BILL NUMBER: AB 2671	CHAPTERED  09/28/06

	CHAPTER  576
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 22, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salinas

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2006

   An act to amend Section 12302 of the Elections Code, relating to
pupils.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2671, Salinas  Pupil attendance: precinct board membership.
   Existing law authorizes a pupil who is a high school senior and
who meets other specified criteria to be excused from school for
specified reasons, including for the purpose of serving as a member
of a precinct board during an election.
   This bill would delete the requirement that a pupil be a high
school senior in order for him or her to be excused from school for
the purpose of serving as a member of a precinct board during an
election.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 12302 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   12302.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a member of a
precinct board shall be a voter of the state. The member may serve
only in the precinct for which his or her appointment is received.
   (b) In order to provide for a greater awareness of the elections
process, the rights and responsibilities of voters, and the
importance of participating in the electoral process, as well as to
provide additional members of precinct boards, an elections official
may appoint not more than five pupil per precinct to serve under the
direct supervision of precinct board members designated by the
elections official. A pupil may be appointed, notwithstanding his or
her lack of eligibility to vote, subject to the approval of the
governing board of the educational institution in which the pupil is
enrolled, if the pupil possesses the following qualifications:
   (1) Is at least 16 years of age at the time of the election to
which he or she is serving as a member of a precinct board.
   (2) Is a United States citizen or will be a citizen at the time of
the election to which he or she is serving as a member of a precinct
board.
   (3) Is a pupil in good standing attending a public or private
secondary educational institution.
   (4) Is a pupil who has a grade point average of at least 2.5 on a
4.0 scale.
   (c) A pupil appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) may not be used
by a precinct board to tally votes.