BILL NUMBER: SB 1104	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 15, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 84550) to Chapter
4 of Title 9 of the Government Code, relating to the Political
Reform Act of 1974.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1104, as amended, Padilla. Political Reform Act of 1974:
campaign communication disclosure.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 regulates certain communications,
including mass mailings, slate mailers, and advertisements, by
requiring those items to include specified information and
disclosures.
   This bill would require a candidate for elective state office, a
slate mailer organization, or a committee that authorizes an
expenditure for a campaign communication, as defined, to file an
electronic copy of the campaign communication with the Secretary of
State, as specified. The bill would require the Secretary of State to
maintain an archive of the filed campaign communications and to make
the campaign communications available for public inspection  on
his or her Internet Web site  .  This bill would make these
changes operative on July 1, 2017. 
   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.

   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.  Article 6 (commencing with Section 84550) is added to
Chapter 4 of Title 9 of the Government Code, to read:

      Article 6.  Campaign Communication Disclosures


   84550.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the following meanings:
   (1) "Campaign communication" means an advertisement, as defined in
Section 84501, that advocates support for or opposition to a
candidate for elective state office or a statewide ballot measure; a
mass mailing, as defined in Section 82041.5, that advocates support
for or opposition to a candidate for elective state office or a
statewide ballot measure; or a slate mailer, as defined in Section
82048.3, that advocates support for or opposition to a candidate for
elective state office or a statewide ballot measure.
   (2) "Elective state office" has the same meaning as set forth in
Section 82024, but does not include a member elected to the Board of
Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System or a member
elected to the Teachers' Retirement Board.
   (b) A candidate for elective state office, a slate mailer
organization, or a committee that authorizes an expenditure for a
campaign communication shall file an electronic copy of the campaign
communication with the Secretary of State as follows:
   (1) A campaign communication that is distributed during the period
from 90 days prior to the election at which the candidate or measure
that is the subject of the campaign communication will appear on the
ballot to the day of the election, inclusive, shall be filed not
later than 24 hours after the first distribution of the campaign
communication.
   (2) A campaign communication that is distributed at any time other
than that described in paragraph (1) shall be filed not later than
five business days after the first distribution of the campaign
communication.
   (c) The Secretary of State shall maintain an archive of all
campaign communications that are filed pursuant to this section and
shall make the campaign communications available for public
inspection  on his or her Internet Web site  . 
   (d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2017. 
  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.