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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 254
Author: Dahle (R)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNANCE & FINANCE COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/15/13
AYES: Wolk, Knight, Beall, DeSaulnier, Emmerson, Hernandez, Liu
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 4/11/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Registrar of voters: County of Modoc
SOURCE : Modoc County Board of Supervisors
DIGEST : This bill authorizes the Modoc County Board of
Supervisors to appoint a registrar of voters separate from the
county clerk.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Authorizes the Counties of El Dorado, Imperial, Kings, Lake,
Marin, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Riverside, San Joaquin,
Solano, and Tulare to appoint a registrar of voters in the
same manner as other county officers are appointed.
2. States that the county clerk in those counties is not an ex
officio registrar of voters, and requires the registrar of
voters in those counties to discharge all duties vested by
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law in the county elections official that relate to and are a
part of the election procedure.
This bill:
1. Authorizes the Modoc County Board of Supervisors to appoint a
registrar of voters in the same manner as other county
officers are appointed.
2. States that the Modoc County clerk is not ex officio
registrar of voters, and requires the Modoc County registrar
of voters to discharge all duties vested by law in the county
elections official that relate to and are a part of the
election procedure.
3. Declares a special law is necessary because of Modoc County's
need to reorganize the structure and duties of county
officers to reduce costs and increase productivity within the
county government.
Comments
This bill allows the Modoc County Board of Supervisors to
appoint a registrar of voters, rather than having that office
continue as an elected position. The Board would like to have
Modoc County added to the current list of counties that are able
to appoint a registrar of voters. This will allow the small
county to save money, consolidate departments and prevent any
conflict of interest (within the elections office) that may
arise.
In most counties, the county clerk is an elected officer who
serves both as clerk of the board of supervisors and as
registrar of voters. However, state law authorizes supervisors
in 12 counties (El Dorado, Imperial, Kings, Lake, Marin, Merced,
Monterey, Napa, Riverside, San Joaquin, Solano, and Tulare) to
appoint a registrar of voters separate from the county clerk.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local:
No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/20/13)
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Modoc County Board of Supervisors (source)
Rural County Representatives of California
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 4/11/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway,
Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor,
Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel
Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone,
Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Harkey, Lowenthal, Yamada, Vacancy
AB:d 5/22/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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