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CHAPTER 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall [18600. - 18680.]

Chapter 7 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 18600–18680 · 22 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Improper Signature-Gathering Tactics §§ 18600–18604 · 5 sections
    • § 18600 Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who: (a) Circulating, as principal or agent, or having charge or control of the circulation of, or obtaining signatures…
    • § 18601 Any person working for the proponent or proponents of an initiative or referendum measure or recall petition who refuses to allow a prospective signer to read…
    • § 18602 Any person working for the proponent or proponents of a statewide initiative or referendum measure who covers or otherwise obscures the summary of the measure…
    • § 18603 Every person who offers or gives money or other valuable consideration to another in exchange for his or her signature on a state, county, municipal, or…
    • § 18604 Upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this article, Article 2 (commencing with Section 18610), Article 3 (commencing with Section 18620), Article…
  2. ARTICLE 2. False or Ineligible Signatures on Petition §§ 18610–18614 · 5 sections
    • § 18610 Every person who solicits any circulator to affix to any initiative, referendum, or recall petition any false or forged signature, or to cause or permit a…
    • § 18611 Every person is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal…
    • § 18612 Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly signs his or her own name more than once to any initiative, referendum, or recall petition, or signs his…
    • § 18613 Every person who subscribes to any initiative, referendum, or recall petition a fictitious name, or who subscribes thereto the name of another, or who causes…
    • § 18614 Every person is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Improper Payments to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing §§ 18620–18622 · 3 sections
    • § 18620 Every person who seeks, solicits, bargains for, or obtains any money, thing of value, or advantage of or from any person, firm, or corporation for the purpose…
    • § 18621 Any proponent of an initiative or referendum measure or recall petition who seeks, solicits, bargains for, or obtains any money or thing of value of or from…
    • § 18622 Every person who offers to buy or does buy from a circulator any referendum, initiative, or recall petition on which one or more persons have affixed their…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Threats and Theft to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing §§ 18630–18631 · 2 sections
    • § 18630 Every person who threatens to commit an assault or battery on a person circulating a referendum, initiative, or recall petition or on a relative of a person…
    • § 18631 Every person who forcibly or by stealth takes from the possession of a circulator any initiative, referendum, or recall petition on which one or more persons…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Refusal of Circulators to Turn in Petitions § 18640 · 1 section
    • § 18640 Any person working for the proponent or proponents of an initiative or referendum measure or recall petition who solicits signatures to qualify the measure or…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Misuse of Signatures on Petition § 18650 · 1 section
    • § 18650 No one shall knowingly or willfully permit the list of signatures on an initiative, referendum, or recall petition to be used for any purpose other than…
  7. ARTICLE 7. False Affidavits Concerning Petitions §§ 18660–18661 · 2 sections
    • § 18660 (a) Every person is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the…
    • § 18661 Every public official or employee is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of…
  8. ARTICLE 8. Filing Petitions to Defeat an Initiative or Referendum §§ 18670–18671 · 2 sections
    • § 18670 Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who, either as principal or agent, files in the office of the Secretary of State, county elections official, or in the…
    • § 18671 Any petition, or any section of a petition, filed by any person other than the proponents of an initiative or referendum measure and with an intention of…
  9. ARTICLE 9. Misuse of Campaign Funds § 18680 · 1 section
    • § 18680 Every person who is entrusted with money or things of value for the purpose of promoting or defeating any initiative, referendum, or recall petition or any…