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1 University of California, Hastings College of the Law UC Hastings Scholarship Repository Initiatives California Ballot Propositions and Initiatives State Budget Delays Follow this and additional works at: Recommended Citation State Budget Delays California Initiative 260 (1981). This Initiative is brought to you for free and open access by the California Ballot Propositions and Initiatives at UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Initiatives by an authorized administrator of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact

2 Office of the Secretary of State 1230 J Street March Fong Eu Sacramento, California Elections Division (916) July 8, 1981 TO: ALL REGISTRARS OF VOTERS/COUNTY CLERKS/PROPONENT FROM: CASHMERE M. APPERSON - ELECTIONS TECHNICIAN Pursuant to Elections Code 3520(b) you are hereby notified that the total number of signatures to the hereinafter named propos ed Initiative Constitutional Amendment filed with all county clerks is less than 100 percent of the number of qualified voters required to find the petition sufficient, therefore, the petition has failed. TITLE: STATE BUDGET DELAYS SUMMARY DATE: FEBRUARY 4, 1981 PROPONENT: JAMES C. CONANT ~I'

3 Office of the Secretary of State 1230 J Street Elections Division March Fong Eu Sacramento, California (916) February 4, 1981 TO ALL COUNTY CLERKS/REGISTRARS OF VOTERS/PROPONENT Pursuant to Section 3513 of the Elections Code, there is transmitted herewith a copy of the Title and Summary prepared by the Attorney General on a proposed Initiative Measure entitled: Circulating and Filing Schedule STATE BUDGET DELAYS INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1. Minimum number of signatures required ,790 Constitution II, 8(b). 2. Official Summary Date Wednesday, 2/04/81 Elections Code Section Petition Sections: a. First day Proponent can circulate Sections for signatures... Wednesday, 2/04/81 Elections Code Section b. Last day Proponent can circulate and file with the county. All Sections are to be filed at the same time within each county Monday, 7/06/81* Elections Code Sections 3513, 3520(a). c. Last day for county to determine total number of signatures affixed to petition and to transmit total to the Secretary of State... Monday, 7/13/81 (If the Proponent files the petition with the county on a date prior to 7/06/81, the county has five working days from the filing of the petition to determine the total number of signatures affixed to the petition and to transmit this total to the Secretary of State.) Elections Code Section 3520(b). *Date adjusted for official deadline which falls on Saturday....

4 Page 2 d. Last day for county to determine number of qualified electors who have signed the petition, and to transmit certificate with a blank copy of the petition to the Secretary of State Tuesday, 7/28/81 (If the Secretary of State notifies the Counties to determine the number of qualified electors who signed the petition on a date prior to 7/13/81, the last day is not later than the fifteenth day after the notification.) Elections Code Section 3520(d), (e). e. If the signautre count is between 498,411 and 609,169 then the Secretary of State notifies the counties using the random sampling technique to determine the validity of all signatures. Last day for county to determine actual number of all qualified electors who signed the petition, and to transmit certificate with a blank copy of the petition to the Secretary of State Thursday, 8/27/81 (If the Secretary of State notifies the counties to determine the number of qualified electors who have signed the petition on a date prior to 7/28/81, the last day is not later than the thirtieth day after the notification.) Elections Code Section 3521(b), (c). 4. Campaign Statements: Last day for Proponent to file a Campaign Statement of Receipts and Expenditures for period ending 8/03/ Monday, 8/10/81 (If the Secretary of State finds that the measure has either qualified or failed to qualify on a date earlier than 7/06/81, the last date to file is the 35th calendar day after the date of notification by the Secretary of State that the measure has either qualified or failed to qualify. The closing date for the campaign statement is seven days prior to the filing deadline.) Government Code Section

5 Page 3 5. The Proponent of the above named measure is: WND:ash James C. Conant Crawford Canyon Road Santa Ana, CA Sincerely, WILLIAM N. DURLEY Assistant to the Secretary of State Elections and Political Reform ~~.~ CASHMERE M. APPERSON Elections Technician NOTE TO PROPONENT: Your attention is directed to Elections Code sections 41, 44, 3501, 3507, 3508, 3516, 3517! and 3519 for appropriate format and type considerations in printing, typing, and otherwise preparing your initiative petition for circulation and signatures. Your attention is further directed to the campaign disclosure requirements of the Political Reform Act of 1974, Government Code section et ~.

