BILL NUMBER: AB 1038	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Pan
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Medina)
   (Coauthors: Senators Correa, Roth, and Yee)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 2159.7 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1038, as introduced, Pan. Voter registration: paid registration
activities.
   Existing law authorizes any person, company, or other organization
that complies with specified conditions to agree to pay money or
other valuable consideration, on a per-affidavit basis or otherwise,
to any person who assists another person to register to vote by
receiving the completed affidavit of registration.
   This bill would, notwithstanding existing law, prohibit a person
from offering to pay or paying money or other valuable consideration
to another person, either directly or indirectly, to assist another
person to register to vote under a certain political party by
receiving the completed affidavit of registration. A violation of
this prohibition would be a misdemeanor.
   By defining a new crime, this bill 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 no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   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 2159.7 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

   2159.7.  Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not offer
to pay or pay money or other valuable consideration to another
person, either directly or indirectly, to assist another person to
register to vote under a certain political party by receiving the
completed affidavit of registration. Any person who violates this
section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.