BILL NUMBER: AB 193	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Knight

                        JANUARY 27, 2011

   An act to add Section 12287.5 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 193, as introduced, Knight. Polling place designation.
   Existing law provides requirements for local elections officials
to designate public and private properties and facilities for use as
polling places.
   This bill would prohibit a polling place from being designated at
a property or facility where a registered sex offender resides, and
would require elections officials to consult the sex offenders'
database maintained by the Department of Justice prior to designating
a polling place.
   Because this bill would impose additional duties on 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 12287.5 is added to the Elections Code, to
read:
   12287.5.  A property or facility shall not be designated as a
polling place if it is the residence of a person who is required to
register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act. Elections
officials shall, at a minimum, consult the database for registered
sex offenders maintained by the Department of Justice prior to
designating a location as a polling place.
  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.