BILL NUMBER: SB 316	CHAPTERED  10/07/05

	CHAPTER  660
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 7, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 7, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 12, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 14, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 27, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Margett
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Oropeza)

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2005

   An act to add Section 2250 to the Elections Code, and to add
Section 1679 to the Vehicle Code, relating to voter registration
information.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 316, Margett  State agencies: voter registration information.
   Existing federal law, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993,
provides for state departments of motor vehicles to make available
voter registration information and materials to applicants for driver'
s licenses and other vehicular documents.
   This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, on and
after July 1, 2006, to include in any document mailed by the
department offering a person the opportunity to register to vote
pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 a notice
informing prospective voters that if they have not received voter
registration information within 30 days of requesting it, they should
contact their local elections office or the office of the Secretary
of State.
   This bill would also, on and after July 1, 2007, require other
state agencies to include a similar notice in any document mailed by
a state agency offering a person the opportunity to register to vote
pursuant to that act.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 2250 is added below the heading of Chapter 4 of
Division 2 of the Elections Code, to read:
   2250.  On and after July 1, 2007, in any document mailed by a
state agency that offers a person the opportunity to register to vote
pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
Sec. 1973gg), that state agency shall include a notice informing
prospective voters that if they have not received voter registration
information within 30 days of requesting it, they should contact
their local elections office or the office of the Secretary of State.

  SEC. 2  Section 1679 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   1679.  On and after July 1, 2006, in any document mailed by the
department that offers a person the opportunity to register to vote
pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
Sec. 1973gg), the department shall include a notice informing
prospective voters that if they have not received voter registration
information within 30 days of requesting it, they should contact
their local elections office or the office of the Secretary of State.