AB 1050, as introduced, Low. State employees: charitable deductions.
Existing law authorizes the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to approve plans for payroll deduction from the salaries or wages of state officers and employees for charitable contributions to the agency handling the principal combined fund drive in any area. Existing law also authorizes the board to approve requests of charitable organizations to receive designated deductions if the charitable organization qualifies as an exempt organization under both state and federal income tax laws. Existing law requires a charitable organization approved by the board to certify under penalty of perjury that it is in compliance with the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
This bill would require the charitable organization to annually provide the board with a written nondiscrimination policy.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 13923 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insert The board may approve plans for payroll deduction
2from the salaries or wages of state officers and employees under
3subdivision (f) of Section 1151 for charitable contributions to the
4agency handling the principal combined fund drive in any area.
5The board shall establish necessary rules and regulations, including
6the following:
7(a)
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8begin insert(1)end insert Standards for establishing what constitutes the principal
9combined fund drive in an area.
10(b)
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11begin insert(2)end insert A requirement that the agency to receive these contributions
12shall pay, for deposit in the General Fund, the additional cost to
13the state of making these deductions and remitting the proceeds,
14as determined by the Controller.
15(c)
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16begin insert(3)end insert A requirement that the agency to receive these contributions
17shall pay, for deposit in the General Fund, the board’s cost to
18administer the annual charitable campaign fund drive. This amount
19shall be determined by the board and may be appropriated in
20support of the board as reimbursements to Item 8700-001-0001 of
21the annual Budget Act.
22(d)
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23begin insert(4)end insert Provisions for standard amounts of deductions from which
24each state officer or employee may select the contribution that he
25or she desires to make, if any.
26(e)
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27begin insert(5)end insert A prohibition upon state officers or employees authorizing
28more than one payroll deduction for charitable purposes to be in
29effect at the same time.
30(f)
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31begin insert(6)end insert A provision authorizing the Controller to combine in his or
32her records deductions for employee association dues, if authorized,
33and charitable deductions, if authorized.
34 The
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35begin insert(b)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertTheend insert board, in addition, may approve requests of any
36charitable organization qualified as an exempt organization under
37Section 23701d of the Revenue and Taxation Code, andbegin delete paragraph Section
38(3) of subsection (c) ofend deletebegin delete 501end deletebegin insert 501(c)(3),end insert of the Internal
39Revenue Codebegin delete of 1954, whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert
is not an affiliated member
P3 1beneficiary of the principal combined fund drive to receive
2designated deductions from the principal fund drive.
3 The
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4begin insert(c)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertTheend insert principal combined fund drive agency, any charitable
5organizationbegin delete whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert is an affiliated member beneficiary of the
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principal combined fund drive, and any charitable organization
7approved by the board to receive designated deductions on the
8payroll authorization form of the principal fund drive, shall certify
9under penalty of perjury to the board that it is in compliance with
10the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Part 2.8 (commencing
11with Section 12900), as a condition of receiving these designated
12deductions.
13(2) The charitable organization shall annually provide the board
14with the written nondiscrimination policy of the organization.
15The
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16begin insert(d)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertTheend insert principal combined fund drive shall obtain from the
17board the list of approved nonaffiliated beneficiaries, eligible for
18designated deductions in its approved drive area, and shall provide
19this information to each employee at the time of the principal fund
20drive. The principal combined drive agency shall provide a
21designation form for the employee to indicate those amounts to
22be contributed to affiliated and nonaffiliated beneficiaries. The
23designation form shall consist of a copy for each of the following:
24(1) the employee, (2) the employee’s designated beneficiary
25agency, and (3) the principal combined fund drive agency. The
26principal combined fund drive agency shall pay the amount
27collected for the employee designated beneficiary agency less the
28amount necessary to reimburse the principal combined fund drive
29agency for fundraising and administrative expenses. The fee
30charged for fundraising and administrative cost reimbursement
31shall be determined by the
board, published in campaign literature
32and made available to the employee during the solicitation process.
33 Nothing
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34begin insert(e)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertNothingend insert contained in this section shall preclude a principal
35fund drive agency from giving a percentage of the undesignated
36funds to charitiesbegin delete whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert are not members of the agency
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handling the principal drive, or honoring an employee’s designated
38deduction to any charitable organization.
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