House Sponsors: JONES,SHIRLEY-CURRY,JULIE. Senate Sponsors: SHAW Short description: ELEC-REGISTRATION FORMS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Election Code and the State Mandates Act. Requires a county clerk or board of election commissioners to provide a deputy registrar with additional voter registration application forms if the deputy registrar has no more than 5,000 (now, 200) such forms unaccounted for in the preceding 12 months. Requires a county clerk or board of election commissioners to accept an application for registration in another jurisdiction in the State and forward that application to the State Board of Elections, which shall record the application and forward it to the appropriate county clerk or board of election commissioners. Provides deadlines for forwarding applications. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt rules concerning the acceptance and forwarding of applications. Requires implementation without reimbursement. FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Elections) HB 3149 would have minimal fiscal impact on the operations of the State Board of Elections. Any implementation costs could be absorbed within the regular operating budget. HOME RULE NOTE (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs) HB 2149 outlines procedures to be followed by county officials regarding voter registration applications. The legislation does not contain language indicating a pre-emption of home rule powers and functions. Therefore, in the opinion of DCCA, HB 3149 does not pre-empt home rule authority. STATE MANDATES NOTE (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs) In the opinion of DCCA, HB 3149 creates a local government organization and structure mandate for which reimbursement of the increased costs to units of local government is not required under the State Mandates Act. In addition, the legislation amends the State Mandates Act to provide that reimbursement by the State is not required for the implemen- tation of any mandate created by HB 3149. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Changes from 200 to 500 the number of registration forms an election authority must provide to a deputy registrar with unaccounted forms in the preceding 12 months. Provides that an election authority receiving a voter registration for another election jurisdiction must forward the registration directly to the election authority of the other jurisdiction, rather than to the State Board of Elections. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status