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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                          SB 18 (Blakeslee)
          
          Hearing Date: 5/26/2011         Amended: 3/23/2011
          Consultant: Maureen Ortiz       Policy Vote: E&CA: 4-0
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          BILL SUMMARY:  SB 18 prevents elected officials from receiving 
          specified gifts, regardless of value, from a lobbyist, lobbying 
          firm, or lobbyist employer.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2011-12      2012-13       2013-14     Fund
           
          Enforcement                               $106                 
          $201                $201             General            
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          STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE. 
          
          The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) indicates the 
          need for 1 PY Legal Counsel for enforcement, 1 PY Special 
          Investigator, 0.3 PY Political Reform Consultant, and 0.1 PY for 
          Counsel in Legal Division totaling annual costs of $197,170 for 
          personnel.  In addition, they anticipate one-time costs of 
          $4,000 for operating expenses, and ongoing costs of $3,800 for 
          communications and training.

          Existing law prohibits a lobbyist or lobbying firm from make 
          gifts aggregating more than $10 in a calendar month to elected 
          state officers, candidates for state office, and certain 
          officials of other agencies.  These same individuals are 
          prohibited from accepting gifts from any single source in a 
          calendar year with a total value of more than $420.

          SB 18 will prohibit a lobbyist, lobbying firm, or lobbyist 
          employer from giving any of the following gifts to a person 
          holding elective state office or to that officeholder's 
          immediate family:

          1)  Theme park tickets.








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          2)  Sporting event tickets.
          3)  Theater and concert tickets.
          4)  Racetrack tickets.
          5)  Spa treatments, or other services of a personal nature.
          6)  Golf, skiing, or fishing trips, or other recreational 
          outings or vacations.
          7)  Gift cards.

          SB 18 also prohibits any person who holds elective state office, 
          from the date of his or her election to the date he or she 
          vacates office, from receiving the above listed gifts from a 
          lobbyist, lobbying firm, or lobbyist employer.

          There are currently more than 1,000 registered lobbyists, just 
          under 400 lobbying firms, and more than 3,000 lobbyist employers 
          in this state.