BILL NUMBER: SB 1103	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 17, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 27, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 15, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to add Section 85201.5 to the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974  , and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1103, as amended, Padilla. Political Reform Act of 1974:
candidacy for elective state office.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires an individual to file a
statement of intention to be a candidate for an elective office,
signed under penalty of perjury, prior to soliciting or receiving a
contribution or loan. The act requires the individual to establish
one campaign contribution account, as specified, upon filing the
statement of intention to be a candidate.
   This bill would provide that, if an individual files a statement
of intention to be a candidate for elective state office, the filing
of a subsequent statement of intention to be a candidate for a
different elective state office that is to be voted upon at the same
election would effect a revocation of the prior statement of
intention to be a candidate, and the individual would thereafter be
prohibited from soliciting or receiving a contribution or loan for
the elective state office for which he or she previously filed a
statement of intention to be a candidate. The bill would prohibit an
individual from filing, and the Secretary of State from accepting, a
statement of intention to be a candidate for an Assembly, Senate, or
other constitutional office at an election other than the next
election or next 2  regularly scheduled  elections at which
that office will appear on the ballot, as specified. This bill would
prohibit an elected state officer or candidate for elective state
office who has filed statements of intention to be a candidate for
multiple elective state offices that are to be voted upon at separate
elections from having more than 2 campaign contribution accounts
open simultaneously for purposes of receiving contributions in
connection with those elective state offices.
   A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a
misdemeanor. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   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.

   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute. 
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 85201.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   85201.5.  (a) If an individual has previously filed a statement of
intention to be a candidate for an elective state office pursuant to
Section 85200, the subsequent filing of a statement of intention to
be a candidate for a different elective state office to be voted upon
at the same election shall constitute a revocation of the previously
filed statement of intention to be a candidate, and the individual
shall not thereafter solicit or receive a contribution or loan for
the elective state office for which he or she previously filed a
statement of intention to be a candidate.
   (b) An individual shall not file, and the Secretary of State shall
not accept, either of the following:
   (1) A statement of intention to be a candidate for the office of
Member of the Assembly at an election other than the next two 
regularly scheduled  elections at which that office will appear
on the ballot.
   (2) A statement of intention to be a candidate for an elective
state office other than the office of Member of the Assembly at an
election other than the next  regularly scheduled  election
at which that elective state office will appear on the ballot.
   (c) Notwithstanding Section 85201, an elected state officer or
candidate for elective state office who has filed statements of
intention to be a candidate for multiple elective state offices that
are to be voted upon at separate elections shall in no event have
more than two campaign contribution accounts open simultaneously for
purposes of receiving contributions in connection with those elective
state offices.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.
  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. 
  SEC. 4.    This act is an urgency statute
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health,
or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and
shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity
are:
   In order to implement these proposals at the earliest possible
time prior to the 2014 General Election, it is necessary that this
act take immediate effect.