BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



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          Date of Hearing:   July 6, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                     SB 801 (Kehoe) - As Amended:  June 13, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              ElectionsVote:7-0 
          (Consent)

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill amends the Political Reform Act (PRA) to streamline 
          the filing of Statements of Economic Interests (SEIs) by state 
          officials. Specifically, this bill:

          1)Requires persons appointed to state boards, commissions, or 
            similar multimember bodies of the state, whose filings of SEIs 
            are not already specified under current law, to file original 
            SEIs with the respective board, commission or body, and 
            requires, if the conflict of interest code of the respective 
            board, commission, or body does not require that the original 
            SEI be sent to the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), 
            that a copy be forwarded to the FPPC.

          2)Deletes existing requirements that copies of SEIs from state 
            elected officers and candidates for state elective office be 
            sent to the Secretary of State and to specified local 
            elections officials.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor absorbable costs to the FPPC to enforce the bill's 
          provisions.

           COMMENTS  

           Background and Purpose  . Current law specifies the manner in 
          which SEIs are required to be filed by most public officials. 
          Generally, specified elected state, county, and city officers, 
          as well as members of certain state licensing or regulatory 
          boards, bureaus, or commissions are required to file their SEIs 








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          with their respective agencies or their county/city clerks, who 
          are required to make and retain a copy and forward the original 
          to the FPPC, who acts as the filing officer.  Most other 
          individuals who are required to file SEIs must file the original 
          SEIs with their agencies or with the agencies' code reviewing 
          bodies as provided by the agencies' conflict of interest codes.

          This bill requires state boards and commissions to forward a 
          copy of SEIs to the FPPC, and deletes requirements that copies 
          of SEIs from state elected officials be sent to specified 
          locations.  According to the author, now that the FPPC is 
          posting SEIs on its website, the need to file copies in multiple 
          locations is diminished.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081