Bill Text: CA SB1063 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Voter registration: juvenile detention facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 624, Statutes of 2014. [SB1063 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1063-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1063	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 12, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 12, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 29, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

   An act to add Section 2105.7 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1063, as amended, Block. Voter registration: juvenile detention
facilities.
   Under existing law, a person is entitled to register to vote if he
or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not in
prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and will be at
least 18 years of age at the time of the next election.
   This bill would require state and local juvenile detention
facilities to identify individuals housed in those facilities who are
of age to register to vote  and not currently serving a sentence
for a conviction of a felony  , to provide affidavits of
registration to eligible voters, to assist those individuals with the
completion of the affidavits of registration, and  to assist
individuals in returning the   completed cards to the county
elections official or  to transmit completed voter registration
cards to the county elections official  or to assist
individuals in returning the completed cards to the county elections
official  .
   By requiring local officials to perform additional duties, 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.
   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 2105.7 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

   2105.7.  (a) A state or local juvenile detention facility,
including, but not limited to, a juvenile hall, juvenile ranch,
juvenile camp, or a facility of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, shall do all of the
following:
   (1) Identify each individual housed in the facility who is of age
to register to vote  and not currently serving a sentence for a
conviction of a felony  .
   (2) Provide an affidavit of registration to each individual housed
in the facility who is of age to register to vote  and not
currently serving a sentence for a conviction of a felony  by
doing either of the following:
   (A) Providing the individual a paper affidavit of registration.
   (B) Directing the individual to an affidavit of registration
provided on the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State.
   (3) Assist each individual housed in the facility who is of age to
register to vote  and not currently serving a sentence for a
conviction of a felony  with the completion of the affidavit of
registration, unless the individual declines assistance.
   (b) A facility providing paper affidavits of registration pursuant
to subdivision (a) shall do either of the following: 
   (1) Assist the individual who completed the voter registration
card in returning the completed card to the county elections
official.  
    (1) 
    (2)  Accept any completed voter registration card and
transmit the card to the county elections official  as
follows:   .  
   (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), within 10 days of
receipt from an individual housed in the facility.  

   (B) Within five days of receipt from an individual housed in the
facility, if the voter registration card was received within five
days before the last day for registration to vote in an election.
 
   (2) Assist the individual who completed the voter registration
card in returning the completed card to the county elections
official. 
  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.