BILL NUMBER: AB 779	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 3, 2016
	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, on or before April 30 of each year, to post
 a link on the homepage of   compensation
information in a conspicuous location on  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  Calendar   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, on or before April 30 of each year, post  a link on
the homepage of   compensation information in a
conspicuous location on  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 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. 
   (c) This section does not apply to school districts. 
  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.