BILL NUMBER: AB 2624INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Harkey FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 2131 of the Elections Code, relating to voter education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2624, as introduced, Harkey. Voter education: citizenship. Existing state law authorizes the Secretary of State to provide grants to local elections officials, nonprofit corporations, and unincorporated associations to conduct voter outreach and voter education programs, or to increase accessibility for eligible voters with disabilities, using funding provided by the Help America Vote Act of 2002. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change 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 2131 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 2131. The Secretary of State may provide grants to local elections officials, nonprofit corporations, and unincorporated associations for both of the following purposes: (a) To conduct voter outreach and voter education programs, in accordance with the requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-252), using funds provided to the state by Sections 101 and 251 of that act. (b) To increase accessibility for eligible voters with disabilities, in accordance with the requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-252), using funds provided to the state by Section 261 of that act.