California Senate Bill SB582 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 582INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Dutton FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to amend Section 3020 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 582, as introduced, Dutton. Elections: vote by mail voting: military personnel. Existing law requires vote by mail ballots to be received by elections officials by the close of the polls on election day. This bill would require that a vote by mail ballot of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is stationed outside of the United States be cast by election day and received by elections officials no later than 25 days after election day. Because the bill would require local elections officials to perform additional duties, 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 3020 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 3020.  All   (a)     Except as provided in subdivision (b), a  vote by mail ballots   ballot  cast under this division shall be received by the elections official from whom  they were   the ballot was  obtained or by the precinct board no later than the close of the polls on election day.  (b) A vote by mail ballot of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or an auxiliary branch thereof who is stationed outside of the United States shall be cast by election day and shall be received by the voter's elections official no later than 25 days after election day.  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.