LB531 LB531
2019 2019
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED SIXTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 531
Introduced by Vargas, 7; Wishart, 27.
Read first time January 22, 2019
Committee: Appropriations
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Election Administration Fund; to amend
2 section 32-204, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2018; to
3 provide for a transfer; to create a fund; to repeal the original
4 section; and to declare an emergency.
5 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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LB531 LB531
2019 2019
1 Section 1. Section 32-204, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement,
2 2018, is amended to read:
3 32-204 The Election Administration Fund is hereby created. The fund
4 shall consist of federal funds, state funds, gifts, and grants
5 appropriated for the administration of elections. The Secretary of State
6 shall use the fund for voting systems, provisional voting, computerized
7 statewide voter registration lists, voter registration, training or
8 informational materials related to elections, and any other costs related
9 to elections. The Secretary of State shall transfer two hundred thousand
10 dollars from the Election Administration Fund to the Enhanced Motor Voter
11 Fund on or before June 30, 2019. Any money in the fund available for
12 investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to
13 the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds
14 Investment Act. The State Treasurer shall transfer any funds in the
15 Carbon Sequestration Assessment Cash Fund on August 24, 2017, to the
16 Election Administration Fund.
17 Sec. 2. The Enhanced Motor Voter Fund is hereby created. The fund
18 shall consist of federal funds, gifts, and grants appropriated for the
19 improvement of voter registration processes occurring at the Department
20 of Motor Vehicles or other state agencies.
21 It is the intent of the Legislature that the fund be used by the
22 Secretary of State to increase the number of eligible Nebraskans who
23 create, update, or affirm their voter registrations while interacting
24 with state agencies.
25 Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by
26 the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion
27 Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.
28 Sec. 3. Original section 32-204, Revised Statutes Cumulative
29 Supplement, 2018, is repealed.
30 Sec. 4. Since an emergency exists, this act takes effect when
31 passed and approved according to law.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 32-204