to the Attorney General's Initiative Coordinator located in
the Sacramento Attorney General's Office via  U.S. 
 United States  Postal Service, alternative mail service,
or personal delivery. Only printed documents will be accepted
 ,   ;  facsimile or e-mail delivery will
not be accepted.
   (e) The Attorney General's office shall not deem a request for a
circulating title and summary submitted until all of the requirements
of this section are met.