BILL NUMBER: AB 346	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 4, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Atkins

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2011

   An act to add Section 12289 to the Elections Code, relating to
polling places.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 346, as amended, Atkins. Polling places: higher education
campuses.
   Existing law regulates the establishment of polling places. Under
existing law, the local elections official may request the use of
school buildings as polling places.
   This bill would, for  state  elections conducted by a
county  or city and county  , require the county  or
city and county  elections official to establish at least one
polling place within the county's  or city and county's 
electoral jurisdiction on a higher education campus, as defined,
except as specified. By requiring county  and city and county
 elections officials to perform new duties, this bill 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 12289 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   12289.  (a)  (1)    For  state 
elections conducted by a county  or a city and county  , the
county  or city and county  elections official shall
establish at least one polling place on a higher education campus
located within the electoral jurisdiction of the county  or city
and county  .  This 
    (2)     This  section does not apply
to a county  or city and county  elective official of a
county  that   or city and county in either of
the following circumstances: 
    (A)     The   county or city and
county  does not have a higher education campus within its
jurisdiction. 
   (B) The county or city and county has a population of fewer than
150,000 people. 
   (b) For purposes of this section, "higher education campus" means
the campus of a community college, the California State University,
or the University of California.
  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.