BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Senator Ben Allen, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 1536 Hearing Date: 6/16/15
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|Author: |Committee on Elections and Redistricting |
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|Version: |3/25/15 |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |No |
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|Consultant:|Frances Tibon Estoista |
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Subject: Elections
DIGEST
This bill updates various cross references in the California
Elections Code to reflect a reorganization of federal laws
dealing with elections and makes various technical changes.
ANALYSIS
Existing law makes numerous references to federal laws related
to elections.
This bill makes nonsubstantive, technical changes to update
provisions referencing federal law to reflect a recent
reclassification of federal law.
BACKGROUND
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of federal law, those cross-references can become out of date.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.
COMMENTS
1) According to the Author , last summer, the federal Office of
AB 1536 (Committee on Elections and Redistricting) Page 2
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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
from one place to another in the Code without substantive
change.
PRIOR ACTION
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|Assembly Floor: |74 - 0 |
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|Assembly Elections and Redistricting | 7 - 0 |
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POSITIONS
Sponsor: Author
Support: None received
Oppose: None received
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