BILL NUMBER: SB 1001	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee
   (Coauthor: Senator Blakeslee)

                        FEBRUARY 6, 2012

   An act to amend Section 86102 of  , and to add Sections
84101.5 and 84613 to,  the Government Code, relating to the
Political Reform Act of 1974.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1001, as amended, Yee. Political Reform Act of 1974: lobbyists
 and committees  :  registration fee  
fees  . 
   (1) Existing provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974
require a committee, as defined, to file a statement of organization
with the Secretary of State and, as applicable, to file semiannual
campaign statements.  
   This bill would require the Secretary of State to charge each
committee that is required to file a statement of organization, and
would require each committee to pay, a fee not to exceed $50 per year
until the committee is terminated, as specified. The bill would
require the Fair Political Practices Commission to adjust this fee
limit on December 1 of each even-numbered year to reflect any
increase in the Consumer Price Index and to round the adjustment to
the nearest $5.  
   Existing 
    (2)     Existing  provisions of the
Political Reform Act of 1974 regulate the activities of lobbyists,
lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers, as defined, in connection
with attempts to influence legislative and administrative action by
legislative and other state officials. The act requires that lobbying
firms and lobbyist employers register with the Secretary of State,
and authorizes the Secretary of State to charge each lobbying firm
and lobbyist employer a fee of up to $25 per year for each lobbyist
required to be listed on its registration statement.
   This bill would increase the maximum amount of this fee to $50 per
year. The bill  also  would require the Fair
Political Practices Commission to adjust this fee  limit  on
December 1 of each even-numbered year to reflect any increase in the
Consumer Price Index and to round the adjustment to the nearest $5.

   (3) This bill would establish the Political Disclosure, Access,
and Transparency Account in the State Treasury and require that
moneys collected as fees as described above and as fees for late
filing of reports and statements under the act, as specified, be
deposited in the account. The bill also would express the intent of
the Legislature that moneys deposited in the account be expended for
the maintenance, repair, and improvement of the online or electronic
disclosure program implemented by the Secretary of State, as
specified.  
    The 
    (4)     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: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 84101.5 is added to the 
 Government Code  , to read:  
   84101.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 81006, the Secretary of
State shall charge each committee that is required to file a
statement of organization pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
84101, and each committee that is required to file a statement of
organization pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 84101 shall pay,
a fee of not more than fifty dollars ($50) per year until the
committee is terminated pursuant to Section 84214.
   (b) The Commission shall adjust the fee limit in subdivision (a)
on December 1 of each even-numbered year to reflect any increase in
the Consumer Price Index. The Commission shall round each adjustment
pursuant to this subdivision to the nearest five dollars ($5). 
   SEC. 2.    Section 84613 is added to the  
Government Code   , to read:  
   84613.  (a) The Political Disclosure, Access, and Transparency
Account is hereby established in the State Treasury. All moneys
collected pursuant to Sections 84101.5, 86102, and 91013 shall be
deposited in the Political Disclosure, Access, and Transparency
Account.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys deposited in
the Political Disclosure, Access, and Transparency Account be
expended for the maintenance, repair, and improvement of the online
or electronic disclosure program implemented by the Secretary of
State pursuant to this chapter. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 3.   Section 86102 of
the Government Code is amended to read:
   86102.  (a) Each lobbying firm and lobbyist employer required to
file a registration statement under this chapter may be charged not
more than fifty dollars ($50) per year for each lobbyist required to
be listed on its registration statement.
   (b) The Commission shall adjust the registration fee  limit
 in subdivision (a) on December 1 of each even-numbered year to
reflect any increase in the Consumer Price Index. The Commission
shall round each adjustment pursuant to this subdivision to the
nearest five dollars ($5).
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 4.   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.