BILL NUMBER: SB 931	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2014

   An act to amend Section 9004 of the Elections Code, relating to
initiatives.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 931, as introduced, Anderson. Initiative measures: circulating
title and summary.
   Existing law requires, prior to the circulation of any initiative
or referendum petition for signatures, that the text of the proposed
measure 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. Existing law requires the
Attorney General to prepare this title and summary upon receiving the
text of the proposed measure and prescribes the manner in which the
Attorney General is to prepare the document.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   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 9004 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   9004.  (a) Upon receipt of the text of a proposed initiative
measure, the Attorney General shall prepare a circulating title and
summary of the chief purposes and points of the proposed measure. The
circulating title and summary shall not exceed a total of 100 words.
The Attorney General shall also provide a unique numeric identifier
for each proposed initiative measure. The circulating title and
summary shall be prepared in the manner provided for the preparation
of ballot titles and summaries in Article 5 (commencing with Section
9050), the provisions of which, in regard to the preparation, filing,
and settlement of ballot titles and summaries, are hereby made
applicable to the circulating title and summary.
   (b) The Attorney General shall provide a copy of the circulating
title and summary and its unique numeric identifier to the proponents
and to the Secretary of State within 15 days after receipt of the
fiscal estimate or opinion prepared by the Department of Finance and
the Joint Legislative Budget Committee pursuant to Section 9005. The
date the copy is delivered or mailed to the proponents is the
"official summary date."
   (c) Upon receipt of the circulating title and summary from the
Attorney General, the Secretary of State shall, within one business
day, notify the proponents and county elections official of each
county of the official summary date and provide a copy of the
circulating title and summary to each county elections official. This
notification shall also include a complete schedule  showing
  that specifies  the maximum filing deadline
 ,  and the certification deadline by the counties
to the Secretary of State.