Section 9016 Of Article 1. Initiative And Referendum Petitions From California Elections Code >> Division 9. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
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. (a) Notwithstanding Section 324, for purposes of subdivision
(c) of Section 8 of, and subdivision (c) of Section 9 of, Article II
of the California Constitution, "general election" means only the
election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November of each even-numbered year with respect to
an initiative or referendum measure that is certified for the ballot
on or after July 1, 2011.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an initiative
measure shall not be submitted to the voters at a statewide special
election held less than 131 days after the date the measure is
certified for the ballot.