BILL NUMBER: AB 1582	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Travis Allen

                        JANUARY 5, 2016

   An act to add Section 87315 to the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1582, as introduced, Travis Allen. Political Reform Act of
1974: Conflict of Interest Codes: public postsecondary educational
institutions.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires every state and local
government agency to adopt and promulgate a Conflict of Interest Code
and requires each Conflict of Interest Code to include, among other
things, a requirement that each designated employee file statements,
as specified, disclosing reportable investments, business positions,
interests in real property and income. Existing law prohibits a
faculty member or academic department or other adopting entity at an
institution of higher education from demanding or receiving anything
of value, as specified, for adopting specific course materials
required for coursework or instruction, except as specified,
including royalties or other compensation from sales of course
materials that include the instructor's writing or other work.
   This bill would require that the Conflict of Interest Code of each
public postsecondary educational institution require an employee of
that institution to disclose any item of value, any royalties, or any
other compensation the employee receives as a result of a decision
to adopt specific course materials required for coursework or
instruction. By requiring the revision of Conflict of Interest Codes
for community colleges, the 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.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides
that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes
upon a 2/3 vote of each house and compliance with specified
procedural requirements.
   This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.

   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 87315 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   87315.  The Conflict of Interest Code of each public postsecondary
educational institution shall require an employee of that
institution to disclose all of the following that the employee
receives as a result of a decision to adopt specific course materials
required for coursework or instruction:
   (a) Any item of value, including the donation of equipment or
goods and any payment, loan, advance, or deposit of money, actual or
promised.
   (b) Any royalties or other compensation received from the sale of
the course materials.
  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.
  SEC. 3.  The Legislature finds and declares that this bill furthers
the purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974 within the meaning
of subdivision (a) of Section 81012 of the Government Code.