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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 182
Author: Davis (D)
Amended: 3/22/11 in Assembly
Vote: 27
SENATE ELECTIONS & CONST. AMEND. COMM. : 5-0, 6/21/11
AYES: Correa, La Malfa, De Le�n, Gaines, Lieu
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 5/2/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Political Reform Act of 1974: statements of
economic
interest
SOURCE : California Association of Clerks and Elections
Officials
DIGEST : This bill allows participants in a pilot project
that permits the electronic filing of a statement of
economic interests (SEI) to continue to receive electronic
filings of SEIs during the 2012 calendar year while the
Legislature reviews the results of the pilot project.
Specifically, this bill extends the end date of a pilot
project that allows Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, Santa
Clara, Stanislaus, and Ventura counties and the City of
Long Beach to permit SEIs to be filed electronically from
January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012.
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Existing law:
1. Creates the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC),
and makes it responsible for the impartial, effective
administration and implementation of the Political
Reform Act (PRA).
2. Requires that candidates for, and current holders of,
specified elected or appointed state and local offices
and designated employees of state and local agencies
file SEIs disclosing their financial interests,
including investments, real property interests, and
income.
3. Establishes a pilot project which permits Los Angeles,
Merced, Orange, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, and Ventura
counties and the City of Long Beach to permit the
electronic filing of an SEI in accordance with
regulations adopted by the FPPC.
4. Provides that the pilot project will begin on January 1,
2009, and end on January 1, 2012.
Comments
According to the author's office, California voters passed
an initiative, Proposition 9, in 1974 that created the FPPC
which requires candidates, current office holders and
designated employees of state and local agencies to file
SEIs disclosing their financial interests. AB 2607
(Davis), Chapter 498, Statutes of 2008, provided Los
Angeles, Orange, Merced and Stanislaus Counties with the
ability to participate in a pilot program to provide
constituents with the option of filing their Form 700 SEI
using a secure electronic template. The program provides a
safe, cost-effective and workload-reducing option for the
filer to utilize to fulfill their annual filing obligation.
AB 1921 (Davis), Chapter 58, Statutes of 2010, added Santa
Clara and Ventura Counties, as well as the City of Long
Beach, to the existing pilot project. This bill extends
the sunset date for the pilot program from January 1, 2012,
to December 31, 2012, while the Legislature reviews the
results of the pilot project.
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As part of the PRA's comprehensive scheme to prevent
conflicts of interest by state and local public officials,
existing law identifies certain elected and other
high-level state and local officials who must file SEIs.
Similarly, candidates for those positions must file SEIs.
Other state and local public officials and employees are
required to file SEIs if the position they hold is
designated in an agency's conflict of interest code. While
the exact number of people that are required to file SEIs
is unknown, the FPPC has estimated that the number exceeds
200,000 officials and employees statewide. The information
that must be disclosed on an SEI, and the location at which
an SEI is filed, varies depending on the position held by
the individual who is required to file an SEI. Although
there are some exceptions, individuals who are required to
file an SEI typically must file that document with the
agency of which they are an elected official or by which
they are employed.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/22/11)
California Association of Clerks and Election Officials
(source)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, AFL-CIO
City of Long Beach
Fair Political Practices Commission
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Monterey County Board of Supervisors
Orange County Board of Supervisors
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Urban Counties Caucus
Ventura County Board of Supervisors
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 5/2/11
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Cedillo,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Garrick, Gatto,
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Gordon, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi,
Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mansoor, Miller, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen,
Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino,
Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao,
Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Charles Calderon, Galgiani, Gorell,
Mendoza, Mitchell, Vacancy
DLW:mw 6/23/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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