Bill Text: CA AB254 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Registrar of voters: County of Modoc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 12, Statutes of 2013. [AB254 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB254-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 254	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dahle

                        FEBRUARY 6, 2013

   An act to amend Section 26802.5 of the Government Code, relating
to local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 254, as introduced, Dahle. Registrar of voters: County of
Modoc.
   Existing law requires the county elections official to perform
specified duties pertaining to elections. However, in specified
counties, the board of supervisors is authorized to appoint a
registrar of voters to discharge all duties vested by law in the
county elections official which relate to, and are part of, the
election procedure.
   This bill would extend this appointment authority to the County of
Modoc.
   This bill would make a legislative finding and declaration as to
the necessity of a special statute for the County of Modoc.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 26802.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   26802.5.  In the Counties of El Dorado, Imperial, Kings, Lake,
Marin, Merced,  Modoc,  Monterey, Napa, Riverside, San
Joaquin, Solano, and Tulare, a registrar of voters may be appointed
by the board of supervisors in the same manner as other county
officers are appointed. In those counties, the county clerk is not ex
officio registrar of voters, and the registrar of voters shall
discharge all duties vested by law in the county elections official
that relate to and are a part of the election procedure.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the circumstances of Modoc County. The facts constituting
the special circumstances include the need to reorganize the
structure and duties of county officers to reduce costs and increase
productivity within the county government. .