BILL NUMBER: SB 1442 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 12, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 27, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senators Lara, Corbett, De León, Hill, Monning, Roth,
Steinberg, and Torres
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
An act to amend Sections 82036, 82036.5, 82048.4, 84101, 84103,
84200, 84200.5, 84200.6, 84200.8, 84215, 84218, 84252, and 90002 of,
to add Section Sections 84200.3
and 84620 to, and to repeal Sections 84200.7, 84202.3, 84202.5,
84202.7, 84203.5, and 84204.5 of, the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1442, as amended, Lara. Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign
statements.
Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the
comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring
the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing
other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign
committees. The act requires elected officers, candidates,
committees, and slate mailer organizations to file various reports,
including semiannual reports, preelection statements, and
supplemental preelection statements. The act requires the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Fair Political Practices
Commission, to develop online and electronic filing processes for
specified entities.
This bill would require elected state officers, candidates for
elective state office, and committees primarily formed to support or
oppose a candidate for elective state office or one or more statewide
ballot measures to file quarterly statements each year instead of
semiannual statements, as specified. The bill would recast or repeal
other specified reporting requirements, including supplemental
preelection statements, supplemental independent expenditure reports,
and odd-numbered year reports.
This bill would require the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Fair Political Practices Commission, to develop a statewide
Internet-based system for the electronic filing and public display of
all records filed by or for specified entities.
The act defines "late contributions" and "late independent
expenditures" for purposes of the act to include certain
contributions and independent expenditures, respectively, that are
made within 90 days before the date of the election.
This bill would revise the definitions to specify that those terms
also include contributions and independent expenditures that are
made on the date of the election.
The bill would also make conforming changes.
A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a
misdemeanor. By expanding the scope of a 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. Section 82036 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
82036. "Late contribution" means any of the following:
(a) A contribution, including a loan, that totals in the aggregate
one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more and is made to or received by
a candidate, a controlled committee, or a committee formed or
existing primarily to support or oppose a candidate or measure on the
date of the election, or during the 90-day period preceding the date
of the election, at which the candidate or measure is to be voted
on. For purposes of the Board of Administration of the Public
Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement Board, "the
date of the election" is the deadline to return ballots.
(b) A contribution, including a loan, that totals in the aggregate
one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more and is made to or received by
a political party committee, as defined in Section 85205, on the date
of a state election or within 90 days before the date of a state
election.
SEC. 2. Section 82036.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:
82036.5. "Late independent expenditure" means an independent
expenditure that totals in the aggregate one thousand dollars
($1,000) or more and is made for or against a specific candidate or
measure involved in an election on the date of the election or during
the 90-day period preceding the date of the election. For purposes
of the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement
System and the Teachers' Retirement Board, "the date of the election"
is the deadline to return ballots.
SEC. 3. Section 82048.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:
82048.4. (a) "Slate mailer organization" means, except as
provided in subdivision (b), a person who, directly or indirectly,
does all of the following:
(1) Is involved in the production of one or more slate mailers and
exercises control over the selection of the candidates and measures
to be supported or opposed in the slate mailers.
(2) Receives or is promised payments totaling five hundred dollars
($500) or more in a calendar year for the production of one or more
slate mailers.
(b) "Slate mailer organization" does not include any of the
following:
(1) A candidate or officeholder or a candidate's or officeholder's
controlled committee.
(2) An official committee of a political party.
(3) A legislative caucus committee.
(4) A committee primarily formed to support or oppose a candidate,
officeholder, or ballot measure.
(c) The production and distribution of slate mailers by a slate
mailer organization shall not be considered making contributions or
expenditures for purposes of subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 82013.
If a slate mailer organization makes contributions or expenditures
other than by producing or distributing slate mailers, and it reports
those contributions and expenditures pursuant to Sections 84218 and
84219, no additional campaign reports shall be required of the slate
mailer organization pursuant to Section 84200, 84200.3, or 84200.5.
