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          Date of Hearing:   May 13, 2015


                  ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND REDISTRICTING


                           Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, Chair


          AB 1536  
          (Committee on Elections and Redistricting) - As Introduced March  
          25, 2015


          SUBJECT:  Elections.


          SUMMARY:  Updates various cross references in the California  
          Elections Code to reflect a reorganization of federal laws  
          dealing with elections.  Makes various technical changes.


          FISCAL EFFECT:  None. This bill is keyed non-fiscal by the  
          Legislative Counsel.


          COMMENTS:  


          1)Purpose of the Bill:  Last summer, the federal Office of the  
            Law Revision Counsel announced that various provisions of  
            federal law relating to voting and elections would be  
            transferred from titles 2 and 42 of the United States Code to  
            a new title 52.  The Office of Law Revision Counsel, which is  
            responsible for maintaining and publishing the United States  
            Code, reorganized these provisions pursuant to an "editorial  
            reclassification" under which provisions of law are relocated  









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            from one place to another in the Code without substantive  
            change.


            Various provisions of the California Elections Code include  
            cross-references to relevant provisions of federal law related  
            to voting and elections.  Due to the editorial  
            reclassification of federal law, those cross-references are  
            out of date.  This bill updates the cross-references to  
            federal law contained in 40 different sections of the  
            California Elections Code in order to conform with the federal  
            reorganization of laws related to elections.


          2)Conflicting Legislation: Because this bill affects a large  
            number of provisions of the Elections Code, and contains only  
            minor and technical changes, this bill contains language to  
            provide that any conflicting legislation that is enacted this  
            year and takes effect by January 1, 2016, will prevail over  
            the changes proposed by this bill.  The inclusion of that  
            language in this bill ensures that the minor changes in this  
            bill will not chapter out more substantive changes that are  
            made by other legislation.


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:




          Support


          None on file.












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          Opposition


          None on file.




          Analysis Prepared by:Ethan Jones / E. & R. / (916) 319-2094