BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 952| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: SB 952 Author: Torres (D) Amended: As introduced Vote: 21 SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE : 6-0, 4/1/14 AYES: Hancock, Anderson, Knight, Liu, Mitchell, Steinberg NO VOTE RECORDED: De León SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/23/14 AYES: De León, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg SUBJECT : Prohibited financial interests: aiding and abetting SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill prohibits an individual from aiding or abetting a public officer or person in violating the law prohibiting financial conflicts of interest, and extends the penalties under existing law to apply to the individual who willfully aids or abets, as specified. ANALYSIS : Existing law: 1. Prohibits members of the Legislature, state, county, district, judicial district and city officers or employees from having a financial interest in any contract made by them in their official capacity, or by anybody or board of which CONTINUED SB 952 Page 2 they are members. A violation of this prohibition is punishable by a fine that is not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the state prison. 2. Prohibits state, county, district, judicial district and city officers or employees from being purchasers at any sale or vendors at any purchase made by them in their official capacity. A violation of this prohibition is punishable by a fine that is not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the state prison. 3. Prohibits the State Treasurer and the State Controller, county and city officers, and their deputies and clerks from purchasing or selling, or in any manner receive for their own or any other person's use or benefit, any state, county or city warrants, scrip, orders, demands, claims, or other evidences of indebtedness against the state, or any county or city thereof. A violation of this prohibition is punishable by a fine that is not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the state prison. 4. States that all persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether it be a felony or misdemeanor, and whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, are principals in any crime so committed. This bill prohibits an individual from aiding or abetting a public officer or person in violating specified prohibitions, and expands the penalties to also apply to the individual who willfully aids or abets, as specified. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: Yes According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, potential increase in state costs for prison terms for aiding or abetting a public officer. To the extent three or four individuals are sentenced to state prison under the provision of this bill, annual costs will be in the range of $90,000 to $125,000 (General Fund) assuming an average in-state contract bed cost of $31,000. SUPPORT : (Verified 5/23/14) SB 952 Page 3 California District Attorneys Association California Police Chiefs Association JG:d 5/23/14 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****