California Assembly Bill AB906 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 906INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Galgiani FEBRUARY 17, 2011 An act to amend Section 21000 of the Elections Code, relating to reapportionment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 906, as introduced, Galgiani. Elections: reapportionment. Existing law requires the county elections official in each county to compile and make available to the Legislature, or an appropriate committee of the Legislature, information and statistics that may be necessary in connection with the reapportionment of legislative districts, as specified. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision. 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 21000 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 21000. The county elections official in each county shall compile and make available to the Legislature or any appropriate committee of the Legislature any information and statistics that may be necessary for use in connection with the reapportionment of legislative districts, including, but not limited to, precinct maps indicating the boundaries of municipalities, school districts, judicial districts, Assembly districts, senatorial districts and congressional districts, lists showing the election returns for each precinct, and election returns for each precinct reflecting the vote total for all ballots cast, including both vote by mail ballots and ballots cast at polling places, compiled pursuant to  subdivision (a) of  Section 15321 in the county at each statewide election. If the county elections official stores the information and statistics in data-processing files, he or she shall make the files available, along with whatever documentation  shall be   is  necessary  in order  to allow the use of the files by the appropriate committee of the Legislature and shall retain these files until the next reapportionment has been completed. Each precinct shall be identified according to the census tract or enumeration district in which it is located. When a precinct is divided among two or more census tracts or enumeration districts, the county elections official shall include an estimate of the proportion of the precinct's registered voters in each census tract or enumeration district. If the United States Census Bureau divides or alters any census tract or enumeration district between the time of an election and the census upon which the reapportionment is based, the county elections official shall provide whatever corrections or additional information may be necessary to reflect those changes.