BILL NUMBER: AB 1440	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos
   (Coauthor: Senator Padilla)

                        JANUARY 6, 2014

   An act to add Section 22001 to, and to add Chapter 2 (commencing
with Section 10010) to Part 1 of Division 10 of, the Elections Code,
relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1440, as amended, Campos. Elections: district boundaries:
public hearing.
    Existing law requires county boards of supervisors and the
councils of general law and charter cities that elect members by or
from districts following each decennial federal census, and using
that census as a basis, to adjust the boundaries of the supervisorial
and council districts, as specified. Existing law requires a county
board of supervisors or a city council of a general law city or the
governing body of a charter city to hold at least one public hearing
on any proposal to adjust the boundaries of a district prior to a
public hearing at which the board or council votes to approve or
defeat the proposal.
   This bill would also require the governing body of a district to
hold at least one public hearing on a proposal to adjust the
boundaries of  the district   a division
prior to a public hearing at which the governing body of the district
votes to approve or defeat the proposal. The bill would require a
political subdivision that changes from an at-large method of
election to a district-based election, as defined, to hold at least 2
public hearings on a proposal to establish the district boundaries
of the political subdivision prior to a public hearing at which the
governing body of the political subdivision votes to approve or
defeat the proposal.
   Because the bill would impose additional duties on local agencies,
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.  Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10010) is added to
Part 1 of Division 10 of the Elections Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 2.  DISTRICT BOUNDARIES


   10010.  (a) A political subdivision that changes from an at-large
method of election to a district-based election shall hold at least
two public hearings on a proposal to establish the district
boundaries of the political subdivision prior to a public hearing at
which the governing body of the political subdivision votes to
approve or defeat the proposal.
   (b) This section applies to, but is not limited to, a proposal
that is required due to a court-imposed change from an at-large
method of election to a district-based election.
   (c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "At-large method of election" has the same meaning as set
forth in subdivision (a) of Section 14026.
   (2) "District-based election" has the same meaning as set forth in
subdivision (b) of Section 14026.
   (3) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as set forth in
subdivision (c) of Section 14026.
  SEC. 2.  Section 22001 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   22001.  The governing body of a district shall hold at least one
public hearing on any proposal to adjust the boundaries of 
the district   a division  prior to a public
hearing at which the governing body votes to approve or defeat the
proposal.
  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.