SEC. 4. Section 84101 of the Government Code is amended to read:
84101. (a) A committee that is a committee by virtue of
subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall file a statement of
organization. The committee shall file the original of the statement
of organization with the Secretary of State and shall also file a
copy of the statement of organization with the local filing officer,
if any, with whom the committee is required to file the originals of
its campaign reports pursuant to Section 84215. The original and copy
of the statement of organization shall be filed within 10 days after
the committee has qualified as a committee. The Secretary of State
shall assign a number to each committee that files a statement of
organization and shall notify the committee of the number. The
Secretary of State shall send a copy of statements filed pursuant to
this section to the county elections official of each county that he
or she deems appropriate. A county elections official who receives a
copy of a statement of organization from the Secretary of State
pursuant to this section shall send a copy of the statement to the
clerk of each city in the county that he or she deems appropriate.
(b) In addition to filing the statement of organization as
required by subdivision (a), if a committee qualifies as a committee
under subdivision (a) of Section 82013 before the date of an election
in connection with which the committee is required to file
preelection or quarterly statements, but after the closing date of
the last campaign statement required to be filed before the election
pursuant to Section 84200.3, 84200.8, or 84200.9, the committee shall
file, by facsimile transmission, online transmission, guaranteed
overnight delivery, or personal delivery within 24 hours of
qualifying as a committee, the information required to be reported in
the statement of organization. The information required by this
subdivision shall be filed with the filing officer with whom the
committee is required to file the originals of its campaign reports
pursuant to Section 84215.
(c) If an independent expenditure committee qualifies as a
committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 during the
time period described in Section 82036.5 and makes independent
expenditures of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more to support or
oppose a candidate or candidates for office, the committee shall
file, by facsimile transmission, online transmission, guaranteed
overnight delivery, or personal delivery within 24 hours of
qualifying as a committee, the information required to be reported in
the statement of organization. The information required by this
section shall be filed with the filing officer with whom the
committee is required to file the original of its campaign reports
pursuant to Section 84215, and shall be filed at all locations
required for the candidate or candidates supported or opposed by the
independent expenditures. The filings required by this section are in
addition to filings that may be required by Section 84204.
(d) For purposes of this section, in calculating whether one
thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions has been received,
payments for a filing fee or for a statement of qualifications to
appear in a sample ballot shall not be included if these payments
have been made from the candidate's personal funds.
SEC. 5. Section 84103 of the Government Code is amended to read:
84103. (a) If there is a change in any of the information
contained in a statement of organization, an amendment shall be filed
within 10 days to reflect the change. The committee shall file the
original of the amendment with the Secretary of State and shall also
file a copy of the amendment with the local filing officer, if any,
with whom the committee is required to file the originals of its
campaign reports pursuant to Section 84215.
(b) In addition to filing an amendment to a statement of
organization as required by subdivision (a), a committee as defined
in subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall, by facsimile transmission,
online transmission, guaranteed overnight delivery, or personal
delivery within 24 hours, notify the filing officer with whom it is
required to file the originals of its campaign reports pursuant to
Section 84215 if the change requiring the amendment occurs before the
date of the election in connection with which the committee is
required to file a preelection statement, but after the closing date
of the last preelection statement required to be filed for the
election pursuant to Section 84200.8, if any of the following
information is changed:
(1) The name of the committee.
(2) The name of the treasurer or other principal officers.
(3) The name of any candidate or committee by which the committee
is controlled or with which it acts jointly.
The notification shall include the changed information, the date
of the change, the name of the person providing the notification, and
the committee's name and identification number.
A committee may file a notification online only if the appropriate
filing officer is capable of receiving the notification in that
manner.
SEC. 6. Section 84200 of the Government Code is amended to read:
84200. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, elected
officers, candidates, and committees pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 82013 shall file semiannual statements each year no later
than July 31 for the period ending June 30, and no later than January
31 for the period ending December 31.
