BILL NUMBER: SB 739	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Strickland

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 84307.5 to the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 739, as introduced, Strickland. Political Reform Act of 1974:
fundraising.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive
regulation of campaign financing, including restricting the
circumstances under which a candidate for elective office or an
elected officer may receive campaign contributions and proscribing
the commingling of campaign funds and personal funds.
   This bill would prohibit the spouse or domestic partner of an
elected officer or a candidate for elective office from receiving
compensation for services rendered in connection with fundraising for
the benefit of the elected officer or candidate for elective office.

   Existing law makes a willful violation of the Political Reform Act
of 1974 a misdemeanor and subjects offenders to criminal penalties.
   This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating
additional crimes.
   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.
   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.

   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 84307.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   84307.5.  A spouse or domestic partner of an elected officer or a
candidate for elective office shall not receive compensation for
services rendered in connection with fundraising for the benefit of
the elected officer or candidate for elective office.
  SEC. 2.  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.
  SEC. 3.  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.