BILL NUMBER: AB 3092 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 58
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 6, 1996
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JUNE 5, 1996
PASSED THE SENATE MAY 24, 1996
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY APRIL 18, 1996
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 10, 1996
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gallegos
FEBRUARY 23, 1996
An act to amend Sections 13109 and 13117 of the Elections Code,
relating to elections.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3092, Gallegos. Elections: order of ballot precedence:
numbering of ballot measures.
Existing law sets forth the order of precedence in which offices
and measures shall be listed on the ballot.
This bill would delete an obsolete reference to judge of the
justice court.
Existing law permits the county elections official, in counties
using a voting system, to vary the order of school, county, city, and
district offices appearing on the ballot in order to allow for the
most efficient use of space on the ballot. However, it requires that
the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction always precede
any school, county, or city office.
This bill would also permit those county elections officials to
vary the order of ballot measures submitted to the voters for those
purposes. It would also require that state measures always precede
local measures.
Existing law requires that, commencing with the November 2, 1982,
general election, all state measures in all elections at which state
measures are submitted to a vote be numbered in a continuous sequence
for a period of 20 years, recommencing with the number "1" at the
completion of the 20-year cycle.
This bill would shorten that numbering cycle to a 10-year period,
commencing with the November 3, 1998, general election.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 13109 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
13109. The order of precedence of offices on the ballot shall be
as listed below for those offices and measures that apply to the
election for which this ballot is provided. Beginning in the column
to the left:
(a) Under the heading, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT:
Nominees of the qualified political parties and independent
nominees for President and Vice President.
(b) Under the heading, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
(1) Names of the presidential candidates to whom the delegates are
pledged.
(2) Names of chairpersons of unpledged delegations.
(c) Under the heading, STATE:
(1) Governor.
(2) Lieutenant Governor.
(3) Secretary of State.
(4) Controller.
(5) Treasurer.
(6) Attorney General.
(7) Insurance Commissioner.
(8) Member, State Board of Equalization.
(d) Under the heading, UNITED STATES SENATOR:
Candidates or nominees to the United States Senate.
(e) Under the heading, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE:
Candidates or nominees to the House of Representatives of the
United States.
(f) Under the heading, STATE SENATOR:
Candidates or nominees to the State Senate.
(g) Under the heading, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY:
Candidates or nominees to the Assembly.
(h) Under the heading, COUNTY COMMITTEE:
Members of County Central Committee.
(i) Under the heading, JUDICIAL:
(1) Chief Justice of California.
(2) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
(3) Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal.
(4) Associate Justice, Court of Appeal.
(5) Judge of the Superior Court.
(6) Judge of the Municipal Court.
(7) Marshal.
(8) Constable.
(j) Under the heading, SCHOOL:
(1) Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(2) County Superintendent of Schools.
(3) County Board of Education Members.
(4) College District Governing Board Members.
(5) Unified District Governing Board Members.
(6) High School District Governing Board Members.
(7) Elementary District Governing Board Members.
(k) Under the heading, COUNTY:
(1) County Supervisor.
(2) Other offices in alphabetical order by the title of the
office.
(l) Under the heading, CITY:
(1) Mayor.
(2) Member, City Council.
(3) Other offices in alphabetical order by the title of the
office.
(m) Under the heading, DISTRICT:
Directors or trustees for each district in alphabetical order
according to the name of the district.
(n) Under the heading, MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS and the
appropriate heading from subdivisions (a) through (m), above, ballot
measures in the order, state through district shown above, and within
each jurisdiction, in the order prescribed by the official
certifying them for the ballot.
(o) In order to allow for the most efficient use of space on the
ballot in counties that use a voting system, as defined in Section
362, the county elections official may vary the order of subdivisions
(j), (k), (l), (m), and (n) as well as the order of offices within
these subdivisions. However, the office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall always precede any school, county, or city office,
and state measures shall always precede local measures.
SEC. 2. Section 13117 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
13117. (a) Commencing with the November 3, 1998, general
election, all state measures in all elections at which state measures
are submitted to a vote of the voters shall be numbered in a
continuous sequence, commencing with the number "1" and continuing in
numerical sequence for a period of 10 years from the year of
commencement.
(b) At the completion of a 10-year cycle, the numbering sequence
shall recommence with the number "1" at the next election at which
state measures are submitted to a vote of the voters.