Attorney General No.
SA1999RF0016
Secretary of State No.
842
Description
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. REAPPORTIONMENT. STATE OFFICERS' PAY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Limits contributions to candidates for state elective office to $2,500 for legislative office and $5,000 for statewide office. Enables Legislature to enact plan adjusting legislative and Board of Equalization district boundaries or, for Supreme Court to order reapportionment. Sets elected state officers' compensation at January 1999 level, limits increases to Consumer Price Index approved by Legislature's two-third vote. Requires legislators to forfeit salary if budget not timely passed; Governor to forfeit salary if budget not signed by June 30. Provides mechanism for setting legislators' travel and expense payments. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: The measure could result in relatively minor annual savings to the state which would be offset be costs of at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. The net fiscal impact is unknown, but probably not significant in the context of the overall state budget.
Proponents
Edward J. Costa, C.E.O. People'S Advocate, Inc., 3407 Arden Way, Sacramento, Ca 95825 (916) 482-6175
Date
6-1-1999
Document Type
Initiative
Qualified
Failed to Qualify
Recommended Citation
Campaign Contributions. Reapportionment. State Officers' Pay. California Initiative 842 (1999).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/1007