BILL NUMBER: AB 1974	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to amend Section 87202 of, and to add Section 83103.5 to
the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1974, as introduced, Quirk. Appointed officials: disclosure
statement.
   Under the Political Reform Act of 1974, every person who is
appointed as a member to a specified office, including the Fair
Political Practices Commission, is required to file a statement
disclosing his or her investments and interests in real property held
on the date of assuming office, and income received during the 12
months before assuming office. Existing law requires that the
statement be filed not more than 30 days after assuming office, as
specified.
   This bill would instead require a person who is nominated as a
member of the Fair Political Practices Commission to file the
disclosure statement no later than 30 days prior to assuming office.
   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: no. State-mandated
local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 83103.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   83103.5.  A person who is appointed as a member of the Commission
shall file a statement disclosing his or her investments and his or
her interests in real property held on the date of his or her
nomination, and income received during the 12 months before being
nominated, in accordance with the requirements of Article 2
(commencing with Section 87200) of Chapter 7. The person nominated
shall file the disclosure statement no later than 30 days prior to
assuming office.
  SEC. 2.  Section 87202 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   87202.  (a) Every person who is elected to an office specified in
Section 87200 shall, within 30 days after assuming the office, file a
statement disclosing his or her investments and his or her interests
in real property held on the date of assuming office, and income
received during the 12 months before assuming office.  Every
  Except as specified in Section 83103.5, every 
person who is appointed or nominated to an office specified in
Section 87200 shall file such a statement not more than 30 days after
assuming office, provided, however, that a person appointed or
nominated to such an office who is subject to confirmation by the
Commission on Judicial Appointments or the State Senate shall file
such a statement no more than 10 days after the appointment or
nomination.
   The statement shall not be required if the person has filed,
within 60 days prior to assuming office, a statement for the same
jurisdiction pursuant to Section 87203.
   (b) Every elected state officer who assumes office during the
month of December or January shall file a statement pursuant to
Section 87203 instead of this section, except that:
   (1) The period covered for reporting investments and interests in
real property shall begin on the date the person filed his or her
declarations of candidacy.
   (2) The period covered for reporting income shall begin 12 months
prior to the date the person assumed office.
  SEC. 3.  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.