BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1096
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1096 (Galgiani)
As Amended June 1, 2009
Majority vote
ELECTIONS 7-0 APPROPRIATIONS 13-0
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|Ayes:|Fong, Adams, Bill |Ayes:|De Leon, Ammiano, Charles |
| |Berryhill, Coto, Mendoza, | |Calderon, Davis, Duvall, |
| |Saldana, Swanson | |Fuentes, Hall, |
| | | |John A. Perez, Price, |
| | | |Skinner, Solorio, |
| | | |Torlakson, Krekorian |
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SUMMARY : Requires elections officials to provide electronic
copies of precinct maps to any interested person. Specifically,
this bill requires:
1)Election officials to provide all current precinct boundaries
and precinct consolidations to any interested person.
2)That precinct maps and boundary changes and consolidations be
made available in both print and electronic forms.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Appropriations Committee, any
additional costs to counties will be covered by fees that county
elections officials are currently authorized to charge for
providing precinct materials.
COMMENTS : According to the author, "In the last ten years,
county election officials have shifted to using electronic
methods (Geographic Information Systems- GIS) to create and
update precinct boundaries. At the same time, political
campaigns and data vendors have shifted to using these same
electronic methods to produce their own precinct maps. However,
many counties refused to provide copies of their precinct
boundaries to the public in an electronic format. Other
counties charge prohibitive prices in excess of the actual costs
to the jurisdiction. This means that campaigns, vendors and
other interested members of the public often have to manually
recreate data that already exists and was created at public
expense."
AB 1096
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AB 1096 updates California's Election Code relating to public
access to precinct boundary information. AB 1096 requires
election officials to make available to the public information
on all precinct boundaries, not just modified boundaries. It
also requires this information include maps and be available in
both print and electronic formats.
Analysis Prepared by : Qiana Charles / E. & R. / (916)
319-2094
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