| Proposition and Summary |
Passed |
Citation |
40  |
The California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002
AB 1602 |
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Pub. Res. §§ 5096.600 et seq. |
To protect rivers, lakes, and streams to improve water quality and ensure clean drinking water; to protect beaches and coastal areas threatened by pollution; to improve air quality; to preserve open space and farmland threatened by unplanned development; to protect wildlife habitat; to restore historical and cultural resources; to repair and improve the safety of state and neighborhood parks; the state shall issue bonds totaling two billion six hundred million dollars ($2,600,000,000) paid from existing funds. This program is subject to an annual independent audit. Fiscal Impact: State cost of about $4.3 billion over 25 years (average cost of about $172 million per year) to repay bonds. State and local operation and maintenance costs of potentially tens of millions of dollars annually. |
41 |
Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002. (Shelley-Hertzberg Act)
AB 56 |
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Elec. §§ 19,230 et seq. |
This act is to ensure that every person's vote is accurately counted. It authorizes the issuance of state bonds allowing counties to purchase modern voting equipment and replace outdated punch card (chad) systems. This act provides for bonds in the amount of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) and appropriates money from the General Fund to pay off bonds. Fiscal Impact: State costs of about $225 million over ten years (average cost of about $26 million annually) to repay bonds. One-time county costs of about $67 million statewide to match state bond funds. Additional annual county operating costs in the several tens of millions of dollars statewide. |
42 |
Transportation Congestion Improvement Act. Allocation of Existing Motor Vehicle Fuel Sales and Use Tax Revenues for Transportation Purposes Only
Legislative Constitutional Amendment
ACA 4 |
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Art. XIX B § 1 |
Requires, effective July 1, 2003, existing revenues resulting from state sales and use taxes on the sale of motor vehicle fuel be used for transportation purposes as provided by law until June 30, 2008. Requires, effective July 1, 2008, existing revenues resulting from state sales and use taxes be used for public transit and mass transportation; city and county street and road repairs and improvements; and state highway improvements. Imposes the requirement for a two-thirds of the Legislature to suspend or modify the percentage allocation of the revenues. Fiscal Impact: Starting in 2008-09, about $1.4 billion in state gasoline sales tax revenues, increasing annually thereafter, would continue to be used for state and local transportation purposes. |
43 |
Right to Have Vote Counted
ACA 9 |
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Art. II § 2.5 |
Amends Constitution to declare that a voter who casts a vote in an election in accord with the laws of this state shall have that vote counted. Fiscal Impact: No additional cost to state or local governments. |
44 |
Chiropractors. Unprofessional Conduct
SB 1988 |
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B & P §§ 1003 & 1004 |
Amends Chiropractic Act to specify practices constituting unprofessional conduct; require investigation of licensee in certain circumstances and license revocation upon second conviction, or multiple convictions, of specified insurance fraud offenses. Fiscal Impact: Negligible additional state implementation costs. Potential state savings of unknown amount resulting from lower workers' compensation and Medi-Cal costs. |
45 |
Legislative Term Limits. Local Voter Petitions
Initiative |
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Art. II §§ 21 & 22
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Allows voters to submit petition signatures to permit their incumbent legislator to run for re-election(s) and serve maximum of four years beyond terms provided for in Constitution if majority of voters approves. Fiscal Impact: Unknown county costs potentially up to several hundreds of thousands of dollars biennially statewide to verify voter petition signatures; little or no state cost to track the eligibility of re-election candidates. |
Proposition and Summary |
Passed |
Citation |
46 |
Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002
SB 1227 |
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H. & S. §§ 53500 et seq. |
This act provides for the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002. For the purpose of providing shelters for battered women, clean and safe housing for low- income senior citizens, emergency shelters for homeless families with children, housing with social services for the homeless and mentally ill, repairs and accessibility improvements to apartments for families and handicapped citizens, homeownership assistance for military veterans, and security improvements and repairs to existing emergency shelters, shall the state create a housing trust fund by issuing bonds totaling two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000), paid from existing state funds at an average annual cost of one hundred fifty seven million dollars ($157,000,000) per year over the 30-year life of the bonds, with the requirement that every city and county is eligible to receive funds as specified in the measure and with all expenditures subject to an independent audit? |
47 |
Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002
AB 47 |
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Educ. §§ 100600 et seq. |
This thirteen billion fifty million dollar ($13,050,000,000) bond issue will provide funding for necessary education facilities to relieve overcrowding and to repair older schools. Funds will be targeted to areas of the greatest need and must be spent according to strict accountability measures. Funds will also be used to upgrade and build new classrooms in the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California, to provide adequate higher education facilities to accommodate the growing student enrollment. These bonds may be used only for eligible projects. Fiscal Impact: State cost of about $26.2 billion over 30 years to pay off both the principal ($13.05 billion) and interest ($13.15 billion) costs on the bonds. Payments of about $873 million per year. |
48 |
Court Consolidation
ACA 15 |
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Art. VI §§ 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 16, and 23 |
Amends Constitution to delete references to the municipal courts, which references are now obsolete due to the consolidation of superior and municipal trial courts into unified superior courts. Fiscal Impact: No additional cost to state or local government. |
49 |
Before and After School Programs. State Grants
Initiative |
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Educ. §§ 8482, 8483, and 8484 |
Summary Increases state grant funds available for before/after school programs, providing tutoring, homework assistance, and educational enrichment. Requires that, beginning 2004ñ05, new grants will not be taken from education funds guaranteed by Proposition 98. Fiscal Impact: Additional annual state costs for before and after school programs of up to $455 million, beginning in 2004-05. |
50 |
Water Quality, Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. Coastal Wetlands Purchase and Protection. Bonds
Initiative |
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Water §§ 79500 et seq. |
Authorizes $3,440,000,000 general obligation bonds to fund a variety of specified water and wetlands projects. Fiscal Impact: State cost of up to $6.9 billion over 30 years to repay bonds. Reduction in local property tax revenues, up to roughly $10 million annually; partially offset by state funds. Unknown state and local operation and maintenance costs. |
51 |
Transportation. Distribution of Existing Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax
Initiative |
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Rev. & Tax. § 7105; Gov. §§ 13,984, 13,985, 14556.40; S. & H. §§ 164.56 et seq., 894.5, 2106, 2331, 2333; P.U. §§ 99571 et seq.; Educ. § 41202 |
Redistributes portion of existing state motor vehicle sales/lease revenues from General Fund to Trust Fund for transportation, environmental, and highway and school bus safety programs. Fiscal Impact: Redirects specified General Fund revenues to transportation-related purposes, totaling about $420 million in 2002/03, $910 million in 2003/04, and increasing amounts annually thereafter, depending on increases in motor vehicle sales and leasing. |
52 |
Election Day Voter Registration. Voter Fraud Penalties
Initiative |
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Elec. §§ 2170 et seq., 18001, 18561.1, 321, 2035, 2100, 2102, 2107, 2119, 2154, 2155, 13303, 9094, 2131 |
Allows legally eligible persons to register to vote on election day. Increases criminal penalties for voter and voter registration fraud. Criminalizes conspiracy to commit voter fraud. Fiscal Impact: Annual state costs of about $6 million to fund counties for election day voter registration activities. No anticipated net county costs. Minor state administrative costs and unknown, but probably minor, state costs to enforce new election fraud offense. |