BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 1418 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 1, 2013 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Mike Gatto, Chair AB 1418 (Elections Committee) - As Introduced: March 20, 2013 Policy Committee: ElectionsVote:7-0 Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: SUMMARY This bill makes various minor and technical changes to the Political Reform Act (PRA), including: 1)Repealing a requirement that campaign statements must be open for public inspection and reproduction from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday preceding a statewide primary or statewide general election in the offices of the Secretary of State (SOS), the Registrar-Recorder of Los Angeles County, the Registrar of Voters of San Diego County, and the Registrar of Voters of the City and County of San Francisco. 2)Correcting an erroneous cross-reference in a provision of the PRA that governs the civil service classification of staff positions at the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC). FISCAL EFFECT Negligible fiscal impact. COMMENTS Purpose . This is one of the Assembly Elections & Redistricting Committee's annual omnibus bills, containing various minor and technical changes to the PRA. The PRA, approved by the voters in 1974, created the FPPC and codified significant restrictions and prohibitions on candidates, officeholders, and lobbyists. Amendments to the PRA that are not submitted to the voters, such as those contained in this bill, must further the purposes of the initiative and require a two-thirds vote of both houses of the Legislature. AB 1418 Page 2 Analysis Prepared by : Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081