BILL NUMBER: AB 193	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 11, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 2, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2011

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, 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 single-family residence where a registered sex offender resides,
and would require elections officials to consult the Megan's Law sex
offenders' database maintained by the Department of Justice not more
than 60 days prior to designating a single-family residence as a
polling place.
   Because this bill would impose additional duties on local
elections officials in designating a polling place, 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.


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 single-family residence shall not be designated as a
polling place if elections officials determine that it has the
registered address of a person who is required to register pursuant
to the Sex Offender Registration Act. Elections officials shall, not
more than 60 days prior to designating a single-family residence as a
polling place, use the Megan's Law Internet Web site maintained by
the Department of Justice to determine if the residence has the
registered address of a sex offender. In accordance with subdivision
(k) of Section 290.46 of the Penal Code, an elections official who is
required to register as a sex offender shall be prohibited from
accessing the Megan's Law public Internet Web site.
  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.