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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 1391
          Author:   Leno (D)
          Amended:  6/26/06 in Senate
          Vote:     27

           
           SENATE ELEC., REAP. & CONST. AMEND. COMMITTEE  : 3-1, 6/28/06
          AYES:  Bowen, Murray, Romero
          NOES:  Battin
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Poochigian

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 71-0, 04/21/05 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Campaign disclosure:  use of campaign funds

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill with respect to income in excess of  
          $100,000, increases the number of thresholds for reporting  
          specified types of public officials income and provide for  
          a prohibition on the use of campaign funds for the lease of  
          real property wherein legal title to the property resides  
          in an entity for which an interest of at least 10 percent  
          is held by a candidate or other individual who approves the  
          expenditure of the relevant campaign.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law requires public officials,  
          candidates, and designated employees of public agencies to  
          file statements of the economic interest (SEIs) on an  
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          annual basis and at other specified times (e.g., when  
          assuming or leaving office, etc.)

          When the filer's income is required to be reported, the SEI  
          must include whether the aggregate value of income form  
          each source was:

           1.Between $500 and $1,000

           2.$1,000 to $10,000

           3.$10,000 than $100,000

          This bill instead requires SEI filers to specify income in  
          the following increments:

           1. Between $500 and $1,000

           2.$1,000 to $10,000

           3.$10,000 to $100,000

           4.$100,000 to $250,000

           5.$250,000 to $500,000

           6.$500,000 to $ 1 million

           7.$ 1 million to $ 2 million

           8.Greater than $ 2 million

          Existing law prohibits the use of campaign funds to pay or  
          reimburse for the lease or purchase of real property, or  
          the purchase, lease, or refurbishment of any appliance or  
          equipment leased or owned by a candidate, officer, or other  
          specified person with authority to approve the expenditure  
          of campaign funds, or members of his or her immediate  
          family.

          This bill expands that prohibition to include property  
          where the legal title resides in whole or in part in any  
          person in which an interest of 10 percent or more is held  
          by a candidate, elected officer or other specified person  







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          with authority to approve the expenditure of campaign  
          funds, or members of his or her immediate family.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  Yes

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Aghazarian, Arambula, Baca, Benoit, Berg, Bermudez,  
            Blakeslee, Bogh, Calderon, Canciamilla, Chan, Chavez,  
            Chu, Cogdill, Cohn, Coto, Daucher, De La Torre, DeVore,  
            Dymally, Emmerson, Evans, Frommer, Garcia, Goldberg,  
            Hancock, Harman, Haynes, Jerome Horton, Shirley Horton,  
            Houston, Huff, Jones, Karnette, Keene, Klehs, Koretz, La  
            Malfa, Laird, Leno, Leslie, Levine, Lieber, Liu,  
            Matthews, Maze, McCarthy, Mountjoy, Mullin, Nakanishi,  
            Nava, Negrete McLeod, Niello, Parra, Plescia, Richman,  
            Ridley-Thomas, Sharon Runner, Ruskin, Saldana, Salinas,  
            Spitzer, Strickland, Torrico, Tran, Umberg, Vargas,  
            Villines, Wolk, Wyland, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Bass, Gordon, La Suer, Montanez, Nation,  
            Oropeza, Pavley, Walters, Nunez


          DLW:do  8/9/06   Senate Floor Analyses 

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