BILL NUMBER: AB 779	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 2, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cristina Garcia

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to add Section 53909 to the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 779, as amended, Cristina Garcia. Local government: financial
disclosures.
   Existing law requires a local agency, if it is required to report
specified information to the Controller and if it maintains an
Internet Web site, to post, in a conspicuous location on its Internet
Web site, information on the annual compensation of its elected
officials, officers, and employees, as specified.
   This bill would require a city, county, city and county, or
special  district   district, on or before April
30 of each year,  to post a link on the homepage of its
Internet Web site  to a page  that contains the names,
positions, and total compensation, including a breakdown of the types
of compensation provided, of each elected official within that
entity for the previous  fiscal year and the 10 employees
with the greatest total compensation, as specified.  
Calendar year.  By increasing the duties of local officials,
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, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 53909 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   53909.  (a) A city, county, city and county, or special district
shall,  within six months of the close of the fiscal year,
  on or before April 30 of each year,  post a link
on the homepage of its Internet Web site  to a page  that
contains the names, positions, and total compensation, including a
breakdown of the types of compensation provided, of each elected
official within that entity for the previous  fiscal year and
the 10 employees with the greatest total compensation, determined
pursuant to subdivision (b).   calendar year.  If a
city or special district does not have an Internet Web site, it
shall  work with the relevant county to post the 
 compile this  information  on the county's Internet
Web site.   and make that information readily available
upon request.  
   (b) The city, county, city and county, or special district shall
aggregate the total compensation for an employee, including all
positions held by that employee during the fiscal year, to determine
the 10 employees with the greatest total compensation. 

   (c) 
    (b)  For purposes of this section "total compensation"
includes payments for salaries, overtime, unused vacation time,
stipends, pension contributions, retirement contributions, health
premium contributions, automobile allowances, phone allowances, and
technology allowances. Any other type of compensation that the city,
county, city and county, or special district provides shall also be
included and specified. "Total compensation" does not include
reimbursements or payments for work-related travel expenses.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.