AB 562 — Makes appropriations to the Office of the Secretary of State for costs associated with the voter registration and elections management system and connectivity of automatic voter registration agencies. (BDR S-1180)

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562–COMMITTEE ON W AYS AND M EANS (ON B EHALF OF THE O FFICE OFF INANCE IN THEO FFICE OF THEG OVERNOR ) M AY 14, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Ways and Means SUMMARY—Makes appropriations to the Office of the Secretary of State for costs associated with the voter registration and elections management system and connectivity of automatic voter registration agencies.

(BDR S-1180) FISCAL NOTE:

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Contains Appropriation included in Executive Budget.

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- *AB562_R1* – 2 – Fund to the Office of the Secretary of State the sum of $3,487,364 for the HAVA Election Reform budget account for the costs of connectivity of automatic voter registration agencies.

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Any remaining balance of an appropriation made by sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the fund from which it Sec.

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