Section 9051 Of Article 5. Ballot Titles From California Elections Code >> Division 9. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 5.
9051
. (a) (1) The ballot title and summary may differ from the
legislative, circulating, or other title and summary of the measure
and shall not exceed 100 words, not including the fiscal impact
statement.
(2) The ballot title and summary shall include a summary of the
Legislative Analyst's estimate of the net state and local government
fiscal impact prepared pursuant to Section 9087 of this code and
Section 88003 of the Government Code.
(b) The ballot label shall not contain more than 75 words and
shall be a condensed version of the ballot title and summary
including the financial impact summary prepared pursuant to Section
9087 of this code and Section 88003 of the Government Code.
(c) In providing the ballot title and summary, the Attorney
General shall give a true and impartial statement of the purpose of
the measure in such language that the ballot title and summary shall
neither be an argument, nor be likely to create prejudice, for or
against the proposed measure.
(d) The Attorney General shall invite and consider public comment
in preparing each ballot title and summary.