BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 6, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
AB
819 (Irwin) - As Introduced February 26, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill removes the January 1, 2016 sunset date on provisions
allowing the California State University (CSU), the University
of California (UC), and Hastings College of the Law (HCL), to
disclose the names, addresses, and e-mail addresses of alumni to
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their "affinity partners" -nonaffiliated businesses with whom
the university has a contractual agreement to, among other
things, offer commercial products and services to alumni,
subject to specified privacy requirements, and modifies the
existing disclosure form that the CSU, UC, and HCL must
distribute, as specified.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Any costs would be absorbable to CSU, UC, and Hastings alumni
and auxiliary organizations covered under the bill. Such
organizations operate with non-state funds.
COMMENTS:
1)Background. Affinity programs provide a means whereby a
tax-exempt organization may generate funds by allowing the use
of its name and/or logo to endorse products or services. In
the case of UC and CSU, through partnerships with commercial
entities, affinity programs allow alumni organizations to
offer a variety of financial products to graduates and alumni
members, such as group rates and discounts for home and auto
insurance, mortgage programs, credit cards, and other credit
lines. In return for allowing access to alumni association
mailing lists, the affinity partner pays a fee to the campus
association.
SB 569 (Torlakson)/Chapter 498, Statutes of 2005, authorized
CSU, UC, and HCL to allow the controlled disclosure of alumni
names and addresses to businesses that are "affinity partners"
of those universities. AB 1971 (Bonnie Lowenthal)/Chapter
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2014, Statutes of 2010, extended the authority provided in SB
569 until January 1, 2016.
2)Purpose. SB 819 is intended to allow the affinity programs and
services to continue to provide CSU and UC campuses the
ability to remain in contact with their alumni and keep them
involved with the universities.
Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)
319-2081