BILL ANALYSIS AB 46 Page 1 CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS AB 46 (Monning) As Amended June 14, 2010 2/3 vote. Urgency ----------------------------------------------------------------- |ASSEMBLY: | |(June 1, 2009) |SENATE: |33-0 |(June 17, | | | | | | |2010) | ----------------------------------------------------------------- (vote not relevant) Original Committee Reference: U. & C. SUMMARY : Provides flexibility to elections officials in four California counties to conduct separate manual tallies of polling place ballots and vote by mail (VBM) ballots for elections held on three specified dates. The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of this bill, and instead: 1)Authorize an official who conducts an election in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, or Santa Cruz County that takes place on June 8, 2010, June 22, 2010, or August 17, 2010, to conduct a public manual tally of ballots tabulated by the voting system used in the election by completing the following: a) A public manual tally of ballots cast at the polling place in one percent of the precincts, excluding all VBM ballots; and, b) A separate public manual tally of not less than one percent of the VBM ballots. 2)Provide that an official who conducts a public manual tally of ballots using the procedure outlined above for an election does not need to conduct a public manual tally of the ballots cast in one percent of precincts, including all VBM ballots, for that election. 3)Add an urgency clause. 4)Add a January 1, 2011 sunset clause. AB 46 Page 2 AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill extended the sunset date on both Energy Conservation Assistance Account and the Local Jurisdiction Energy Assistance Account, to January 1, 2020. FISCAL EFFECT : Keyed non-fiscal by the Legislative Counsel. COMMENTS : This bill was substantially amended in the Senate and the Assembly-approved provisions of this bill were deleted. Analysis Prepared by : Ethan Jones / E. R./ (916) 319-2094 FN: 0004868