BILL NUMBER: AB 2692	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Elections and Redistricting (Fong
(Chair), Donnelly (Vice Chair), Bonilla, Hall, Logue, Mendoza, and
Swanson)

                        MARCH 14, 2012

   An act to amend Sections 12222 and 21000 of, to add Sections 21141
and 21305 to, and to repeal Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
21200) of, and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 21400) of, Division
21 of, the Elections Code, relating to electoral districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2692, as introduced, Committee on Elections and Redistricting.
Electoral districts and precincts.
   Existing law requires the local elections official to divide the
jurisdiction into election precincts. The elections official is
required to establish precinct boundaries so that they do not cross
census tract or enumeration district lines, to the extent possible
without subjecting the voter to significant inconvenience.
   This bill would repeal the requirement that precinct boundaries
not cross census tract or enumeration district lines. The bill would
also delete a provision of law requiring each precinct to be
identified according to the census tract or enumeration district in
which it is located.
   Existing law establishes the boundaries of Senate, Assembly, State
Board of Equalization, and congressional districts based on the 2000
national census.
   This bill would repeal, effective January 1, 2013, those
provisions establishing Assembly and congressional districts, and
would further repeal, effective January 1, 2015, those provisions
establishing Senate and State Board of Equalization districts.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12222 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   12222.  (a) No precinct shall be established so that its boundary
crosses the boundary of any supervisorial district, congressional
district, senatorial district, Assembly district, board of
equalization district, judicial district, incorporated city, ward, or
city council district.  To the extent possible, without
subjecting the voter to significant inconvenience, precinct
boundaries should not cross census tract or enumeration district
lines. 
   (b) If, at any election, any precinct contains an insufficient
number of qualified persons to make up a precinct board, the precinct
may be consolidated with an adjoining precinct.
  SEC. 2.  Section 21000 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   21000.  The county elections official in each county shall compile
and make available to the Legislature or any appropriate committee
of the Legislature any information and statistics that may be
necessary for use in connection with the reapportionment of
legislative districts, including, but not limited to, precinct maps
indicating the boundaries of municipalities, school districts,
judicial districts, Assembly districts, senatorial districts and
congressional districts, lists showing the election returns for each
precinct, and election returns for each precinct reflecting the vote
total for all ballots cast, including both vote by mail ballots and
ballots cast at polling places, compiled pursuant to 
subdivision (a) of  Section 15321 in the county at each
statewide election. If the county elections official stores the
information and statistics in data-processing files, he or she shall
make the files available, along with whatever documentation shall be
necessary in order to allow the use of the files by the appropriate
committee of the Legislature and shall retain these files until the
next reapportionment has been completed. 
   Each precinct shall be identified according to the census tract or
enumeration district in which it is located. When a precinct is
divided among two or more census tracts or enumeration districts, the
county elections official shall include an estimate of the
proportion of the precinct's registered voters in each census tract
or enumeration district. If the United States Census Bureau divides
or alters any census tract or enumeration district between the time
of an election and the census upon which the reapportionment is
based, the county elections official shall provide whatever
corrections or additional information may be necessary to reflect
those changes. 
  SEC. 3.  Section 21141 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   21141.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2015, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 4.  Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 21200) of Division 21
of the Elections Code is repealed.
  SEC. 5.  Section 21305 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   21305.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2015, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 6.  Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 21400) of Division 21
of the Elections Code is repealed.
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