BILL NUMBER: AB 269	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Grove and Patterson
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Eggman)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chávez, Beth Gaines, Harkey,
Maienschein, and Wilk)
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Fuller, and Nielsen)

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2013

   An act to repeal and add Section 3117 of the Elections Code,
relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 269, as amended, Grove. Vote by mail ballots: military or
overseas voters.
   Existing law requires that a vote by mail ballot be received by
the issuing elections official or the precinct board no later than
the close of polls on election day.
   This bill would make an exception for military or overseas voters,
as defined, and would instead require that their vote by mail
ballots be postmarked by the United States Postal Service or the
Military Postal Service Agency on or before election day and received
by their elections officials no later than  10 
 3  days after election day.
   Because the bill would impose additional duties on local elections
officials, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 3117 of the Elections Code is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 3117 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   3117.  Notwithstanding Section 3020 or 4103, or any other law, a
vote by mail ballot of a military or overseas voter is timely cast if
it is postmarked by the United States Postal Service or the Military
Postal Service Agency on or before election day and received by the
voter's elections official no later than  10  
three  days after election day.
  SEC. 3.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.