BILL NUMBER: SB 1426	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Blakeslee

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 82013 of the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1426, as introduced, Blakeslee. Political Reform Act of 1974:
committees.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 defines the term "committee" for
purposes of that act.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
   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.  Section 82013 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   82013.  "Committee" means  any   a 
person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any
of the following:
   (a) Receives contributions totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000)
or more in a calendar year.
   (b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars
($1,000) or more in a calendar year  ; or   .

   (c) Makes contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or
more in a calendar year to  ,  or at the behest of  ,
 candidates or committees.
   A person or combination of persons that becomes a committee shall
retain its status as a committee until such time as that status is
terminated pursuant to Section 84214.