BILL NUMBER: AB 1096	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 23, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Sections 12220 and 12260 of the Elections Code,
relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1096, as amended, Galgiani. Elections: precinct maps.
   Existing law requires elections officials to prepare either maps
or exterior descriptions of precincts each calendar year and to make
that information accessible to members of the public upon request.
Local elections officials may charge a person requesting copies of
the information the cost necessary to reimburse the jurisdiction for
its expenses in providing the copies.
   This bill would require elections officials to prepare precinct
maps each year and authorize them to prepare exterior descriptions of
precincts. The bill would require information to be compiled for
each election and made available in both print and electronic format.

   Because the bill would impose additional duties upon local
elections officials, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
   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 12220 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   12220.  The elections official shall divide the jurisdiction into
precincts and shall prepare detail maps  , including detail maps
of any subprecinct, if available,  and may prepare exterior
descriptions thereof, and as many copies as the elections official
may determine. The county surveyor, if requested by an elections
official, shall provide assistance to the elections official in the
preparation of these maps or exterior descriptions.
  SEC. 2.  Section 12260 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   12260.  (a) The elections official may change or alter any
precinct boundaries.
   (b) If any changes or alterations are made the elections official
shall prepare new detail maps and may prepare exterior descriptions
thereof. The county surveyor shall, if so requested, provide
assistance to the elections official in the preparation of the detail
maps or exterior descriptions.
   (c) The elections official shall provide, at the request of any
interested person, the following information:
   (1) All precinct boundary changes and alterations made within the
current calendar year and the immediately preceding two calendar
years.
   (2) All precinct consolidations made within the current calendar
year and the immediately preceding two calendar years, specifying the
election or elections in which the consolidations were made.
   (3) All current precinct boundaries  , including the
boundaries of any subprecincts, if available,  and precinct
consolidations.
   (d) The information provided to persons pursuant to subdivision
(c) shall include the precinct numbers before the change or
alteration and then a description, including precinct numbers, of the
changes or alterations. The description shall include maps.
   (e) The information described in subdivisions (c) and (d) shall be
compiled for each election and shall be kept and filed so as to be
accessible to any person upon request.
   (f) The information described in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e)
shall be available in both print and electronic formats.
   (g) The elections official may charge a person requesting
information the amount needed to reimburse the jurisdiction for the
actual expenses incurred in providing copies of the information
required under this section.
  SEC. 3.  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.