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2018 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall
ARTICLE 2 - False or Ineligible Signatures on Petition
Section 18611.
Universal Citation: CA Elec Code § 18611 (2018)
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 Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment, who circulates or causes to be circulated any initiative, referendum, or recall petition, knowing it to contain false, forged, or fictitious names.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 89. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
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