BILL NUMBER: AB 1446	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mullin

                        JANUARY 6, 2014

   An act to amend Section 2402 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1446, as introduced, Mullin. Designation of voter registration
agencies.
   Existing law, the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993,
requires each state to establish procedures to register voters by
application in person at certain federal, state, local, or
nongovernmental agencies designated by the state as voter
registration agencies. Existing state law establishes procedures to
register voters in accordance with the federal act and requires voter
registration agencies to perform specified tasks related to voter
registration. Existing state law provides that a voter registration
agency includes a department, division, or office of state or local
government, or a program supported by state funds, that is designated
by executive order of the Governor or pursuant to the federal act.
   This bill would specifically authorize the Secretary of State to
designate voter registration agencies pursuant to the federal
National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2402 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   2402.  (a) The Secretary of State is the chief state elections
official responsible for coordination of the state's responsibilities
under the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
Sec. 1973gg et seq.).
   (b) The Secretary of State shall adopt such regulations as are
necessary to implement this chapter and the federal National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1973gg et seq.). 
   (c) The Secretary of State may designate voter registration
agencies pursuant to the federal National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1973gg et seq.).