BILL NUMBER: SB 240	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 11, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Anderson   ) 
   (Coauthor: Senator Lieu)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Gray and Pan)

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2013

   An act to add Section 12289 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 240, as amended, Yee. Polling places: higher education
campuses.
   (1) Existing law requires elections officials to establish a
convenient number of election precincts and designate a polling place
for each precinct. Under existing law, the local elections official
may request the use of school buildings as polling places.
   This bill would, for statewide general  and primary 
elections conducted by a county or city and county, require the
county or city and county elections official to establish polling
places within each campus of the California State University and the
University of California, and would require the elections official to
establish polling places within each community college if convenient
for voters. The bill would not apply to counties or city and
counties that have a population of fewer than 150,000 people. The
bill would require the California State University and the California
Community Colleges, and request the University of California, to
provide access for the use of their campuses as polling places. By
requiring county and city and county elections officials to perform
new duties, and the California Community Colleges to provide access
as polling places, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
   (2) 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 12289 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   12289.  (a) For each statewide general election  and each
statewide primary election  conducted by a county or a city and
county, the county or city and county elections official shall do
both of the following:
   (1) Establish at least one polling place within each campus of the
California State University and the University of California within
the jurisdiction of the county or city and county.
   (2) Consider establishing at least one polling place within each
community college within the jurisdiction of the county or city and
county, and establish that polling place if the elections official
determines a polling place at the college would be convenient for
voters.
   (b) This section does not  only  apply to a
county or city and county that has a population of fewer than 150,000
people.
   (c) The California State University and the California Community
Colleges shall, and the University of California is requested to,
provide access for use of their campuses as polling places. This
section does not apply to a campus of the University of California if
the campus refuses a request for access  of  
to  the campus as a polling place.
  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.