BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2007
Author: Adams (R)
Amended: 6/21/10 in Senate
Vote: 27
SENATE ELEC., REAP. & CONST. AMEND. COMM. : 5-0, 6/15/10
AYES: Hancock, Denham, DeSaulnier, Liu, Strickland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 11-0, 8/12/10
AYES: Kehoe, Ashburn, Alquist, Corbett, Emmerson, Leno,
Price, Walters, Wolk, Wyland, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 5/6/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Political Reform Act of 1974: gifts
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Fair Political Practices
Commission, on or before February 1 of each year, to post
information on its Internet Web site regarding gifts to
Members of the Legislature and designated employees of the
Legislature that are reported on lobbying disclosure
reports.
ANALYSIS : Existing law requires any entity that is
required to file a lobbying disclosure report to include on
that report a list of activity expenses made by the filer.
"Activity expense" means any expense (including gifts)
incurred or payment made by a filer, or arranged by a
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lobbyist or lobbying firm, which benefits any elective
state official, legislative official, agency official,
state candidate, or member of the immediate family of one
of those individuals.
Existing law requires any entity that is required to file a
lobbying disclosure report to provide each beneficiary of a
gift listed within the report information about the date
and amount of each gift reportable by the beneficiary and a
description of the goods or services provided to the
beneficiary.
Existing law requires candidates for and specified elected
or appointed state and local officers and designated
employees of state and local agencies to file a Statement
of Economic Interests (SEI) disclosing their financial
interests, including investments, real property interests,
and income. For the purposes of disclosing income on an
SEI, "income" includes gifts valued at $50 or more in a
calendar year from a single source.
This bill requires the Fair Political Practices Commission
(FPPC), on or before February 1 of each year, to post on
its Internet Web site information describing all gifts
donated to Members of the Legislature and designated
employees of the Legislature in the previous calendar year
and reported by the donors.
This bill require the Commission to post that information
to post that information in a manner that permits the
public to access information regarding all reported gifts
donated to a specific recipient by entering that
recipient's name into an appropriate search feature.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/17/10)
Fair Political Practice Commission
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
members of the Legislature or designated employees often
attend an event while not partaking in food or drink. As
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well it is a common occurrence to have RSVP'd to an event
and to not attend. Should the donor of the gift report the
individual as participating, but does not send a letter to
the individual as a courtesy, the Member or employee might
not know to report that gift or to correct it with the
donor due to a lack of knowledge. The individual only
becomes aware of the reported gift once a FPPC violation
notice has been issued without an adequate opportunity to
correct a misunderstanding.
This bill requires the FPPC to post all gifts reported by
donors on their website to encourage transparency and to
allow Members of the Legislature and designated employees
to see what has been reported on their behalf so that they
may more accurately complete their reports.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De
La Torre, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico,
Tran, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Block, De Leon, Gilmore, Mendoza,
Vacancy
DLW:do 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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