Bill Text: CA AB214 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Voting: state of emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-03 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 498, Statutes of 2013. [AB214 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB214-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 214	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 4, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Brown, Stone, and Ting)

                        JANUARY 31, 2013

   An act to add Section 19104 to the Elections Code, relating to
voting.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 214, as amended, Skinner. Voting: state of emergency.
   Existing law designates the Secretary of State as the chief
elections officer of the state and requires him or her to study and
adopt regulations governing the use of voting machines, voting
devices, vote tabulating devices, and ballot marking systems.
   This bill would require the Secretary of State, by December 31,
2014, to establish  , in consultation with county elections
officials,  procedures and  publish  guidelines
for voting in the event of a natural disaster or other state of
emergency.  The bill would require the Secretary of State to
publish those procedures and   guidelines on his or her
Internet Web site. The bill would also require the Secretary of
State to report to the Legislature, by December 31, 2014, on the
readiness of the state to hold elections during or following a
natural disaster or other state of emergency, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19104 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   19104.  (a) The Secretary of State shall do both of the following
by December 31, 2014:
   (1)  Establish   In consultation with county
elections officials, establish  procedures and  publish
 guidelines for voting in the event of a natural disaster or
other state of emergency.  The Secretary of State shall publish
the procedures and guidelines on his or her Internet Web site. 
   (2) Submit a report to the Legislature on the readiness of the
state to hold elections during or following a natural disaster or
other state of emergency.
   (b) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) is inoperative on December 31, 2018,
pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
   (2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of
the Government Code.