Proposition Summary

Court Consolidation. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. • Amends Constitution to delete references to the municipal courts. These references are now obsolete due to the consolidation of superior and municipal trial courts into unified superior courts previously approved by voters. •Deletes from Constitution the provisions providing for municipal courts in each county and vesting judicial power of the state in municipal courts. •Makes certain conforming and related changes in Constitution to reflect consolidation. • Provides that the constitutional provision governing the transition process to a unified superior court will be automatically repealed on January 1, 2007. Summary of Legislative Analyst’s Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: •No additional cost to state or local government.

Proposition Number

48

Year

2002

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Legislative Vote Results

FINAL VOTES CAST BY THE LEGISLATURE ON ACA 15 (PROPOSITION 48) -- Assembly: Ayes 72 Noes 0 -- Senate: Ayes 38 Noes 0 --

Popular Vote Results

Y:4849108; A:72.9; N:1802783; B:27.1; Abst:1086890; C:14

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

For Author

HOWARD WAYNE, Assembly Member, 78th District --

Against Author

GARY B. WESLEY, Co-Chair, Voter Information Alliance (VIA); MELVIN L. EMERICH, Co-Chair, Voter Information Alliance (VIA) --

Rebuttal Author

GARY B. WESLEY, Attorney at Law; MELVIN L. EMERICH, Attorney at Law --

Rebuttal Against Author

HOWARD WAYNE, Assembly Member, 78th District; DAVID HUEBNER, Chair, California Law Revision Commission --

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