BILL NUMBER: AB 1431	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gonzalez

                        JANUARY 6, 2014

   An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 5098) to Chapter
1 of Part 4 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, and to add Section 72030 to,
the Education Code, relating to conflict of interest.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1431, as introduced, Gonzalez. School district and community
college elections: conflict of interest.
   Existing law provides for election of certain officials of school
districts and community college districts.
   This bill would prohibit an administrator of a school district or
community college district from soliciting funds for the campaign or
legal defense fund of an elected official of the district employing
the administrator, or any candidate for an elected office of that
district.
   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.  Article 4 (commencing with Section 5098) is added to
Chapter 1 of Part 4 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 4.  Conflict of Interest


   5098.  An administrator of a school district may not, directly or
indirectly, solicit funds for the campaign or legal defense fund of
an elected official of the school district employing the
administrator, or any candidate for an elected office of that school
district.
  SEC. 2.  Section 72030 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   72030.  An administrator of a community college district may not,
directly or indirectly, solicit funds for the campaign or legal
defense fund of an elected official of the community college district
employing the administrator, or any candidate for an elected office
of that community college district.