BILL NUMBER: AB 1135	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mullin

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 3004 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1135, as introduced, Mullin. Vote by mail: military or overseas
voters.
   Existing law requires a county elections official to place a
notice in any office within the county where applications are taken
for federal passports or where military enlistments are received to
inform potential military or overseas voters of their right to a vote
by mail voter's ballot and where registration materials and
application forms can be obtained.
   This bill would additionally require the elections official to
place the notice in any office within the county where county or
municipal fines can be paid.
   By increasing the duties of local elections officials, the 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, 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 3004 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   3004.  The county elections official shall place a notice in any
office within the county where applications are taken for federal
 passports or   passports,  where military
enlistments are received  , or where county or municipal fines
can be paid  to inform potential  special absentee
  military or overseas  voters of their right to a
vote by mail voter's ballot and where registration materials and
application forms can be obtained.
  SEC. 2.  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.