6 Honorable March Fong Eu Secretary of State 1230 J Street Sacramento, California RE: hdt of Cltaltfomta liepartmrut nf 3Jlt1Ititf ~e1trgt IIfWtwjiatt (PRONOUNCED DUKE-MAY-GIN) Attomty.rural February 4, 1981 Initiative Proposing Amendment to: Constitution Subject: State Budget Our File No.: SA80RF0023 Dear Mrs. Eu: CAPITOL. MAL.L.. SUITE 0 8ACRAMENTO '4 (8'8) F I LED III,.. dee of the ~ of $tote of... eeaw.,1110 FEB Pursuant to the provisions of section 3503 and 3513 of the Elections Code, you are hereby notified that on this day we mailed to the proponent(s) of the above identified proposed initiative our title and summary by sending a true copy of this letter. Enclosed is a copy of our transmittal letter to the proponent(s), a declaration of mailing thereof, a copy of our title and summary, and a copy of the proposed measure. According to information available in our records, the name(s) and addressees) of the proponent(s) is as stated on the declaration of mailing. Very truly yours, George Deukmejian Attorney General Enclosure Robert Burton Deputy Attorney General

7 Date: February: 4, File No.: SA80RF0023 The Attorney General of California has prepared the fol.lowing title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the propqsed measure: STATE BUDGET DELAYS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Provides that if budget bill is not passed by the Legislature by midnight, June 15, members of Legis1atux"e shall receive no compensation, and reimbursement for traye1 and living expenses, for any day after tha.t date and pri.or to day after passage of budget bill. Provides no adjustment may be made in compensation or reimbursement for expenses to recover amounts forfeited by failure to pass the budget bill by midnight, June 15. Repeals present provision that allows bills containing appropri.ations for salaries and expenses of Legislature to be sent to Governor before budget bill enacted. Fiscal impact on state and local governments: State savings cannot be estimated because the budget bill enactment date each year cannot be projected. State savings would be about $16,000 for each day the amendment's provisions are envoked.,",,: "... j.... ;;.~ I. ~.:-.,:.. l,',:..... "I.... ~J'::. \,"...!

8 ., Ja.mes C. Conant, Ph.D. Psychological Consulting Services Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, A.B.P.P. Organizational &: Clinical Consulting Crawford Canyon Rd. Santa Ana, CA (714) December 18, 1980 r1r. George De ukmej ian, Attorney Genera 1 fvlr. Robert Burton, Deputy Attorney General State of California Department of Justice 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 350 Sacaramento, California Re: Initiative Proposing-Amendment to Constitution Subject: State Budget Your File No. SA80RF0023 Dear Si rs: I have considered your letter of October 14, 1980 carefully and have consulted several authorities on what language would accomplish my purpose of holding the Legislature accountable to the Constitutional requirement to pass a budget bill by -June 15 of each year. - Ar4ENDED VERSION OF THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL Ar~ENor 'ENT TO AHEND Subdivision (c) of Section 12 ~f Article IV to read: (c) The budget shall be accompanied by a budget bill itemizing recommended expenditures. The bill shall be introduced immediately in each house by the persons chairing the committees that consider appropriations. The Legislature shall pass the budget bill by midnight on June 15 of each year. Until the budget bill has been enacted, the Legislature shall not send to the Governor for consideration any bill appropriating funds for expenditure during the fiscal year for which the budget bill is to be enactp.d, except emergency bills recommended by the Governor t appf pfjatj n~ t~~ i~jatj~i a~~ ~p~ni~i f th~ ~~~ji}at~t~. If the budget bill is not passed by the Legislature by midnighr on June 15, the members of the Legislature shall receive no compensation, and reimbursement for travel and living expenses in connection with their official duties, for any day after that date and prior to the day after the passage of the budget bill. No adjustment may be made in the compensation or reimbursement for expenses in order to recover the amounts forfeited by fail ure to pass the budget bill by midnight on June 15. Please consider this my final revision. Initiative at your earliest opportunity. f f I will appreciate your processing this Thank you for your guidance in bringing my attention to the wording difficulties of my prior efforts. JCC:Ii1SW

