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ID S1191
Bill
Status
4/11/2013
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Designates legislative district information on initiative and referendum petition signature sheets for official use only, rather than public disclosure.
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Removes the requirement that signature sheets contain signatures exclusively from qualified electors of a single legislative district.
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Eliminates the requirement that circulators verify signers' knowledge of their legislative district numbers in affidavits.
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Takes effect July 1, 2013, and applies to petitions assigned a ballot title by the Attorney General on or after that date, with earlier petitions subject to prior law.
Legislative Description
Amends Sections 1, 2 and 4 of Senate Bill No. 1108, as enacted by the First Regular Session of the Sixty-second Legislature, to provide that residence in a legislative district shall be for official use only of the county clerk and the Secretary of State, to remove provisions relating to a requirement that a certain signature sheet contain signatures of qualified electors from a legislative district and to delete provisions relating to district petition signers knowing their legislative districts.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
Last Action
Signed by Governor on 04/11/13 Session Law Chapter 336 Effective: 07/01/13 for referendums & initiatives assigned a ballot title by the Attorney General after that date
4/11/2013