2025 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 9 - MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS
CHAPTER 4 - District Elections
ARTICLE 1 - Initiative
Section 9302.

Universal Citation:
CA Elec Code § 9302 (2025)
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9302. Before circulating an initiative petition in any district, the proponents of that measure shall publish a notice of intention. The notice shall be accompanied by a printed statement stating the reasons for the proposed petition. The printed statement shall not exceed 500 words. The notice shall be signed by at least one, but not more than five, proponents, and shall be in substantially the following form:

 “Notice of Intention to Circulate Initiative Petition


Notice is hereby given of the intention of the persons whose names appear hereon of their intention to circulate the petition within the ____ district for the purpose of ____. A statement of the reasons for the proposed action as contemplated in the petition is as follows:”

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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