(1) A candidate who, during the past six months, has filed a
declaration pursuant to Section 84206 shall not be required to file a
semiannual statement for that six-month period.
(2) Elected officers whose salaries are less than two hundred
dollars ($200) a month, judges, judicial candidates, and their
controlled committees shall not file semiannual statements pursuant
to this subdivision for any six-month period in which they have not
made or received any contributions or made any expenditures.
(3) A judge who is not listed on the ballot for reelection to, or
recall from, any elective office during a calendar year shall not
file semiannual statements pursuant to this subdivision for any
six-month period in that year if both of the following apply:
(A) The judge has not received any contributions.
(B) The only expenditures made by the judge during the calendar
year are contributions from the judge's personal funds to other
candidates or committees totaling less than one thousand dollars
($1,000).
(b) All committees pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section
82013 shall file campaign statements each year no later than July 31
for the period ending June 30, and no later than January 31 for the
period ending December 31, if they have made contributions or
independent expenditures, including payments to a slate mailer
organization, during the six-month period before the closing date of
the statements.
(c) This section does not apply to an elected state officer, a
candidate for elective state office, or a committee that is subject
to Section 84200.3.
SEC. 7. Section 84200.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:
84200.3. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an elected
state officer, a candidate for elective state office, or a committee
formed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 that is primarily
formed to support or oppose a candidate for elective state office or
one or more statewide ballot measures shall file quarterly campaign
statements each year, as follows:
(1) No later than April 7 for the period commencing January 1 and
ending March 31.
(2) No later than July 31 for the period commencing April 1 and
ending June 30.
(3) No later than October 7 for the period commencing July 1 and
ending September 30.
(4) No later than January 31 for the period commencing October 1
and ending December 31.
(b) A committee formed pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of
Section 82013 that is primarily formed to support or oppose a
candidate for elective state office or one or more statewide ballot
measures shall file quarterly campaign statements as required by
subdivision (a), unless the committee has not made contributions or
independent expenditures during the reporting period.
SEC. 8. Section 84200.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:
84200.5. In addition to the campaign statements required by
Sections 84200 and 84200.3, elected officers, candidates, and
committees shall file preelection statements as follows:
(a) During an even-numbered year, all candidates for elective
state office being voted upon in the statewide direct primary
election or the statewide general election, their controlled
committees, and committees primarily formed to support or oppose an
elected state officer or a state candidate being voted upon shall
file the applicable preelection statements specified in Section
84200.8. All elected state officers who, during the applicable
reporting periods covered by Section 84200.8, contribute to any
committee required to report receipts, expenditures, or contributions
pursuant to this title, or make an independent expenditure, shall
file the applicable preelection statements specified in Section
84200.8. However, a candidate for an office that is not being voted
upon in the November election, his or her controlled committee, and
any committee primarily formed to support or oppose that candidate is
not required to file statements in connection with the November
election pursuant to Section 84200.8 unless, during the reporting
periods covered by Section 84200.8, the candidate, his or her
controlled committee, or any committee primarily formed to support or
oppose that candidate contributes to any committee required to
report receipts, expenditures, or contributions pursuant to this
title or makes independent expenditures.
(b) During an even-numbered year, all candidates not specified in
subdivision (a) who are running for offices being voted upon on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in June or November, their
controlled committees, and committees primarily formed to support or
oppose those candidates or a measure being voted upon on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in June or November of an
even-numbered year shall file the preelection statements specified in
Section 84200.8.
(c) All candidates for offices being voted upon on a date other
than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June or November of
an even-numbered year, their controlled committees, and committees
primarily formed to support or oppose a candidate or a measure being
voted upon on a date other than the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in June or November of an even-numbered year shall file the
preelection statements specified in Section 84200.8.
(d) During an election period for the Board of Administration of
the Public Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement
Board, all candidates for these boards, their controlled committees,
and committees primarily formed to support or oppose the candidates
shall file the preelection statements specified in Section 84200.9.
