BILL NUMBER: AB 306	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuller

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2009

   An act to add Section 13318 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 306, as introduced, Fuller. Elections: sample ballots.
   Existing law requires that a local elections official prepare and
send a sample ballot to registered voters prior to the election.
   This bill would provide that a local elections official would not
send a sample ballot to a voter who has notified the local elections
official in writing that he or she declines to receive a sample
ballot for that election.
   Because the bill would require the local elections official to
determine whether he or she has received this notice from a voter, it
would increase the duties of local elections officials, thereby
imposing a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 13318 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   13318.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local
elections official shall not send a sample ballot to a registered
voter who has notified the official in writing 60 days, at a minimum,
prior to the election that he or she declines to receive a sample
ballot for that election.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.