BILL NUMBER: SB 66	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vargas

                        JANUARY 6, 2011

   An act to amend Section 26802.5 of the Government Code, relating
to local government officials, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 66, as introduced, Vargas. Imperial County: registrar of
voters.
   Existing law requires the county elections official to perform
specified duties pertaining to elections. However, in specified
counties, the board of supervisors is authorized to appoint a
registrar of voters to discharge all duties vested by law in the
county elections official which relate to, and are part of, the
election procedure.
   This bill would extend this appointment authority to Imperial
County.
   This bill would make a legislative finding and declaration as to
the necessity of a special statute for the County of Imperial.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 26802.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   26802.5.  In the Counties of El Dorado,  Imperial, 
Kings, Lake, Marin, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Riverside, San Joaquin,
Solano, and Tulare, a registrar of voters may be appointed by the
board of supervisors in the same manner as other county officers are
appointed. In those counties, the county clerk is not ex officio
registrar of voters, and the registrar of voters shall discharge all
duties vested by law in the county elections official that relate to
and are a part of the election procedure.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique circumstances of Imperial County. The facts
constituting the special circumstances include the need to reorganize
the structure and duties of county officers to reduce costs and
increase productivity within the county government.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to fill a vacancy of an important government position in
a timely, cost-effective manner, it is necessary for this bill to
take effect immediately.