Bill Text: CA AB1761 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Citizens Redistricting Commission: governance.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-09-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 146, Statutes of 2023. [AB1761 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1761-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1761

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Introduced by Committee on Elections (Assembly Members Bryan (Chair), Lackey (Vice Chair), Bennett, Lee, Low, Pellerin, and Blanca Rubio)

March 08, 2023

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An act to amend Section 8251 of the Government Code, relating to redistricting.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1761, as introduced, Committee on Elections. Citizens Redistricting Commission: definitions.

The California Constitution requires the Citizens Redistricting Commission to draw district lines for the election of Members of the State Senate, Assembly, Congress, and the State Board of Equalization. Existing statutory provisions establish the process for the selection and governance of the commission. Existing law defines “day” for purposes of those statutory provisions as a calendar day, except that if the final day of a period within which an act is to be performed is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the period is extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday.

This bill would revise that definition to clarify that a calendar day is calculated as the period of elapsed time that begins at midnight and ends 24 hours later at the next midnight.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 8251 of the Government Code is amended to read:

8251.

 Citizens Redistricting Commission General Provisions.

(a) This chapter implements Article XXI of the California Constitution by establishing the process for the selection and governance of the Citizens Redistricting Commission.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms are defined:

(1) “Commission” means the Citizens Redistricting Commission.

(2) “Day” means a calendar day, calculated as the period of elapsed time that begins at midnight and ends 24 hours later at the next midnight, except that if the final day of a period within which an act is to be performed is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the period is extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday.

(3) “Panel” means the Applicant Review Panel.

(4) “Qualified independent auditor” means an auditor who is currently employed by the Bureau of State Audits and has been a practicing independent auditor for at least 10 years prior to appointment to the Applicant Review Panel.

(c) The Legislature may not amend this chapter unless all of the following are met:

(1) By the same vote required for the adoption of the final set of maps, the commission recommends amendments to this chapter to carry out its purpose and intent.

(2) The exact language of the amendments provided by the commission is enacted as a statute approved by a two-thirds vote of each house of the Legislature and signed by the Governor.

(3) The bill containing the amendments provided by the commission is in print for at least 12 days before final passage by the Legislature.

(4) The amendments further the purposes of this act.

(5) The amendments may not be passed by the Legislature in a year ending in 9, 0, or 1.