(e) During an even-numbered year in connection with the statewide
direct primary election, a state or county general purpose committee
formed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013, other than a
political party committee as defined in Section 85205, shall file the
preelection statements specified in Section 84200.8 if it makes
contributions or independent expenditures totaling five hundred
dollars ($500) or more during the period covered by the preelection
statement. A state or county general purpose committee formed
pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 82013 is not required
to file the statements specified in Section 84200.8.
(f) During an election period for the Board of Administration of
the Public Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement
Board, a state or county general purpose committee formed pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall file the preelection
statements specified in Section 84200.9 if it makes contributions or
independent expenditures totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more
during the period covered by the preelection statement to support or
oppose a candidate, or a committee primarily formed to support or
oppose a candidate, on the ballot for the Board of Administration of
the Public Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement
Board. A state or county general purpose committee formed pursuant to
subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 82013 is not required to file the
statements specified in Section 84200.9.
(g) A political party committee, as defined in Section 85205,
shall file the applicable preelection statements specified in Section
84200.8 in connection with a state election if the committee
receives contributions totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or
more, or if it makes contributions or independent expenditures
totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more, during the period
covered by the preelection statement.
(h) City general purpose committees shall file the applicable
preelection statements specified in Section 84200.8 in connection
with a city election if they make contributions or independent
expenditures totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more during the
period covered by the preelection statement.
SEC. 9. Section 84200.6 of the Government Code is amended to read:
84200.6. In addition to the campaign statements required by
Sections 84200, 84200.3, and 84200.5, all candidates and committees
shall file the following special statements and reports:
(a) Late contribution reports, when required by Section 84203.
(b) Late independent expenditure reports, when required by Section
84204.
SEC. 10. Section 84200.7 of the Government Code is repealed.
SEC. 11. Section 84200.8 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
84200.8. Preelection statements shall be filed under this section
as follows:
(a) For a candidate or committee described in subdivision (b) of
Section 84200.5 or a city or county general purpose committee
described in subdivision (e) or (h) of Section 84200.5, the statement
shall be filed no later than 40 days before the election for the
period ending 45 days before the election.
(b) For a candidate or committee described in Section 84200.5,
except a candidate or committee required to file preelection
statements pursuant to Section 84200.9, the statement shall be filed
no later than 12 days before the election for the period ending 17
days before the election. All candidates being voted upon in the
election in connection with which the statement is filed, their
controlled committees, and committees formed primarily to support or
oppose a candidate or measure being voted upon in that election shall
file this statement by guaranteed overnight delivery service or by
personal delivery.
(c) For runoff elections held within 60 days of the qualifying
election, an additional preelection statement for the period ending
17 days before the runoff election shall be filed no later than 12
days before the election by a candidate or committee described in
Section 84200.5, except a candidate or committee required to file
preelection statements pursuant to Section 84200.9. All candidates
being voted upon in the election in connection with which the
statement is filed, their controlled committees, and committees
formed primarily to support or oppose a candidate or measure being
voted upon in that election shall file this statement by guaranteed
overnight delivery service or personal delivery.
SEC. 12. Section 84202.3 of the Government Code is repealed.
SEC. 13. Section 84202.5 of the Government Code is repealed.
SEC. 14. Section 84202.7 of the Government Code is repealed.
SEC. 15. Section 84203.5 of the Government Code is repealed.
SEC. 16. Section 84204.5 of the Government Code is repealed.
SEC. 17. Section 84215 of the Government Code is amended to read:
84215. All candidates and elected officers and their controlled
committees, except as provided in subdivisions (d) and (e), shall
file one copy of the campaign statements required by Sections 84200
and 84200.3 with the elections official of the county in which the
candidate or elected official is domiciled, as defined in subdivision
(b) of Section 349 of the Elections Code. In addition, campaign
statements shall be filed at the following places:
(a) Statewide elected officers, including members of the State
Board of Equalization; Members of the Legislature; Supreme Court
justices, court of appeal justices, and superior court judges;
candidates for those offices and their controlled committees;
committees formed or existing primarily to support or oppose these
candidates, elected officers, justices and judges, or statewide
measures, or the qualification of state ballot measures; and all
state general purpose committees and filers not specified in
subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, shall file a campaign statement
by online or electronic means, as specified in Section 84605, and
shall file the original and one copy of the campaign statement in
paper format with the Secretary of State.
