Initiative Measures
Elections Code Section 9608
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A proponent of an initiative measure shall execute and submit, along with the request for a title and summary for the
proposed measure, a signed statement that reads as follows:
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I, ____________, acknowledge that it is a misdemeanor
under state law (Section 18650 of the Elections Code) to
knowingly or willfully allow the signatures on an initiative
petition to be used for any purpose other than qualification
of the proposed measure for the ballot. I certify that I will
not knowingly or willfully allow the signatures for this
initiative to be used for any purpose other than qualification
of the measure for the ballot.
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(Signature of Proponent)
Dated this ____ day of __________, 20___
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The certification required by subdivision (a) shall be kept on file by the agency authorized to prepare the title and summary for the proposed initiative measure for not less than eight months after the certification of the results of the election for which the petition qualified for, or if the measure, for any reason, is not submitted to the voters, eight months after the deadline for submission of the petition to the elections official.
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Failure to comply with this section shall not invalidate any signatures on a state or local initiative petition.
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This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2005, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2005, deletes or extends that date.
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