BILL NUMBER: SB 1441	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senators Lara, Corbett, De León, Hill, Monning, Roth,
Steinberg, and Torres

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 89503 of the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1441, as introduced, Lara. Political Reform Act of 1974: gifts.

   The Political Reform Act of 1974 places limits on the value of
gifts that may be received by elected state officers, elected
officers of local government agencies, candidates for those offices,
members of state board or commissions, and designated employees of
state or local government agencies. Under the act, those individuals
may not accept gifts from a single source in a calendar year with a
total value of more than $250, with specified exceptions. The act
directs the Fair Political Practices Commission to adjust this limit
biennially to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 89503 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   89503.  (a)  No   An  elected state
officer, elected officer of a local government agency, or other
individual specified in Section 87200 shall  not  accept
gifts from any single source in any calendar year with a total value
of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
   (b) (1)  No   A    candidate
for elective state office,  for  judicial office, or
 for  elective office in a local government agency
shall  not  accept gifts from any single source in any
calendar year with a total value of more than two hundred fifty
dollars ($250). A person  shall be deemed   is
 a candidate for purposes of this subdivision when the person
has filed a statement of organization as a committee for election to
a state or local office, a declaration of intent, or a declaration of
candidacy, whichever occurs first. A person  shall 
 is  not  be deemed  a candidate for
purposes of this subdivision after he or she is sworn into the
elective office, or, if the person lost the election, after the
person has terminated his or her campaign statement filing
obligations for that office pursuant to Section 84214 or after
certification of the election results, whichever  is earlier
  occurs first  .
   (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any person who is a candidate
as described in paragraph (1) for judicial office on or before
December 31, 1996.
   (c)  No   A  member of a state board or
commission or designated employee of a state or local government
agency shall  not  accept gifts from any single source in
any calendar year with a total value of more than two hundred fifty
dollars ($250) if the member or employee would be required to report
the receipt of income or gifts from that source on his or her
statement of economic interests.
   (d) This section shall not apply to a person in his or her
capacity as  a  judge. This section shall not apply to a
person in his or her capacity as a part-time member of the governing
board of any public institution of higher education unless that
position is an elective office.
   (e) This section shall not prohibit or limit the following:
   (1) Payments, advances, or reimbursements for travel and related
lodging and subsistence permitted by Section 89506.
   (2) Wedding gifts and gifts exchanged between individuals on
birthdays, holidays, and other similar occasions, provided that the
gifts exchanged are not substantially disproportionate in value.
   (f) Beginning on January 1, 1993, the  commission
  Commission  shall adjust the gift limitation in
this section on January 1 of each odd-numbered year to reflect
changes in the Consumer Price Index, rounded to the nearest ten
dollars ($10).
   (g) The limitations in this section are in addition to the
limitations on gifts in Section 86203.