Elections: initiative measures.

Under existing law, a petition for an initiative or referendum measure may not be circulated for signature until a draft of the measure is submitted to the Attorney General for preparation of a circulating title and summary. This bill would revise this procedure on July 1, 2011. The bill would require the Attorney General, before preparing a circulating title and summary for an initiative measure, to forward it to the Secretary of State. The bill would require that the Secretary of State post the measure on his or her Internet Web site for a period of 30 days, during which the public would be permitted to post comments concerning the measure. The bill would permit the proponents of the measure, no earlier than 30 days or more than 120 days after it is posted, to direct the Attorney General, in writing, to prepare a circulating title and summary of the measure as originally drafted, to prepare a circulating title and summary of a revised measure, or to post a revised measure on the Secretary of State's Internet Web site for an additional 30-day review period.