BILL NUMBER: AB 528	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 9, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Silva

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to  add Section 56100.05 to, and to  amend
Sections 56100.1, 56700.1, 57009, and 82035.5 of  ,
 the Government Code, relating to local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 528, as amended, Silva. Local government: reorganization:
expenditure reporting.
   (1) Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government
Reorganization Act, requires contributions and expenditures for
political purposes on boundary changes approved by a local agency
formation commission be disclosed and reported to the commission to
the same extent and subject to the same requirements of the Political
Reform Act of 1974 as provided for local initiative measures.
   This bill would revise these provisions to require the
expenditures to be disclosed and reported pursuant to the Political
Reform Act of 1974.
   (2) Existing law, for purposes of the Political Reform Act of
1974, defines "LAFCO proposal" to mean a proposal, as defined by the
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act, that is
initiated as a petition for filing with a local agency formation
commission.
   This bill would revise the definition of "LAFCO proposal" to mean
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act, including
a proceeding, as defined by that act.
   (3) The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure,
provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's
purposes upon a 2/3 vote of each house and compliance with specified
procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the
purposes of the act.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    Section 56100.05 is added to the
Government Code, to read:
   56100.05.  Contributions and expenditures for political purpose
related to a proposal or proceeding shall be disclosed and reported
pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 84250) of Chapter 4
of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section
81000)). 
   SEC. 2.   SECTION 1.   Section 56100.1
of the Government Code is amended to read:
   56100.1.   A   (a)    
Contributions and expenditures for political purposes related to a
proposal or proceeding shall be disclosed and reported pursuant to
Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 84250) of Chapter 4 of the
Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section
81000)). 
    (b)     A  commission may require,
through the adoption of written policies and procedures, additional
disclosure of contributions in support of or opposition to a
proposal, which shall be made either to the commission's executive
officer, in which case it shall be posted on the commission's
Internet Web site, if applicable, or to the board of supervisors of
the county in which the commission is located, which may designate a
county officer to receive the disclosure. Disclosure pursuant to a
requirement under the authority provided in this section shall be in
addition to any disclosure otherwise required by Section 
56100.05,  56700.1,  or  57009, or local
ordinance.
   SEC. 3.   SEC. 2.   Section 56700.1 of
the Government Code is amended to read:
   56700.1.  Expenditures for political purposes related to a
proposal for a change of organization or reorganization that will be
submitted to a commission pursuant to this part, and contributions in
support of or in opposition to those proposals, shall be disclosed
and reported pursuant to  Sections 56100.05 and 
 Section  56100.1.
   SEC. 4.   SEC. 3.   Section 57009 of the
Government Code is amended to read:
   57009.  Expenditures for political purposes related to proceedings
for a change of organization or reorganization that will be
conducted pursuant to this part, and contributions in support of or
in opposition to those proceedings, shall be disclosed and reported
pursuant to  Sections 56100.05 and   Section
 56100.1.
   SEC. 5.   SEC. 4.   Section 82035.5 of
the Government Code is amended to read:
   82035.5.  "LAFCO proposal" means a proposal, as defined in Section
56069, including a proceeding, as defined by Section 56067.
   SEC. 6.   SEC. 5.   The Legislature
finds and declares that this bill furthers the purposes of the
Political Reform Act of 1974 within the meaning of subdivision (a) of
Section 81012 of the Government Code.
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