California Term Limits for County Officials Initiative (2014)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

A California Term Limits for County Officials Initiative (#13-0044) was approved for circulation in California as a contender for the November 4, 2014, ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment.

Text of measure

Ballot title:

Term Limits for County Assessors, District Attorneys, and Sheriffs. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Official summary:

"Establishes four-year terms of office for county assessors, district attorneys, and sheriffs. For charter counties, bars these officers from serving more than three consecutive terms. For general law counties, limits these officers to three terms total."

Fiscal impact statement:

Note: The fiscal impact statement for a California ballot initiative authorized for circulation is jointly prepared by the state's legislative analyst and its director of finance.

"No direct fiscal effect on state or local governments."

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in California

• Brilliant Manyere submitted a letter requesting a title and summary on November 13, 2013.
• A title and summary were issued by California's attorney general's office on January 6, 2014.
• 807,615 valid signatures were required for qualification purposes.
• Supporters had until June 5, 2014, to collect and submit the required number of signatures, as petition circulators are given 150 days to circulate petitions.
• The Secretary of State’s suggested signature filing deadline for the November 4, 2014, ballot was April 18, 2014. This means that if supporters had submitted enough valid signatures by June 5 but after April 18, the measure could have been pushed back as far as the next statewide general election, in November 2016.

External links

Suggest a link

• Letter requesting a ballot title for Initiative 13-0044

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