(b) Elected officers in jurisdictions other than legislative
districts, State Board of Equalization districts, or appellate court
districts that contain parts of two or more counties, candidates for
these offices, their controlled committees, and committees formed or
existing primarily to support or oppose candidates or local measures
to be voted upon in one of these jurisdictions shall file the
original and one copy with the elections official of the county with
the largest number of registered voters in the jurisdiction.
(c) County elected officers, candidates for these offices, their
controlled committees, committees formed or existing primarily to
support or oppose candidates or local measures to be voted upon in
any number of jurisdictions within one county, other than those
specified in subdivision (d), and county general purpose committees
shall file the original and one copy with the elections official of
the county.
(d) City elected officers, candidates for city office, their
controlled committees, committees formed or existing primarily to
support or oppose candidates or local measures to be voted upon in
one city, and city general purpose committees shall file the original
and one copy with the clerk of the city and are not required to file
with the local elections official of the county in which they are
domiciled.
(e) Elected members of the Board of Administration of the Public
Employees' Retirement System, elected members of the Teachers'
Retirement Board, candidates for these offices, their controlled
committees, and committees formed or existing primarily to support or
oppose these candidates or elected members shall file the original
and one copy with the Secretary of State, and a copy shall be filed
at the relevant board's office in Sacramento. These elected officers,
candidates, and committees need not file with the elections official
of the county in which they are domiciled.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
committee, candidate, or elected officer is not required to file more
than the original and one copy, or one copy, of a campaign statement
with any one county elections official or city clerk or with the
Secretary of State.
(g) If a committee is required to file campaign statements
required by Section 84200, 84200.3, or 84200.5 in places designated
in subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, it shall continue to file
these statements in those places, in addition to any other places
required by this title, until the end of the calendar year.
SEC. 18. Section 84218 of the Government Code is amended to read:
84218. (a) A slate mailer organization shall file semiannual
campaign statements no later than July 31 for the period ending June
30, and no later than January 31 for the period ending December 31.
(b) In addition to the semiannual statements required by
subdivision (a), a slate mailer organization which produces a slate
mailer supporting or opposing candidates or measures being voted on
in an election held on a date other than the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in June or November of an even-numbered year shall file
the statements specified in Section 84200.8 if, during the period
covered by the preelection statement, the slate mailer organization
receives payments totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more from
any person for the support of or opposition to candidates or ballot
measures in one or more slate mailers, or expends five hundred
dollars ($500) or more to produce one or more slate mailers.
(c) A slate mailer organization shall file two copies of its
campaign reports with the clerk of the county in which it is
domiciled. A slate mailer organization is domiciled at the address
listed on its statement of organization unless it is domiciled
outside California, in which case its domicile shall be deemed to be
Los Angeles County for purposes of this section.
In addition, slate mailer organizations shall file campaign
reports as follows:
(1) A slate mailer organization which produces one or more slate
mailers supporting or opposing candidates or measures voted on in a
state election, or in more than one county, shall file campaign
reports in the same manner as state general purpose committees
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 84215.
(2) A slate mailer organization which produces one or more slate
mailers supporting or opposing candidates or measures voted on in
only one county, or in more than one jurisdiction within one county,
shall file campaign reports in the same manner as county general
purpose committees pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 84215.
(3) A slate mailer organization which produces one or more slate
mailers supporting or opposing candidates or measures voted on in
only one city shall file campaign reports in the same manner as city
general purpose committees pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section
84215.
