Amended in Senate August 3, 2016

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Amended in Senate June 2, 2016

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Amended in Assembly June 1, 2015

Amended in Assembly April 14, 2015

Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 779

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, on or before April 30 of each year, to post begin delete a link on the homepage of end delete begin insert compensation information in a conspicuous location on end insert its Internet Web site begin delete to a page end delete 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 begin delete Calendar end delete begin insert calendar end insert 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, on or before April 30 of each year, post begin delete a link on the
homepage of end delete begin insert compensation information in a conspicuous location
on end insert its Internet Web site begin delete to a page end delete 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 calendar year. If a city or special district does not
have an Internet Web site, it shall compile this information and
make that information readily available upon request.

(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.

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(c) This section does not apply to school districts.

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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.