BILL NUMBER: AB 420	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Davis
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Carter   and Mitchell   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Price
  and Wright   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2011

   An act to add Section 21003 to the Elections Code, relating to
redistricting.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 420, as amended, Davis.  Redistricting.
   Existing law, as added by constitutional initiative, establishes
the Citizens Redistricting Commission, and charges it with various
duties and responsibilities in connection with redistricting
Assembly, Senate, Board of Equalization, and congressional districts,
as specified.  Existing law also requires various local
government agencies to adjust their district boundaries following
each decennial federal census.  Existing law establishes the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and charges it with
various duties and responsibilities in connection with the
incarceration and rehabilitation of prisoners, as specified.
   This bill would require the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to furnish to the Citizens Redistricting Commission
 and the Secretary of State  , by December 31,
 2018   2019  ,  specified 
information regarding the last known place of residence, as defined,
of each inmate incarcerated in a state adult correctional facility,
except  as specified, and would further require the Secretary
of State to furnish that information, by December 31, 2019, to each
local government agency responsible for adjusting district boundaries
  an inmate whose last known place of residence is
outside of California . The bill also would request the Citizens
Redistricting Commission  , and would require each local
government agency that receives the above information,  to
deem each incarcerated person as residing at his or her last known
place of residence, rather than at the institution of his or her
incarceration, and to utilize the above information in carrying out
its redistricting responsibilities.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 21003 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   21003.  (a) (1) Not later than December 31,  2018
  2019  , the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall furnish to the Citizens Redistricting Commission
 and the Secretary of State  information regarding
the last known place of residence of each inmate incarcerated in a
state adult correctional facility, except an inmate  who is a
foreign national or  whose last known place of residence is
outside of California. 
   (2) Not later than December 31, 2019, the Secretary of State shall
furnish the information described in paragraph (1) to each local
government agency responsible for adjusting district boundaries under
this division.  
   (2) The information furnished by the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include, for each
inmate, a unique identifier, other than the inmate's name or
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation number, and last known
address information that is sufficiently specific to determine the
congressional, State Senatorial, State Assembly, or State Board of
Equalization district in which the inmate's last known place of
residence is located. This information may include, but not be
limited to, ZIP Code information or street address information from
which a ZIP Code can be derived. 
   (b) Consistent with Section 2025, the Legislature hereby requests
the Citizens Redistricting Commission to deem each incarcerated
person as residing at his or her last known place of residence,
rather than at the institution of his or her incarceration, and to
utilize the information furnished to it pursuant to 
paragraph (1) of  subdivision (a) in carrying out its
redistricting responsibilities under Article XXI of the California
Constitution. 
   (c) Consistent with Section 2025, each local government agency
responsible for adjusting district boundaries under this division
shall deem each incarcerated person as residing at his or her last
known place of residence, rather than at the institution of his or
her incarceration, and shall utilize the information furnished to it
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) in carrying out its
redistricting responsibilities under this division. 

   (d)
    (c)  For purposes of this section, "last known place of
residence" means the address at which the inmate was last domiciled
prior to his or her current term of incarceration, as determined from
the court records of the county in which the inmate was sentenced to
his or her current term of incarceration.