Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000 - 18700]
( Division 18 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. ) CHAPTER 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall [18600 - 18680]
( Chapter 7 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. ) ARTICLE 2. False or Ineligible Signatures on Petition [18610 - 18614]
( Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. ) 18613.
Every person who subscribes to any initiative, referendum, or recall petition a fictitious name, or who subscribes thereto the name of another, or who causes another to subscribe such a name to that petition, is guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 90. (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.)