BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 2558 Page 1 Date of Hearing: April 20, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Lorena Gonzalez, Chair AB 2558 (Steinorth) - As Introduced February 19, 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Elections and Redistricting |Vote:|7 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | |Local Government | |9 - 0 | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No SUMMARY: This bill deletes the January 1, 2018, sunset date on the Fair Political Practices Commission's (FPPC's) authority to administer, implement, and enforce San Bernardino County's campaign finance reform ordinance by mutual agreement with the County. FISCAL EFFECT: AB 2558 Page 2 All costs to the FPPC will continue to be reimbursed by the County by mutual agreement. Based on a recent FPPC report to the Legislature, annual costs over three years that the commission has administered the County's ordinance have not exceeded $55,000. COMMENTS: 1)Background and Purpose. AB 2146 (Cook), Chapter 169, Statutes of 2012, allowed the County and the FPPC to enter into a mutual agreement permitting the commission to enforce the County's local campaign finance reform ordinance until 2018. AB 2146 was prompted by several high-profile campaign finance corruption cases in the County, after which the County developed and enacted a campaign finance reform ordinance. The FPPC and the County entered into a mutual agreement on January 1, 2013. Current law requires the FPPC to report to the Legislature regarding the agreement by January 1, 2017. The FPPC submitted this report on March 24, 2016, ahead of its deadline, due to the Legislature's pending consideration of this bill. The report recommends no changes to current law except elimination of the sunset date. The County is the sponsor of this bill. 2)Related Legislation. AB 2070 (Harper), pending in Assembly Elections, provides similar FPPC authority by mutual agreement with Orange County. 3)Prior Legislation. AB 1083 (Eggman), Chapter 186, Statutes of 2015, provided similar FPPC authority by mutual agreement with AB 2558 Page 3 the City of Stockton. AB 910 (Harper) of 2015 would have allowed any city or county to enter into an agreement with the FPPC for the FPPC to administer and enforce a local campaign finance ordinance. AB 910 was held in the Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee. Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081