BILL NUMBER: AB 2191	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Norby

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 85703 of, and to add Section 84207 to, the
Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2191, Norby. Political Reform Act of 1974: county central
committees.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires elected officers,
candidates for elective office, and committees to prepare and file
various campaign finance reports, as specified.
   This bill would exempt an elected member of, or a candidate for
election to, a county central committee of a qualified political
party who receives contributions of less than $1,000 and who makes
expenditures of less than $1,000 in a calendar year from the
requirements to file specified campaign statements.
   The act imposes limitations on contributions by persons to
candidates for elective state office and permits local jurisdictions
to impose additional contribution limitations, as specified. The act
also authorizes a local agency to impose additional filing
requirements on a person, except as specified.
   This bill would prohibit a local government agency from imposing
any filing requirements on an elected member of, or a candidate for
election to, a county central committee of a qualified political
party who receives contributions of less than $1,000 and who makes
expenditures of less than $1,000 in a calendar year. The bill would
also prohibit a local jurisdiction from imposing any contribution
limitations or prohibitions on an elected member of, or a candidate
for election to, a county central committee of a qualified political
party, or on a committee primarily formed to support or oppose a
person seeking election to a county central committee of a qualified
political party.
   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 84207 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   84207.  (a) An elected member of, or a candidate for election to,
a county central committee of a qualified political party who
receives contributions of less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and
who makes expenditures of less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in
a calendar year shall not be required to file any campaign
statements required by this title.
   (b) Notwithstanding Sections 81009.5 and 81013, a local government
agency shall not impose any filing requirements on an elected member
of, or a candidate for election to, a county central committee of a
qualified political party who receives contributions of less than one
thousand dollars ($1,000) and who makes expenditures of less than
one thousand dollars ($1,000) in a calendar year.
  SEC. 2.  Section 85703 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   85703.  (a) Nothing in this act shall nullify contribution
limitations or prohibitions of any local jurisdiction that apply to
elections for local elective office, except that these limitations
and prohibitions may not conflict with Section 85312. However, a
local jurisdiction shall not impose any contribution limitations or
prohibitions on an elected member of, or a candidate for election to,
a county central committee of a qualified political party, or on a
committee primarily formed to support or oppose a person seeking
election to a county central committee of a qualified political
party.
   (b) Limitations and prohibitions imposed by a local jurisdiction
on payments for a member communication, as defined in subdivision
(c), that conflict with Section 85312 and which are thereby
prohibited by subdivision (a) include, but are not limited to, any of
the following:
   (1) Source restrictions on payments for member communications that
are not expressly made applicable to member communications by a
state statute or by a regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant
to Section 83112.
   (2) Limitations on payments to a political party committee for a
member communication that are not expressly made applicable to member
communications by a state statute or by a regulation adopted by the
Commission pursuant to Section 83112.
   (3) Limitations on the scope of payments considered directly
related to the making of a member communication, including costs
associated with the formulation, design, production, and distribution
of the communication such as surveys, list acquisition, and
consulting fees that are not expressly made applicable to member
communications by a state statute or by a regulation adopted by the
Commission pursuant to Section 83112.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "member communication" means a
communication, within the meaning of Section 85312, to members,
employees, shareholders, or families of members, employees, or
shareholders of an organization, including a communication by a
political party to a member who is registered as expressing a
preference for that party on his or her affidavit of registration
pursuant to Sections 2150, 2151, and 2152 of the Elections Code.
  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.