BILL NUMBER: AB 331	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 30, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garcia

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2013

   An act to amend Sections 10403 and 10418 of the Elections Code,
relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 331, as amended, Garcia. Consolidation of elections.
   Under existing law, whenever two or more elections are called to
be held on the same day, in the same territory, or in territory that
is in part the same, the elections may be consolidated. If one of the
elections to be consolidated is a statewide election or a specified
local election, existing law requires the consolidated election to be
held and conducted  , and all other proceedings incidental to
and connected with the election to be regulated and done,  in
accordance with the provisions of law regulating the statewide 
or regularly scheduled  election.
   This bill would additionally specify that whenever an election
 called by a district, city, or other political subdivision
 is consolidated with a  county or statewide
  special  election, the consolidated election
shall be  held and  conducted  , and all other
proceedings incidental to and connected with the election to be
regulated and done,  in accordance with  the applicable
procedures and practices of the county in which the election is
consolidated, as determined by the county elections official,
provided that the procedures and practices are not inconsistent with
the provisions of law regulating the statewide or county election
  the provisions of law regulating the special election
 .
   Under existing law, if an election called by a district, city, or
other political subdivision is to be consolidated with a statewide
election, as specified, the district, city, or other political
subdivision must file with the board of supervisors and the county
elections official a resolution of its governing board that, among
other things, requests the consolidation.
   This bill would require the resolution to acknowledge that the
consolidated election will be  held and  conducted in
accordance with the  applicable procedures and practices of
the county in which the election is consolidated, as determined by
the county elections official   provisions of law
regulating the statewide election  .
   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 10403 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   10403.  (a) Whenever an election called by a district, city, or
other political subdivision for the submission of a question,
proposition, or office to be filled is to be consolidated with a
statewide election, and the question, proposition, or office to be
filled is to appear upon the same ballot as that provided for the
statewide election, the district, city, or other political
subdivision shall, at least 88 days prior to the date of the
election, file with the board of supervisors, and a copy with the
elections official, a resolution of its governing board that does all
of the following:
   (1) Requests that the district, city, or other political
subdivision election be consolidated with the statewide election.
   (2) Sets forth the exact form of the question, proposition, or
office to be voted upon at the election, as it is to appear on the
ballot. The question or proposition to appear on the ballot shall
conform to this code governing the wording of propositions submitted
to the voters at a statewide election.
   (3) Acknowledges that the consolidated election will be  held
and  conducted in the manner prescribed in Section 10418.
   (b) The resolution requesting the consolidation shall be adopted
and filed at the same time as the adoption of the ordinance,
resolution, or order calling the election.
   (c) The names of the candidates to appear upon the ballot where
district, city, or other political subdivision offices are to be
filled shall be filed with the county elections official no later
than 81 days prior to the election.
  SEC. 2.  Section 10418 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   10418.  (a) Whenever an election is to be held on the same day as
a statewide election,  including a statewide   a
 special election,  a county election,  or an
election held pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303, the election may be
consolidated with the statewide or  county  
special  election, or the election held pursuant to Section 1302
or 1303, as applicable. If consolidated, the consolidated election
shall be held and conducted, election  officers 
 boards  appointed, voting precincts designated, candidates
nominated, ballots printed, polls opened and closed,  voter
challenges determined,  ballots counted and returned, returns
canvassed, results declared, certificates of election issued, 
recounts conducted, election contests presented,  and all other
proceedings incidental to and connected with the election shall be
regulated and done in accordance with the provisions of law
regulating the  statewide, county, or regularly scheduled
  statewide or special  election  , or the
election held pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303, as applicable  .

   (b) Whenever an election called by a district, city, or other
political subdivision is consolidated with a county or statewide
election, including a statewide special election, the consolidated
election shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable
procedures and practices of the county in which the election is
consolidated, as determined by the county elections official,
provided that the procedures and practices are not inconsistent with
the provisions of law regulating the statewide or county election.
 
   (c) 
    (b)  The precincts used at the consolidated election
shall be those used for the statewide,  county, 
 special,  or regularly scheduled election and, where
necessary, the county elections official may adjust precinct lines to
coincide with the boundaries of the particular jurisdiction.