9 &tau pf C!Ia1tfornia IIrpurtmtnt of ijumtrr ~rnrge IIrulunrjinn (PRONOUNCED auice-nay-oin) AUmnry.rntral February 4, S CAPITOL MALL. SUITE SSO SACRAMENTO 81Sat4 C8t.) ,; Mr. James C. Conant Crawford Canyon Road Santa,Ana, CA S2705 RE: Initiative Proposing Amendment to: Constitution Subject: State Budget Our File No.: SA 80RF0023 Pursuant to your request, we have prepared a title and summary of the chief purposes and points of the above identified proposed initiative. The title and summary are set forth in a letter sent to the Secretary of State, as required by Elections Code sections 3503 and A copy of this letter and our declaration of mailing is attached. flease send us a copy of the petition after you have it printed. This copy is not for our review or approval, but to supplement our file in this matter. Very truly yours, George Deukmejian Attorney General Attachment ORlmNAL SIGNED BY ROBERT BURTON Robert Burton Deputy Attorney General I,

10 DECLARATION OF MAILING The undersigned Declarant, states as follows: I am over the age of 18 years and not a proponent of the within matter; my place of employment and business address is 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 350, Sacramento, California On the date shown below, I mailed a copy or copies of the attached letter to the Honorable March Fong Eu, Secretary of State, by placing a true copy thereof in an envelope addressed to each proponent named below at the address set out immediately below each name, and by sealing and depositing said envelope or envelopes in the United States Mail at Sacramento, California, with postage prepaid. There is delivery service by United States Mail at each of the places so addressed, or there is regular communication by mail between the place of mailing and each of the places so addressed. Date of Mailing: February 4, 1981 Date of Attached Letter to Secretary of State: February 4, 1981 Subject: Initiative Proposing Amendment to: Constitution Short Title: State Budget Our File No.: SA80RF0023 Name of Proponent(s) and Address(es): James C. Conant Crawford Canyon Road Santa Ana, CA I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed at Sacramento, California on February 4, Declarant

11 . James C. Conant, Ph.D. Psychological Consulting Services Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, A.B.P.P. Organizational &: Clinical Consulting Crawford Canyon Rd. Santa Ana, CA (714) DECEMBER 18, 1980 AMENDED VERSION OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT This is to amend Subdivision (c) of Section 12 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of California to read: (c) The budget shall be accompanied by a budget bill itemizing recommended expenditures. The bill shall be introduced immediately in each house by the persons chairing the committees that consider appropriations. The Legislature shall pass the budget bill by midnight on June 15 of each year. Until the budget bill has been enacted, the Legislature shall not send to the Governor for consideration any bill appropriating funds for expenditure during the fiscal year for which the budget bill is to be enacted, except emergency bills recorrunended by the Governor rj;t ~~~t(j~t'~f.jr/j(1f. fr/jt.t;l~ f.~j~fj.~f. ~~11 ~~p~(1f.~f. r/jf t;l~ ~~~jf.l~.t~t~. If the budget bill is not passed by the Legislature by midnight on June 15, the members of the Legislature shall receive no compensation, and reimbursement for travel and living expenses in connection with their official duties, for any day,after that date arid prior to the day after the passage of the budget bill. No adjustment may be made in the compensation or reimbursement for expenses in order to recover the amounts forfeited by failure to pass the budget bill by midnight on June 15.

12 For Immeaiate Release February 9, 1981 Contact: Caren Daniels BUDGET BILL INITIATIVE DRIVE LAUNCHED REPORTS MARCH FONG EU SACRAMENTO -- Secretary of State March Fong Eu today (Feb. 9) announced the beginning of an initiative drive by a Santa Ana psychologist to force passage of the state budget by June 15 annually. The initiative, State Budget Delays, is a constitutional amendment requiring 553,790 registered voter signatures by July 6 to q~alify for the June 1982 ballot. The proponent is James Conant of Crawford Canyon Road in Santa Ana. His proposal would provide that "if the bud3et bill is not passed by the Legislature by midnight on June 15, the members of the Legislature shall receive no compensation, and reimbursement for travel and living expenses in connection with their official duties, for any day after that date and prior to the day after the passage of the budget bill." In addition, the measure "provides that no adjustment may be made in compensation or reimbursement for expenses to recover amoun~s fo=feited by failure to pass the budget bill by midnight, June 15." Finally, the measure would "repeal the present provision that allows bills containing appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Legislature to be sent to the Governor before the budget bill is enacted." For each day the budget misses the June 15 deadline, about $16,000 would be saved by the state. Copies of the title and summary, text, and circulation calendar are attached for your reference. 8ll0CD U#