Bill Text: CA AB2697 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: former regulatory board

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-20 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2697 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2697-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2697	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hagman

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 87406.5 to the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2697, as introduced, Hagman. Political Reform Act of 1974:
former regulatory board employees.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits a former public
official, for a period of one year after leaving his or her office or
employment, from representing for compensation an entity making oral
or written communication with the official's former political
organization or agency for the purposes of influencing statutory or
regulatory action.
   This bill would prohibit a member of a state regulatory board, for
a period of one year after leaving his or her position, from
accepting employment with an entity that was regulated by the
regulatory board.
   Because this bill would create a new crime or infraction, it would
impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   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: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 87406.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   87406.5.  A former member of a state regulatory board or former
officer or employee of a state regulatory board who held a position
that entailed the making or participation in the making of decisions
which may foreseeably have a material effect on any financial
interest, shall not, for a period of one year after leaving that
position or employment, accept employment for compensation with an
entity overseen by that state regulatory board.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.
  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.