BILL NUMBER: SB 582	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2009

INTRODUCED BY    Senator   Dutton 
 Senators   Dutton   and Runner 

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 3020 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 582, as amended, Dutton. Elections: vote by mail voting:
military personnel.
   Existing law requires vote by mail ballots to be received by
elections officials by the close of the polls on election day.
   This bill would require that a vote by mail ballot of a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States who is stationed outside of the
United States be cast by election day and received by elections
officials no later than 25 days after election day.
   Because the bill would require local elections officials to
perform additional duties, 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 3020 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   3020.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a vote by mail
ballot cast  under   pursuant to  this
division shall be received by the elections official from whom the
ballot was obtained or by the precinct board no later than the close
of the polls on election day.
   (b) A vote by mail ballot of a member of the Armed Forces of the
United States or an auxiliary branch thereof who is stationed outside
of the United States shall be cast by election day and shall be
received by the voter's elections official no later than 25 days
after election day.
  SEC. 2.  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.