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                                                                  AB 1499
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          (  Without Reference to File  )

          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 1499 (Budget Committee)
          As Amended  June 25, 2012
          Majority vote.  Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect 
          Immediately
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |     |(March 22,      |SENATE: |24-15|(June 27,      |
          |           |     |2012)           |        |     |2012)          |
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                    (vote not relevant)                
           
           Original Committee Reference:    BUDGET  

           SUMMARY  :  Establishes the order in which bond measures and 
          constitutional amendments, which are proposed by initiatives, 
          shall appear on the ballot. 

           The Senate amendments  delete the Assembly version of this bill, 
          and instead:

          1)Establish that bonds measures, including those proposed by 
            initiative shall appear first on ballots in the order in which 
            they qualify.

          2)Establish that constitutional amendments, including those 
            proposed by initiative shall appear after bond measures on 
            ballots in the order in which they qualify.

          3)Establish that legislative measures and other initiative 
            measures shall appear after bond measures and constitutional 
            amendments, including those proposed by initiative.

          4)Add an appropriation allowing this bill to take effect 
            immediately upon enactment.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill expressed the intent of the 
          Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget 
          Act of 2012.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           COMMENTS  :  This bill is a trailer bill relating to the 2012 








                                                                  AB 1499
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          Budget Act.  The bill clarifies the order in which bond measures 
          and constitutional amendments, which are proposed by 
          initiatives, shall appear on the ballot.


           Analysis Prepared by  :   Mark Martin / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099


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