BILL NUMBER: AB 2622	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Smyth

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 85322 to the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2622, as introduced, Smyth. Political Reform Act of 1974:
campaign contributions.
   The California Constitution requires the Legislature to pass a
Budget Bill by June 15 of each year. The Political Reform Act of 1974
places restrictions on the collection of campaign contributions by
candidates for public office through a variety of provisions. A
person who violates these limitations on the collection of campaign
contributions is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   This bill would amend the Political Reform Act of 1974 to prohibit
a Member of the Legislature, if the Legislature does not pass and
send to the Governor by midnight on June 15 a Budget Bill for the
following fiscal year, from receiving campaign contributions from
June 16 until the date on which the Budget Bill is passed and sent to
the Governor.
   Because this bill would create a new crime, it would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   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.
   This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 85322 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   85322.  If the Legislature does not pass and send to the Governor
by midnight on June 15 a Budget Bill for the following fiscal year,
in accordance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 12 of
Article IV of the California Constitution, a Member of the
Legislature shall not accept any campaign contributions from June 16
until the date that the Budget Bill is passed by the Legislature and
sent to the Governor.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that this bill furthers
the purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974 within the meaning
of subdivision (a) of Section 81012 of the Government Code.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.