Section 9033 Of Article 3. Filing Petitions From California Elections Code >> Division 9. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
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. (a) When the Secretary of State has received from one or more
elections officials or registrars a petition, certified to have been
signed by the requisite number of qualified voters, the Secretary of
State shall forthwith notify the proponents and immediately transmit
to the elections official or registrar of voters of every county or
city and county in the state a notice directing that signature
verification be terminated.
(b) (1) In the case of an initiative measure, the Secretary of
State shall identify the date of the next statewide general election
as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 9016, or the next special
statewide election, that will occur not less than 131 days after the
date the Secretary of State receives a petition certified to have
been signed by the requisite number of qualified voters.
(2) On the 131st day prior to the date of the election identified
pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall do all of the
following:
(A) Issue a certificate of qualification certifying that the
initiative measure, as of that date, is qualified for the ballot at
the election identified pursuant to paragraph (1).
(B) Notify the proponents of the initiative measure and the
elections official of each county that the measure, as of that date,
is qualified for the ballot at the election identified pursuant to
paragraph (1).
(C) Include the initiative measure in a list of all statewide
initiative measures that are eligible to be placed on the ballot at
the election identified pursuant to paragraph (1) and publish the
list on the Secretary of State's Internet Web site.
(3) Upon the issuance of a certificate of qualification pursuant
to paragraph (2), an initiative measure shall be deemed qualified for
the ballot for purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 8 of Article
II of the California Constitution.
(c) (1) In the case of a referendum measure, upon receipt of a
petition certified to have been signed by the requisite number of
qualified voters, the Secretary of State shall do all of the
following:
(A) Issue a certificate of qualification certifying that the
referendum measure, as of that date, is qualified for the ballot.
(B) Notify the proponents of the referendum measure and the
elections official of each county that the measure, as of that date,
is qualified for the ballot.
(C) Include the referendum measure in a list of all statewide
referendum measures that have qualified for the ballot and publish
the list on the Secretary of State's Internet Web site.
(2) Upon the issuance of a certificate of qualification pursuant
to paragraph (1), a referendum measure shall be deemed qualified for
the ballot for purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 9 of Article II
of the California Constitution.