Bill Text: CA AB149 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 149 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Voting rights: county probation departments.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 580, Statutes of 2013. [AB149 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB149-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 149	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  580
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 5, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 5, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 30, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber

                        JANUARY 18, 2013

   An act to add Section 2105.5 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 149, Weber. Voting rights: county probation departments.
   Existing law provides that in order to be entitled to register to
vote a person must be a United States citizen, a resident of
California, 18 years of age, and not be incarcerated or on parole for
a felony conviction.
   This bill would require each county probation department to either
establish and maintain on the county probation department's Internet
Web site a hyperlink to the Secretary of State's voting rights guide
for incarcerated persons or post a notice with the Internet Web site
address that contains the Secretary of State's voting rights guide
for incarcerated persons in each probation office where probationers
are seen. By imposing new duties on county probation departments, the
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.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2105.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

   2105.5.  Each county probation department shall do one of the
following:
   (a) Establish and maintain on the county probation department's
Internet Web site a hyperlink to the Internet Web site at which the
Secretary of State's voting rights guide for incarcerated persons may
be found.
   (b) Post, in each probation office where probationers are seen, a
notice that contains the Internet Web site address at which the
Secretary of State's voting rights guide for incarcerated persons may
be found.
  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.