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<br /> 3503. ELECTIONS CODE 1988 l ELECTIONS CODE 1988
<br /> 3503. Attorney General to prepare summary and ballot title.
<br /> Department of Finance
<br /> preparation of the fiscal e
<br /> Upon receipt of a draft of a petition, the Attorney General shall prepare a (Added by Stats. 1976,
<br /> summary of the chief purposes and points of the proposed measure.The summary
<br /> shall be prepared in the manner provided for the preparation of ballot titles in 3505. Submission at ne:
<br /> Article 5 (commencing at Section 3530) of this chapter, the provisions of which succeeding election.
<br /> in regard to the preparation, filing, and settlement of titles and summaries are If for any reason any i
<br /> hereby made applicable to the summary.The Attorney General shall provide a as provided by this article
<br /> copy of the title and summary to the Secretary of State within 15 days after receipt statewide election, such f:
<br /> of the final version of a proposed initiative measure, or if a fiscal estimate or statewide election.
<br /> opinion is to be included, within 15 days after receipt of the fiscal estimate or (Added by Stats. 1976,
<br /> opinion prepared by the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget
<br /> Committee pursuant to Section 3504. 3506. Copies of petition
<br /> If during the 15-day period,the proponents of the proposed initiative measure Immediately upon tilt
<br /> submit amendments, other than technical, nonsubstantive amendments, to the referendum petition,the f
<br /> j final version of such measure,the Attorney General shall provide a copy of the text of the measure and si
<br /> title and summary to the Secretary of State within 15 days after receipt of such
<br /> committees of each house 1
<br /> amendments.
<br /> The proponents of any initiative measure shall, at the time of submitting the Legislature that alter nothinge m
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<br /> draft of the measure to the Attorney General,pay a fee of two hundred dollars p
<br /> ($200),the fee to be placed in a trust fund in the office of the State Treasurer to (Added by Stats. 1976,
<br /> I - , be refunded to the proponents if,within two years from the date the summary is 3507. Form of petition;
<br /> furnished to the proponents,the measure qualifies for the ballot.If the measure
<br /> does not qualify within that period, the fee shall be immediately paid into the Every proposed initial
<br /> across the top of the petiti
<br /> General Fund of the state. following:
<br /> . (Added by Stats. 1976, c. 248, §3;Amended by Stats. 1976, c. 1278, §1.)
<br /> (a) The summary prey
<br /> 3504. State in title of initiative any change in revenue or costs to state or petition on which signatur
<br /> local government. (b) The summary prep
<br /> petition preceding the tex
<br /> Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3503, the Attorney General, in (c)The summary Prepi-
<br /> preparing a title or summary for an initiative measure,shall determine whether (b) shall be preceded b'
<br /> the substance thereof if adopted would affect the revenues or expenditures of the submitted directly to the•
<br /> state or local government,and if he determines that it would,he shall include in (Added by Stats. 1986,
<br /> the title either the estimate of the amount of any increase or decrease in revenues
<br /> or costs to the state or local government, or an opinion as to whether or not a i 3508. Form of petition;
<br /> f substantial net change in state or local finances would result, if the proposed A.space at least one in
<br /> y initiative is adopted. i
<br /> iii: The estimates as required by this section shall be made jointly by the of every initiative petitior
<br /> '` j Department of Finance and Joint Legislative Budget Committee,who shall deliver ; Petition for the use of the
<br /> ' j them to the Attorney General so that he may include them in the titles prepared (Added by Stats. 1986,
<br /> by him. r 3509. Form of petition;
<br /> The estimate shall be delivered to the Attorney General within 25 days from
<br /> Across the top of each
<br /> the date of receipt of the final version of the proposed initiative from the Attorney t
<br /> in 12-point boldface type f
<br /> General, unless in the opinion of both the Department of Finance and the Joint
<br /> 1 ' Legislative Budget Committee a reasonable estimate of the net impact of the "Referendum
<br /> proposed initiative cannot be prepared within the 25-day period.In the latter case, (Added by Stats. 1976,
<br /> the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee shall, 3510. Form of referend
<br /> 618 within the 25-day period, give the Attorney General their opinion as to whether
<br /> or not a substantial net change in state or local finances would result if the Across the top of each
<br /> proposed initiative is adopted. i. or section of a referendun
<br /> Any statement of fiscal impact prepared by the Legislative Analyst pursuant be printed in 18 point goth
<br /> to subdivision (b) of Section 12172 of the Government Code may be used by the the nature of the petition
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