BILL NUMBER: SB 1001	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  506
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 17, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 8, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee
   (Coauthor: Senator Blakeslee)

                        FEBRUARY 6, 2012

   An act to amend Section 86102 of, and to add Sections 84101.5 and
84613 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act
of 1974.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1001, Yee. Political Reform Act of 1974: lobbyists and
committees: fees.
   (1) Existing provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974
require a committee, as defined, to file a statement of organization
with the Secretary of State and, as applicable, to file semiannual
campaign statements.
   This bill would require the Secretary of State to charge each
committee that is required to file a statement of organization, and
would require each committee to pay, except as specified and subject
to specified deadlines, a fee of $50 per year until the committee is
terminated.
   (2) Existing provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974
regulate the activities of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist
employers, as defined, in connection with attempts to influence
legislative and administrative action by legislative and other state
officials. The act requires that lobbying firms and lobbyist
employers register with the Secretary of State, and authorizes the
Secretary of State to charge each lobbying firm and lobbyist employer
a fee of up to $25 per year for each lobbyist required to be listed
on its registration statement.
   This bill instead would require the Secretary of State to charge
each lobbying firm and lobbyist employer a fee of $50 per year for
each lobbyist required to be listed on its registration statement.
   (3) This bill would establish the Political Disclosure,
Accountability, Transparency, and Access Fund in the State Treasury
and require that moneys collected as fees from committees, as
described in (1) above, and one-half of fees collected from lobbying
firms and lobbyist employers, as described in (2) above, be deposited
in this fund. The bill would require that the other 1/2 of the fees
collected from lobbying firms and lobbyist employers be deposited in
the General Fund. The bill would require that moneys deposited in the
Political Disclosure, Accountability, Transparency, and Access Fund
be expended for the maintenance, repair, and improvement of the
online or electronic disclosure program implemented by the Secretary
of State, except that the bill would also allow the Secretary of
State to use these moneys for purposes of implementing the bill. The
bill would provide that expenditures from this fund for purposes of
the maintenance, repair, and improvement of the online or electronic
disclosure program are subject to the project approval and oversight
process established by the California Technology Agency, as
specified.
   (4) 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 84101.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   84101.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 81006, the Secretary of
State shall charge each committee that is required to file a
statement of organization pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
84101, and each committee that is required to file a statement of
organization pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 84101 shall pay,
a fee of fifty dollars ($50) per year until the committee is
terminated pursuant to Section 84214.
   (b) A committee shall pay the fee prescribed in subdivision (a) no
later than 15 days after filing its statement of organization.
   (c) (1) A committee annually shall pay the fee prescribed in
subdivision (a) no later than January 15 of each year.
   (2) A committee that is created and pays the initial fee pursuant
to subdivision (b) in the final three months of a calendar year is
not subject to the annual fee pursuant to paragraph (1) for the
following calendar year.
   (3) A committee that existed prior to January 1, 2013, shall pay
the fee prescribed in subdivision (a) no later than February 15,
2013, and in accordance with paragraph (1) in each year thereafter. A
committee that terminates pursuant to Section 84214 prior to January
31, 2013, is not required to pay a fee pursuant to this paragraph.
   (d) (1) A committee that fails to timely pay a fee required by
this section is subject to a penalty equal to three times the amount
of the fee.
   (2) The Commission shall enforce the requirements of this section.

  SEC. 2.  Section 84613 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   84613.  (a) The Political Disclosure, Accountability,
Transparency, and Access Fund is hereby established in the State
Treasury. Moneys collected pursuant to Section 84101.5 and one-half
of the moneys collected pursuant to Section 86102 shall be deposited
in the Political Disclosure, Accountability, Transparency, and Access
Fund.
   (b) (1) Moneys deposited in the Political Disclosure,
Accountability, Transparency, and Access Fund are subject to
appropriation by the Legislature and shall be expended for the
maintenance, repair, and improvement of the online or electronic
disclosure program implemented by the Secretary of State pursuant to
this chapter.
   (2) In addition to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may also
use moneys deposited in the Political Disclosure, Accountability,
Transparency, and Access Fund for purposes of implementing the act
that added this section.
   (c) Any expenditure of moneys from the Political Disclosure,
Accountability, Transparency, and Access Fund for the purposes
described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) is subject to the
project approval and oversight process established by the California
Technology Agency pursuant to Section 11546.
  SEC. 3.  Section 86102 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   86102.  (a) The Secretary of State shall charge each lobbying firm
and lobbyist employer required to file a registration statement
under this chapter a fee of fifty dollars ($50) per year for each
lobbyist required to be listed on its registration statement.
   (b) One-half of the moneys collected pursuant to this section
shall be deposited in the Political Disclosure, Accountability,
Transparency, and Access Fund, and the other one-half of the moneys
shall be deposited in the General Fund.
  SEC. 4.  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.