This article applies only to initiative and referendum measures affecting the Constitution or laws of the state.
Cal. Elec. Code § 9000
Initiative and Referendum Petitions
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 37 Cal. 4th 986 - Costa v. Superior Court (2006)
Most recently applied in 37 Cal. 4th 986 - Costa v. Superior Court (February 2006)
Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.