92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB3149
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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


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