BILL NUMBER: AB 2164	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Norby

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 82013 of the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2164, as introduced, Norby. Political Reform Act of 1974:
committees.
   Existing law defines the term "committee" for the purposes of the
Political Reform Act of 1974.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this definition.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 82013 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   82013.  "Committee" means any person or combination of persons who
directly or indirectly does any of the following:
   (a) Receives contributions totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000)
or more in a calendar year.
   (b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars
($1,000) or more in a calendar year ; or   .

   (c) Makes contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or
more in a calendar year to  ,  or at the behest of  ,
 candidates or committees.
   A person or combination of persons that becomes a committee shall
retain its status as a committee until  such time as
 that status is terminated pursuant to Section 84214.