AB 1143, as amended, Hadley. Elections: Voter Registration Agencies.
Existing law, the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993, requires each state to designate as voter registration agencies all offices in the state that provide public assistance or that provide state-funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons with disabilities. Existing state law implements the provisions of the federal act and defines voter registration agency to include a department, division, or office of state or local government, or a program supported by state funds, that is designated as a voter registration agency by executive order of the Governor or pursuant to the federal act. In Executive Order W-98-94, this state designated the Franchise Tax Board, among other agencies, as a voter registration agency. Existing law requires voter registration agencies to provide a voter registration card to an applicant for service or assistance, and with each recertification, renewal or change of address form relating to the service or assistance, among other requirements.
This bill would require the Franchise Tax Board to alsobegin delete send a voter registration card to aend deletebegin insert notify an individualend insert taxpayer whose annual income tax return indicates a change of address from the prior yearbegin insert that he or she may register to voteend insertbegin insert or update his or her voter registration information through an online voter registration systemend insert.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 2403.5 is added to the Elections Code,
2to read:
(a) For purposes of this section, an “individual
4taxpayer” does not include a taxpayer who is a fiduciary, estate,
5or trust.
6begin insert(b)end insertbegin insert end insertIn addition to complying with the requirements of Section
72403, the Franchise Tax Board shall provide abegin delete voter registrationend delete
8begin insert notificationend insert cardbegin insert,
as described in subdivision (c),end insert tobegin delete aend deletebegin insert anend insertbegin insert individualend insert
9 taxpayer whose annualbegin insert personalend insert income tax return indicates a
10change of address from the prior year.
11(c) The notification card required by this section shall inform
12the taxpayer that he or she may do either of the following through
13the online voter registration page of the Internet Web site of the
14Secretary of State:
15(1) Register to vote.
end insertbegin insert16(2) Update his or her voter registration information.
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