BILL NUMBER: AB 945	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Donnelly

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 14215.5 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 945, as introduced, Donnelly. Elections: voter identification.
   Existing law requires that a person desiring to vote announce his
or her name and address to the precinct board member at the polling
place and then write the information in the index, except for
specified exceptions.
   This bill would require a person desiring to vote to produce and
show a valid form of state-issued photographic identification to the
precinct worker at the polling place.
   Because this bill would increase the duties of local elections
officials regarding conducting elections, 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 14215.5 is added to the Elections Code, to
read:
   14215.5.  A person desiring to vote shall first produce and show
to the precinct worker at the polling place a valid, state-issued
form of photographic identification.
  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.