BILL NUMBER: AB 2129	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cook
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Emmerson)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2129, as introduced, Cook. Political Reform Act of 1974.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 establishes the Fair Political
Practices Commission, which has the primary responsibility for the
impartial, effective administration and implementation of the act,
including acting as the civil prosecutor responsible for the
enforcement of the penalty provisions of the act.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the Fair Political Practices
Commission to have primary responsibility for the impartial,
effective administration, implementation, and enforcement of a
campaign reform ordinance for the County of San Bernardino, which
would apply as to the county only if the board of supervisors has
adopted a campaign reform ordinance and also has adopted an ordinance
to make the statute applicable in the county.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the Fair Political Practices
Commission to have the primary responsibility for the impartial,
effective administration, implementation, and enforcement of a
campaign reform ordinance for the County of San Bernardino, which
would apply as to the county only if the board of supervisors has
adopted a campaign reform ordinance and also has adopted an ordinance
to make the statute applicable in the county.