Bill Text: CA AB1096 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1096 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Elections: precinct maps.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-01-14 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB1096 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1096-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1096	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Sections 12220, 12260, and 17501 of the Elections
Code, relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1096, as introduced, Galgiani. Elections: precinct maps.
   Existing law requires elections officials to prepare either maps
or exterior descriptions of precincts each calendar year and to make
that information accessible to members of the public upon request.
Local elections officials may charge a person requesting copies of
the information the cost necessary to reimburse the jurisdiction for
its expenses in providing the copies.
   This bill would require elections officials to prepare precinct
maps each year and authorize them to prepare exterior descriptions of
precincts. The bill would require information to be compiled for
each election and made available in both print and electronic format.

   Existing law requires local elections officials to file updated
precinct information, including maps, with the Secretary of State
after each general election.
   This bill would also require local elections officials to file
updated precinct information, including maps, with the Secretary of
State after each primary election. The Secretary of State would be
required to make this information available in both print and
electronic format to a member of the public upon request. The
Secretary of State would be authorized to charge a person requesting
the information the cost necessary to reimburse the state for its
expenses in providing the information.
   Because the bill would impose additional duties upon local
elections officials, it would impose a state mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 12220 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   12220.  The elections official shall divide the jurisdiction into
precincts and  shall  prepare detail maps  or
  and may prepare  exterior descriptions thereof,
 or both,  and as many copies as the elections
official may determine. The county surveyor, if requested by an
elections official, shall provide assistance to the elections
official in the preparation of these maps or exterior descriptions.
  SEC. 2.  Section 12260 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   12260.  (a) The elections official may change or alter any
precinct boundaries.
   (b) If any changes or alterations are made the elections official
shall prepare new detail maps  or   and may
prepare  exterior descriptions thereof , or both
 . The county surveyor shall, if so requested, provide
assistance to the elections official in the preparation of the detail
maps or exterior descriptions.
   (c) The elections official shall provide, at the request of any
interested person, the following information:
   (1) All precinct boundary changes and alterations made within the
current calendar year and the immediately preceding two calendar
years.
   (2) All precinct consolidations made within the current calendar
year and the immediately preceding two calendar years, specifying the
election or elections in which the consolidations were made. 
   (3) All current precinct boundaries and precinct consolidations.

   (d) The information provided to persons pursuant to subdivision
(c) shall include the precinct numbers before the change or
alteration and then a description, including precinct numbers, of the
changes or alterations. The description  may  
shall  include maps.
   (e) The information described in subdivisions (c) and (d) shall be
compiled for each  calendar year   election
 and shall be kept and filed so as to be accessible to any
person upon request. 
   (f) The information described in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e)
shall be available in both print and electronic formats. 

   (f) 
    (g)  The elections official may charge a person
requesting information the amount needed to reimburse the
jurisdiction for the actual expenses incurred in providing copies of
the information required under this section.
  SEC. 3.  Section 17501 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   17501.   (a)    Following each  primary and
 general election, the county elections official shall file
copies of all precinct maps with the Secretary of State. If there is
no change in the precinct maps from those maps that are currently on
file, in lieu of filing copies of those maps with the Secretary of
State, the elections official may submit a written statement
informing the Secretary of State of that fact. The Secretary of State
shall maintain a file of all the copies for 12 years and shall, upon
request, make them  available for examination  
accessible to any person upon request  . 
   (b) The information described in subdivision (a) shall be
available in both print and electronic formats.  
   (c) The Secretary of State may charge a person requesting
information the amount necessary to reimburse the state for actual
expenses incurred in providing copies of information requested under
this section. 
  SEC. 4.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.