Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 969Introduced by Assembly Member PellerinFebruary 14, 2023An act to amend Section 13000 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. An act to add Section 19207.5 to the Elections Code, relating to elections. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 969, as amended, Pellerin. Ballots. Elections: voting systems.Existing law authorizes the governing board of a local jurisdiction to adopt a voting system for use in an election if the system has been certified or conditionally approved by the Secretary of State.This bill would prohibit a county board of supervisors from terminating an existing voting system contract without a transition plan and a replacement contract in place.Existing law requires the person in charge of elections for a county, city and county, city, or district to provide ballots for an election within that persons jurisdiction and to cause to be printed on the ballots the name of every candidate, as specified.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 19207.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:19207.5. A county board of supervisors shall not terminate an existing voting system contract without a transition plan and a replacement contract in place.SECTION 1.Section 13000 of the Elections Code is amended to read:13000.The person in charge of elections for any county, city and county, city, or district shall provide ballots for any elections within that persons jurisdiction, and shall cause to be printed on them the name of every candidate whose name has been certified to or filed with the proper officer pursuant to law and who, therefore, is entitled to a place on the appropriate ballot.
Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 969Introduced by Assembly Member PellerinFebruary 14, 2023An act to amend Section 13000 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. An act to add Section 19207.5 to the Elections Code, relating to elections. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 969, as amended, Pellerin. Ballots. Elections: voting systems.Existing law authorizes the governing board of a local jurisdiction to adopt a voting system for use in an election if the system has been certified or conditionally approved by the Secretary of State.This bill would prohibit a county board of supervisors from terminating an existing voting system contract without a transition plan and a replacement contract in place.Existing law requires the person in charge of elections for a county, city and county, city, or district to provide ballots for an election within that persons jurisdiction and to cause to be printed on the ballots the name of every candidate, as specified.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023
Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 969
Introduced by Assembly Member PellerinFebruary 14, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Pellerin
February 14, 2023
An act to amend Section 13000 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. An act to add Section 19207.5 to the Elections Code, relating to elections.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 969, as amended, Pellerin. Ballots. Elections: voting systems.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a local jurisdiction to adopt a voting system for use in an election if the system has been certified or conditionally approved by the Secretary of State.This bill would prohibit a county board of supervisors from terminating an existing voting system contract without a transition plan and a replacement contract in place.Existing law requires the person in charge of elections for a county, city and county, city, or district to provide ballots for an election within that persons jurisdiction and to cause to be printed on the ballots the name of every candidate, as specified.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a local jurisdiction to adopt a voting system for use in an election if the system has been certified or conditionally approved by the Secretary of State.
This bill would prohibit a county board of supervisors from terminating an existing voting system contract without a transition plan and a replacement contract in place.
Existing law requires the person in charge of elections for a county, city and county, city, or district to provide ballots for an election within that persons jurisdiction and to cause to be printed on the ballots the name of every candidate, as specified.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 19207.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:19207.5. A county board of supervisors shall not terminate an existing voting system contract without a transition plan and a replacement contract in place.SECTION 1.Section 13000 of the Elections Code is amended to read:13000.The person in charge of elections for any county, city and county, city, or district shall provide ballots for any elections within that persons jurisdiction, and shall cause to be printed on them the name of every candidate whose name has been certified to or filed with the proper officer pursuant to law and who, therefore, is entitled to a place on the appropriate ballot.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 19207.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:19207.5. A county board of supervisors shall not terminate an existing voting system contract without a transition plan and a replacement contract in place.
SECTION 1. Section 19207.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
19207.5. A county board of supervisors shall not terminate an existing voting system contract without a transition plan and a replacement contract in place.
19207.5. A county board of supervisors shall not terminate an existing voting system contract without a transition plan and a replacement contract in place.
19207.5. A county board of supervisors shall not terminate an existing voting system contract without a transition plan and a replacement contract in place.
19207.5. A county board of supervisors shall not terminate an existing voting system contract without a transition plan and a replacement contract in place.
The person in charge of elections for any county, city and county, city, or district shall provide ballots for any elections within that persons jurisdiction, and shall cause to be printed on them the name of every candidate whose name has been certified to or filed with the proper officer pursuant to law and who, therefore, is entitled to a place on the appropriate ballot.