California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2044


Introduced by Assembly Member Harper

February 17, 2016


An act to amend Section 82013 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2044, as introduced, Harper. Recipient committee: threshold qualifications.

Existing law defines a “committee” under the Political Reform Act of 1974 by reference to amounts of moneys received in contributions, made in independent expenditures, or made in contributions by a person or persons on an annual basis.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 82013 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:

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82013.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insert “Committee” means any person or combination
4of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following:

begin delete

5(a)

end delete

6begin insert(1)end insert Receives contributions totaling two thousand dollars ($2,000)
7or more in a calendar year.

begin delete

8(b)

end delete

P2    1begin insert(2)end insert Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand
2dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendarbegin delete year; orend deletebegin insert year.end insert

begin delete

3(c)

end delete

4begin insert(3)end insert Makes contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
5or more in a calendar yearbegin delete toend deletebegin insert to,end insert or at the behestbegin delete ofend deletebegin insert of,end insert candidates
6or committees.

begin delete

7A

end delete

8begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertAend insert person or combination of persons that becomes a
9committee shall retain its status as a committee until such time as
10that status is terminated pursuant to Section 84214.



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