BILL NUMBER: SB 1096	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments
(Senators Correa (Chair), De León, Gaines, La Malfa, and Lieu)

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2012

   An act to amend Section 8251 of the Government Code, relating to
redistricting.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1096, as introduced, Committee on Elections and Constitutional
Amendments. Citizens Redistricting Commission.
   Under existing law, the Citizens Redistricting Commission is
charged with various duties and responsibilities in connection with
redistricting Assembly, Senate, Board of Equalization, and
congressional districts, as specified. Existing law establishes the
process for the selection and governance of the Citizens
Redistricting Commission.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive amendment to
these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8251 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   8251.  Citizens Redistricting Commission General Provisions.
   (a) This chapter implements Article XXI of the California
Constitution by establishing the process for the selection and
governance of the Citizens Redistricting Commission.
   (b) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms are defined:

   (1) "Commission" means the Citizens Redistricting Commission.
   (2) "Day" means a calendar day, except that if the final day of a
period within which an act is to be performed is a Saturday, Sunday,
or holiday, the period is extended to the next day that is not a
Saturday, Sunday, or holiday.
   (3) "Panel" means the Applicant Review Panel.
   (4) "Qualified independent auditor" means an auditor who is
currently licensed by the California Board of Accountancy and has
been a practicing independent auditor for at least 10 years prior to
appointment to the Applicant Review Panel.
   (c) The Legislature may not amend this chapter unless all of the
following are met:
   (1) By the same vote required for the adoption of the final set of
maps, the commission recommends amendments to this chapter to carry
out its purpose and intent.
   (2) The exact language of the amendments provided by the
commission is enacted as a statute approved by a two-thirds vote of
each house of the Legislature and signed by the Governor.
   (3) The bill containing the amendments provided by the commission
is in print for 10 days before final passage by the Legislature.
   (4) The amendments further the purposes of this act.
   (5) The amendments may not be passed by the Legislature in a year
ending in  0   zero  or 1.
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