(4) Notwithstanding the above, no slate mailer organization shall
be required to file more than the original and one copy, or two
copies, of a campaign report with any one county or city clerk or
with the Secretary of State.
SEC. 19. Section 84252 of the Government Code is amended to read:
84252. A committee primarily formed to support or oppose a LAFCO
proposal shall file all statements required under this chapter
except that, in lieu of the statements required by Section 84200, the
committee shall file monthly campaign statements from the time
circulation of a petition begins until a measure is placed on the
ballot or, if a measure is not placed on the ballot, until the
committee is terminated pursuant to Section 84214. The committee
shall file an original and one copy of each statement on the 15th day
of each calendar month, covering the prior calendar month, with the
clerk of the county in which the measure may be voted on. If the
petition results in a measure that is placed on the ballot, the
committee thereafter shall file campaign statements required by this
chapter.
SEC. 20. Section 84620 is added to the
Government Code , to read:
84620. (a) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Commission, shall develop a statewide Internet-based system for the
electronic filing and public display of all records filed pursuant to
this title, including, but not limited to, statements of
organization, campaign statements, reports, registrations, and
certifications filed by or for any of the following:
(1) An
officeholder account or legal defense fund.
(2) A committee that is primarily formed to support or oppose one
or more candidates for elective state office or one or more statewide
ballot measures, including, but not limited to, major donor and
independent expenditure committees formed pursuant to subdivisions
(b) and (c) of Section 82013.
(3) A slate mailer organization.
(4) A lobbyist, lobbying firm, or lobbyist employer.
(5) A multipurpose organization that is required to file any
report pursuant to this title.
(b) The system developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall provide
both of the following:
(1) Search capabilities that are data-driven and user-friendly for
members of the public.
(2) Regular availability of all filings in a raw, machine-readable
data format that may be downloaded by members of the public.
SEC. 20. SEC. 21. Section 90002 of
the Government Code is amended to read:
90002. (a) Audits and investigations of lobbying firms and
lobbyist employers shall be performed on a biennial basis and shall
cover reports filed during a period of two years.
(b) If a lobbying firm or lobbyist employer keeps a separate
account for all receipts and payments for which reporting is required
by this chapter, the requirement of an audit under subdivision (a)
of Section 90001 shall be satisfied by an audit of that account and
the supporting documentation required to be maintained by Section
86110.
(c) An audit or investigation of a candidate, controlled
committee, or committee primarily supporting or opposing a candidate
or a measure in connection with a report or statement required by
Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 84100) of this title shall not
begin until after the last date for filing the first report or
statement following the general, runoff, or special election for the
office for which the candidate ran, or following the election at
which the measure was adopted or defeated, except that audits and
investigations of statewide candidates, their controlled committees,
and committees primarily supporting or opposing those statewide
candidates who were defeated in the primary election and who are not
required to file statements for the general election may begin after
the last date for filing the first report or statement following the
primary election. When the campaign statements or reports of a
candidate, controlled committee, or a committee primarily supporting
or opposing a candidate are audited and investigated pursuant to
Section 90001, the audit and investigation shall cover all campaign
statements and reports filed for the primary and general or special
or runoff elections and any previous campaign statement or report
filed pursuant to Section 84200, 84200.3, or 84200.5 since the last
election for that office, but shall exclude any statements or reports
which have previously been audited pursuant to Section 90001 or
90003. When the campaign statements or reports of a committee
primarily supporting or opposing a measure are audited and
investigated, the audit and investigation shall cover all campaign
statements and reports from the beginning date of the first campaign
statement filed by the committee in connection with the measure. For
all other committees, the audit and investigation shall cover all
campaign statements filed during the previous two calendar years.
SEC. 21. SEC. 22. 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. 23. It is the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that would provide for monthly filing of campaign
statements, instead of the quarterly filing established by this act,
after the Secretary of State implements the Internet-based system
required by Section 20 of this act.
SEC. 22. SEC. 24. 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.