BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1514
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1514 (Hayashi)
As Amended May 27, 2010
2/3 vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |77-0 |(May 21, 2009) |SENATE: |34-0 |(June 28, |
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Original Committee Reference: E. & R.
SUMMARY : Requires slate mailer organizations to file
semi-annual campaign statements regardless of the amount of
payment received or expenditure made to produce slate mailers.
The Senate amendments add double-jointing language to avoid
chaptering problems with AB 1181 (Huber), and delete provisions
of the Assembly version of the bill that would require:
1)All committees, instead of just candidates for elective state
office and committees primarily formed to support or oppose
one or more state ballot measures, that are required to file
campaign reports online or electronically with the Secretary
of State (SOS), to file an online or electronic report
disclosing any contribution of $1,000 or more received during
the last 90 days before an election within 24 hours of
receiving such a contribution. Required such committees to
file an online or electronic report disclosing any
contribution of $5,000 or more received at any time other than
the last 90 days before an election within 10 business days of
receiving such a contribution. Provided that a committee that
is not a controlled committee was not required to file such
reports unless the committee made a contribution to, or
independent expenditure in connection with, a candidate or
ballot measure during an election cycle.
2)A slate mailer organization that is required to file campaign
reports online or electronically with the SOS to file an
online or electronic report disclosing any payment of $1,000
or more received during the last 90 days before an election
within 24 hours of receiving such a payment. Required such a
slate mailer organization to file an online or electronic
report disclosing any payment of $5,000 or more received at
any time other than the last 90 days before an election within
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10 business days of receiving such a payment.
EXISTING LAW requires a slate mailer organization shall file
semiannual campaign statements for each period in which it has
received payments totaling $500 or more from any person for the
support of or opposition to candidates or ballot measures in a
slate mailer, or in which it has expended $500 or more to
produce one or more slate mailers.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill required a state campaign
committee that is required to file campaign reports online or
electronically to report receiving a contribution of $1,000 or
more within 24 hours during the last 90 days before an election
if the committee has made a contribution or independent
expenditure in connection with that election, required such a
campaign committee to report receiving contributions of $5,000
or more received at any other time within 10 business days, and
significantly increased reporting requirements for slate mailer
organizations.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS : According to the author, "California law requires
slate mailer organizations to file semiannual campaign
statements only if they have (a) received $500 or more form any
person in support or opposition of any candidate or ballot
measure, or (b) spent $500 or more to produce one or more slate
mailings. AB 1514 calls for increased financial disclosure by
requiring all . . . slate mailers to report significant
financial contributions consistent with the existing
requirements for state candidates and state ballot measure
committees."
The Senate amendments to this bill narrowed its scope by
removing provisions that would have expanded the circumstances
under which certain contributions have to be disclosed by the
recipient committee within 24 hours of receipt. The provisions
that remain were contained in the Assembly-approved version of
this bill. As such, while this bill was significantly amended
in the Senate, the policy changes proposed by the
Senate-approved version of this bill were previously approved by
the Assembly in this bill.
California voters passed an initiative, Proposition 9, in 1974
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that created the FPPC and codified significant restrictions and
prohibitions on candidates, officeholders and lobbyists. That
initiative is commonly known as the Political Reform Act (PRA).
Amendments to the PRA that are not submitted to the voters, such
as those contained in this bill, must further the purposes of
the initiative and require a two-thirds vote of both houses of
the Legislature.
Analysis Prepared by : Ethan Jones / E. & R. / (916) 319-2094
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