BILL NUMBER: AB 1921	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 24, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Davis

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to amend Section 87500.1 of the Government Code, relating
to the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1921, Davis. Political Reform Act of 1974: electronic filing.
   Existing law authorizes the Counties of Los Angeles, Merced,
Orange, and Stanislaus to participate in a pilot program to permit
the electronic filing of statements of economic interests.
   This bill would additionally authorize the Counties of Santa Clara
and Ventura, as well as the City of Long Beach, to permit the
electronic filing of the required statements of economic interests.
   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.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 87500.1 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   87500.1.  (a) The Counties of Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, Santa
Clara, Stanislaus, and Ventura and the City of Long Beach may permit
the electronic filing of a statement of economic interests required
by Article 3 (commencing with Section 87300) in accordance with
regulations adopted by the Commission. Each participating county
shall use the standard form for electronic filing found online, as
required by the Commission.
   (b) A public official subject to Article 2 (commencing with
Section 87200) shall not participate in the pilot program.
   (c) A statement filed electronically must include an electronic
transmission that is submitted under penalty of perjury and that
conforms to subdivision (b) of Section 1633.11 of the Civil Code.
   (d) (1) The filing officer shall issue to a person who
electronically files his or her statement of economic interests or
amendment electronic confirmation that notifies the filer that his or
her statement of economic interests or amendment was received. The
confirmation shall include the date and the time that the statement
of economic interests was received by the filing officer and the
method by which the filer may view and print the data received by the
filing officer.
   (2) A paper copy retained by the filer of a statement of economic
interests or amendment that was electronically filed and the
confirmation issued pursuant to paragraph (1) that shows that the
filer timely filed his or her statement of economic interests or
amendment shall create a rebuttable presumption that the filer filed
his or her statement of economic interests or amendment on time.
   (e) The filing officer shall utilize a system that includes
firewalls, data encryption, secure authentication, and all necessary
hardware and software and industry best practices to ensure that the
security and integrity of the data and information contained in the
statement of economic interests are not jeopardized or compromised.
   (f) The filing officer shall provide the public with a copy of an
official's statement of economic interests upon request, in
accordance with Section 81008. The paper copy of the electronically
filed statement of economic interests shall be identical to the
statement of economic interests published by the Commission and shall
include the date that the statement was filed.
   (g) (1) The pilot program shall commence on or after January 1,
2009, and shall be completed by January 1, 2012. The pilot program
shall include the reporting periods of 2008 through 2010. A county
participating in the pilot program shall submit a report to the
Commission not later than July 1, 2011. The report shall include the
following:
   (A) A listing and estimate of associated operational efficiencies
and related savings.
   (B) A listing and estimate of associated costs from implementing
and operating the pilot program.
   (C) A listing of safety, security, or privacy issues encountered
and explanation of how those issues were addressed.
   (D) Available information relating to feedback from electronic
filing participants.
   (E) Any other relevant information on the implementation of the
pilot program.
   (2) The Commission shall transmit the county reports received, as
well as any comments on the reports, to the Legislative Analyst's
Office not later than August 15, 2011. The Legislative Analyst's
Office shall provide a report to the Legislature evaluating the pilot
program not later than February 1, 2012.
   (h) The Commission, in conjunction with the Legislative Analyst's
Office, may develop additional criteria for the report to be
submitted to the Commission by participating counties pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (g).
   (i) This section shall remain in effect until March 1, 2012, and
as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which is
enacted before March 1, 2012, deletes or extends that date.
  SEC. 2.  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.