Title

ALLOWS VOTERS TO PLACE QUESTION OF CALLING A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION ON THE BALLOT. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

Attorney General No.

09-0066

Secretary of State No.

1417

Description

Amends the Constitution to permit voters to place on the ballot the question of whether to call a convention to revise the state Constitution. Permits any ballot measure calling a convention to specify the parts of the Constitution that the convention can or cannot revise. Requires any ballot measure calling a convention to specify the process for selection of convention delegates. Repeals requirement that convention delegates be elected by voters. Permits voters to call a convention no more than once every ten years. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: No direct fiscal impact, as any effect would depend on whether and how voters used the power to call and accept the recommendations of a constitutional convention in the future. Potentially major fiscal changes in state and local governments could result.

Proponents

Jim Wunderman

Date

12-22-2009

Document Type

Initiative

Qualified

Failed to Qualify

Recommended Citation

ALLOWS VOTERS TO PLACE QUESTION OF CALLING A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION ON THE BALLOT. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT California Initiative 1417 (2009).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/1612