BILL NUMBER: SB 787	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Walters

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 87100 of the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 787, as introduced, Walters. Political Reform Act of 1974:
conflicts of interest.
   Existing law prohibits a public official from influencing a
governmental decision, as specified, in which the public official
knows or has reason to know that he or she has a financial interest.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 87100 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   87100.  No public official at any level of state or local
government shall make, participate in making  ,  or in any
way attempt to use his  or her  official position to
influence a governmental decision in which he  or she  knows
or has reason to know he  or she  has a financial interest.