Amended in Assembly March 17, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2594

Introduced by Assembly Member Gordon

February 19, 2016

An act tobegin delete amend Section 82013 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.end deletebegin insert add Section 10561.7 to the Water Code, relating to stormwater.end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2594, as amended, Gordon. begin deletePolitical Reform Act of 1974: committees. end deletebegin insertStormwater resources: use of captured water.end insert

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Existing law, the Stormwater Resource Planning Act, authorizes one or more public agencies to develop a stormwater resource plan that meets specified standards to address the capture of stormwater, as defined, and dry weather runoff, as defined.

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This bill would authorize a public entity that captures stormwater, in accordance with a stormwater resource plan, before the water reaches a natural channel to use the captured water.

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Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees. The act defines “committee” to include a person or combination of persons who receives contributions, makes independent expenditures, or makes contributions to or at the behest of candidates or committees, as specified.

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This bill would revise the definition of “committee” to include specific names for each type of committee.

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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.

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This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.

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Vote: begin delete2⁄3 end deletebegin insertmajorityend insert. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. State-mandated local program: no.

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

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begin insertSection 10561.7 is added to the end insertbegin insertWater Codeend insertbegin insert, to
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Notwithstanding any other law, a public entity that
4captures stormwater, in accordance with a stormwater resource
5plan, before the water reaches a natural channel shall be entitled
6to use the captured water.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 82013 of the Government Code is
8amended to read:

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82013.  

“Committee” means any person or combination of
10persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following:

11(a) Receives contributions totaling two thousand dollars ($2,000)
12or more in a calendar year (“Recipient Committee”).

13(b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand
14dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendar year (“Independent
15Expenditure Committee”); or

16(c) Makes contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
17or more in a calendar year to or at the behest of candidates or
18committees (“Major Donor Committee”).

19A person or combination of persons that becomes a committee
20shall retain its status as a committee until such time as that status
21is terminated pursuant to Section 84214.

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SEC. 2.  

The Legislature finds and declares that this bill furthers
23the purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974 within the
24meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 81012 of the Government
25Code.

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