BILL NUMBER: AB 1365	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nielsen

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 2187.5 to the Elections Code, relating to
voters.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1365, as introduced, Nielsen. Voter registration: information
sharing.
   Existing law requires a county elections official to maintain a
voter registration index based upon the valid affidavits of
registration for voters within the county. Existing law requires each
county elections official to send to the Secretary of State, in a
format described by the Secretary of State, a summary statement of
the number of voters in the county, as specified.
   This bill would require a state agency, upon the request of the
Secretary of State, to share with the Secretary of State information
the agency is required to generate that will assist the Secretary of
State in maintaining accurate lists of registered voters.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 2187.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

   2187.5.  A state agency, upon the request of the Secretary of
State, shall share with the Secretary of State information the agency
is required by law to generate that will assist the Secretary of
State in maintaining accurate lists of registered voters. In dealing
with information obtained pursuant to this section, the Secretary of
State shall comply with any provision of law that restricts or
prohibits public disclosure or distribution of the information.