BILL NUMBER: SB 1519	CHAPTERED  09/29/06

	CHAPTER  664
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 27, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Bowen

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2006

   An act to add Section 15601 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1519, Bowen  Voting systems: recounts
   Existing law requires the Secretary of State to study and adopt
regulations governing the use of voting machines, voting devices, and
vote tabulating devices. Existing law also authorizes the Secretary
of State to approve only those voting systems that meet specified
requirements.
   This bill would require the Secretary of State, within the
Secretary of State's existing budget, to adopt regulations no later
than January 1, 2008, for each voting system approved for use in the
state, and to specify procedures for recounting ballots, including
absentee and provisional ballots, using those voting systems.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 15601 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

   15601.  The Secretary of State, within the Secretary of State's
existing budget, shall adopt regulations no later than January 1,
2008, for each voting system approved for use in the state and
specify the procedures for recounting ballots, including absentee and
provisional ballots, using those voting systems.