Bill Text: CA AB1201 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Voter registration.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-06-02 - Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. [AB1201 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1201-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1201	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section  66152 of the Education Code,
relating to postsecondary education.   2114 of the
Elections Code, relating to elections. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1201, as amended, Fong.  Postsecondary education:
student-imposed athletics fees   Voter registration
 . 
   Existing law requires a county elections official who receives an
affidavit of registration from a voter who resides or claims
residence in another county to forward the affidavit to the elections
official for the county in which the voter resides, and further
requires the elections official for the county in which the voter
resides to accept the affidavit and use it as the voter's permanent
record of registration. Under existing law, registration by that
method is effective for all elections occurring 29 or more days after
receipt of the affidavit of registration by the elections official
to which the affidavit was mailed or delivered by the voter. 

   This bill would instead provide that registration by that method
is effective for all elections occurring 15 or more days after
receipt of the affidavit of registration by the elections official to
which the affidavit was mailed or delivered by the voter. By
requiring more voters' ballots to be handled and counted, this bill
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.  
   Existing law prohibits the Trustees of the California State
University from allocating, and requests the Regents of the
University of California to not allocate, any fees that are proposed
by a student body organization, as defined, and imposed pursuant to a
vote of the students registered at a campus, branch, or location of
the respective institution, for purposes of supporting
intercollegiate athletics programs for any purpose or in any amount
not approved by the vote of the students.  
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
prohibition. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 2114 of the  
Elections Code   is amended to read: 
   2114.   The   A  county elections
official  of any county in this state  may receive
the affidavit of registration of  any   an 
elector who resides or claims residence in another county in this
state. The affidavit shall be forwarded to the county elections
official of the county in which the elector resides. The county
elections official of the county in which the elector resides shall
use the affidavit of registration  received  from the other
county as his or her permanent record  of registration  .
   Registration by this method shall be effective for all elections
occurring  29   15  or more days after
receipt of the affidavit of registration by the county elections
official or his or her deputy to which the affidavit is mailed or
delivered by the elector.
   SEC. 2.    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.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 66152 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   66152.  (a) The Trustees of the California State University shall
not, and the Regents of the University of California are requested
not to, allocate any student-imposed athletics fees that are
collected from registered students for purposes of supporting
intercollegiate athletics programs for any purpose that is not and in
the amounts that are not approved pursuant to the election approving
the fees.
   (b) At the end of each academic year, the Trustees of the
California State University shall, and the Regents of the University
of California are requested to, refund to each feepaying student a
pro rata share of any portion of the student-imposed athletics fee
that is collected and is not allocated for the approved purposes
during that academic year.