BILL NUMBER: AB 420	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 5, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 14, 2011
	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 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,
 by   not sooner than  April 1, 2020, 
and not   later than July 1, 2020,  specified
information regarding the last known place of residence, as defined,
of each inmate incarcerated in a state adult correctional facility,
except an inmate whose last known place of residence is outside of
California. The bill also would request 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 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   sooner 
than April 1, 2020,  and not later than July 1, 2020,  the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall furnish to the
Citizens Redistricting Commission information regarding the last
known place of residence of each inmate incarcerated in a state adult
correctional facility, except an inmate whose last known place of
residence is outside of California.
   (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.
   (3) For purposes of this subdivision, "inmate incarcerated in a
state adult correctional facility" includes an inmate who, as of
April 1, 2020, has been transferred to a facility outside of
California to complete his or her term of incarceration.
   (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 subdivision (a)
in carrying out its redistricting responsibilities under Article XXI
of the California Constitution.
   (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.