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                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS 
                         AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
                           Senator Lou Correa, Chair


          BILL NO:   SB 327            HEARING DATE: 4/5/11
          AUTHOR:    Senate E&CA Comm. ANALYSIS BY:     Frances Tibon 
          Estoista
          AMENDED:   3/21/11
          FISCAL:    YES
          
                                     SUBJECT

           Elections: procedure
                                   DESCRIPTION  
          
           Existing law  requires that a notice of intention (NOI) and 
          the  title and  summary  of a local ordinance proposed to be 
          submitted to the voters of an incorporated city be 
          published or posted.

          This bill  clarifies that the  text  of the proposed measure 
          is not required to be published or posted.

           Existing law  requires that a candidate for an elective 
          office of a city may be nominated by the voters by the 
          filing of nomination papers provided by the city elections 
          official.

           Existing law  also requires that each nomination paper be 
          accompanied by a verified statement of the candidate that 
          he or she will accept the nomination, and will also accept 
          the office in the event of his or her election.

           This bill  would require the verified statement of the 
          candidate to include a statement indicating his or her 
          residence address.

                                    BACKGROUND  
          
          SB 327 is one of the committee's annual omnibus bills that 
          provides clarifying changes to multiple elections code 
          references and also makes minor technical and conforming 
          changes.

          This current omnibus bill will do the following:










                 Provide clarity to a section of the Elections Code 
               (EC) to clearly state that the NOI,  without  the 
               proposed text of the initiative, be published or 
               posted.  The EC currently requires the text of the 
               initiative to be filed with the elections official 
               with the NOI.

                 Provide a clear statement of the candidate's 
               residence address, regardless of whether he or she 
               circulates the Nomination Paper themselves by 
               repeating the same single sentence from the circulator 
               affidavit to the nominee affidavit:  My residence 
               address is __________."

                 Make the EC consistent with other Sections by 
               referencing "close of business" instead of 5:00 p.m.

                                     COMMENTS  
          
          1.Each year the Senate Elections and Constitutional 
            Amendments Committee introduces omnibus legislation to 
            make various non-controversial changes to the Elections 
            Code.  Assuming this measure is approved by the 
            committee, other technical changes to the Elections Code 
            may be added to the bill.  As with all omnibus measures, 
            any provision that generates any opposition will be 
            removed from the bill.

          2.SB 327 was flagged fiscal by Legislative Counsel due to 
            the addition of a single sentence on an existing form.  
            There is nothing preventing city elections officials from 
            depleting their existing stock, before reprinting with 
            the required change.

          This minor change on the statement of the candidate forms 
            should neither increase nor decrease direct costs in any 
            significant manner.  The addition of a single sentence on 
            an existing form will be nominal in printing costs at 
            best, and should provide actual cost savings for the 
            locals in personnel time when it becomes necessary to 
            research and determine a candidate's residence address.

                                    POSITIONS  
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          Sponsor: Author (Committee)

           Support: California Association of Clerks and Election 
                   Officials (CACEO)
           City Clerks Association of California (CCAC)

           Oppose:  None received


































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