BILL NUMBER: AB 1514	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend  Sections   Section 
84218  and 85309  of the Government Code, relating
to the Political Reform Act of 1974.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1514, as amended, Hayashi. Political Reform Act of 1974:
reporting.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive
regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the filing of
reports of contributions and expenditures. Among its provisions, the
act requires a slate mailer organization, as defined, to file
semiannual campaign statements for each 6-month period in which it
has received or expended $500 or more for the production of a slate
mailer.
   This bill would require a slate mailer organization to file
semiannual campaign statements for every 6-month period, irrespective
of whether the organization received payments or made expenditures
for that period. 
   The act requires candidates for elective office and committees
primarily formed to support or oppose a state ballot measure to file
online or electronically with the Secretary of State a report
disclosing receipt of a contribution of $1,000 or more received
during an election cycle, as defined, or receipt of a contribution of
$5,000 or more received at any time other than during an election
cycle.  
   This bill would broaden those reporting requirements by imposing
them on committees in general, as defined in the act, that receive
contributions and on slate mailer organizations that receive
payments. The bill would further provide that except for candidates
for elective state office or their controlled committees or state
ballot measure committees, committees or slate mailer organizations
would not be required to file reports unless they made contributions
or independent expenditures, in the case of committees, or receive
payments, in the case of slate mailer organizations in connection
with a candidate or ballot measure associated with an election cycle.

   Existing law makes a willful violation of the Political Reform Act
of 1974 a misdemeanor and subjects offenders to criminal penalties.
   This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating
additional crimes.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   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: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 84218 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   84218.  (a) A slate mailer organization shall file semiannual
campaign statements no later than July 31 for the period ending June
30, and no later than January 31, for the period ending December 31.
   (b) In addition to the semiannual statements required by
subdivision (a), slate mailer organizations shall file preelection
statements as follows:
   (1) Any slate mailer organization which produces a slate mailer
supporting or opposing candidates or measures being voted on in an
election held upon the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June
or November of an even-numbered year shall file the statements
specified in Section 84200.7 if, during the period covered by the
preelection statement, the slate mailer organization receives
payments totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more from any person
for the support of or opposition to candidates or ballot measures in
one or more slate mailers, or expends five hundred dollars ($500) or
more to produce one or more slate mailers.
   (2) Any slate mailer organization which produces a slate mailer
supporting or opposing candidates or measures being voted on in an
election held on a date other than the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in June or November of an even-numbered year shall file the
statements specified in Section 84200.8 if, during the period covered
by the preelection statement, the slate mailer organization receives
payments totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more from any
person for the support of or opposition to candidates or ballot
measures in one or more slate mailers, or expends five hundred
dollars ($500) or more to produce one or more slate mailers.
   (c) A slate mailer organization shall file two copies of its
campaign reports with the clerk of the county in which it is
domiciled. A slate mailer organization is domiciled at the address
listed on its statement of organization unless it is domiciled
outside California, in which case its domicile shall be deemed to be
Los Angeles County for purposes of this section.
   In addition, slate mailer organizations shall file campaign
reports as follows:
   (1) A slate mailer organization which produces one or more slate
mailers supporting or opposing candidates or measures voted on in a
state election, or in more than one county, shall file campaign
reports in the same manner as state general purpose committees
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 84215.
   (2) A slate mailer organization which produces one or more slate
mailers supporting or opposing candidates or measures voted on in
only one county, or in more than one jurisdiction within one county,
shall file campaign reports in the same manner as county general
purpose committees pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 84215.
   (3) A slate mailer organization which produces one or more slate
mailers supporting or opposing candidates or measures voted on in
only one city shall file campaign reports in the same manner as city
general purpose committees pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section
84215.
   (4) Notwithstanding the above, no slate mailer organization shall
be required to file more than the original and one copy, or two
copies, of a campaign report with any one county or city clerk or
with the Secretary of State. 
  SEC. 2.    Section 85309 of the Government Code is
amended to read:
   85309.  (a) In addition to any other report required by this
title, a committee, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 82013,
or a slate mailer organization that is required to file reports
pursuant to Section 84605 shall file online or electronically with
the Secretary of State a report disclosing receipt of a contribution
or, in the case of a slate mailer organization, a payment of one
thousand dollars ($1,000) or more received during an election cycle.
Those reports shall disclose the same information required by
subdivision (a) of Section 84203 or, in the case of a slate mailer
organization, Section 84220 and shall be filed within 24 hours of
receipt of the contribution or payment.
   (b) In addition to any other report required by this title, a
committee, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 82013, or a slate
mailer organization that is required to file reports pursuant to
Section 84605 shall file online or electronically with the Secretary
of State a report disclosing receipt of a contribution or, in the
case of a slate mailer organization, a payment of five thousand
dollars ($5,000) or more received at any time other than during an
election cycle. Those reports shall disclose the same information
required by subdivision (a) of Section 84203 or, in the case of a
slate mailer organization, Section 84220 and shall be filed within 10
business days of receipt of the contribution or payment.
   (c) Except for a candidate for elective state office and his or
her controlled committee or committees or a committee primarily
formed to support or oppose one or more state ballot measures, a
committee is not required to file a report pursuant to subdivision
(a) unless the committee makes a contribution to, or independent
expenditure in connection with, a candidate or ballot measure
associated with the election cycle.
   (d) A slate mailer organization is not required to file a report
pursuant to subdivision (a) unless the slate mailer organization
receives a payment in connection with a candidate or ballot measure
associated with the election cycle. 
   SEC. 3.   SEC. 2.   No reimbursement is
required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred
by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this
act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or
infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within
the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the
definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII
B of the California Constitution.
   SEC. 4.   SEC. 3.   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.