§ 9608

Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 726, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2006.
(a)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:
(b)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 measure qualified, 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.

(c)Failure to comply with this section shall not invalidate any signatures on a state or local initiative petition.

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