Bill Text: CA AB510 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: advertisement disclosures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 868, Statutes of 2014. [AB510 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 510	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to amend Section  84200   84511 
of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 510, as amended, Ammiano. Political Reform Act of 1974  :
advertisement disclosures  . 
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires a committee that makes
an expenditure of $5,000 or more to an individual for his or her
appearance in an advertisement to support or oppose the
qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot measure to file a
report, as specified, and to include in the advertisement a statement
regarding payment of the individual by the committee or its donors.
 
   This bill, in addition, would require a committee to comply with
these requirements with regard to an expenditure of any amount to an
individual for his or her appearance in an advertisement to support
or oppose the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot measure
if the advertisement states or otherwise communicates that the
individual is a practitioner or member of a profession having
expertise or specialized knowledge relating to the subject of the
measure.  
   Existing law makes a knowing or willful violation of the Political
Reform Act of 1974 a misdemeanor and subjects offenders to criminal
penalties.  
   This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating
additional crimes.  
   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.
 
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive
regulation of campaign financing, conflicts of interests of public
officials, and the lobbying industry, and further establishes the
Fair Political Practices Commission to administer and enforce the
provisions of the act. The act requires elected officers, candidates,
and certain committees to file semiannual statements, except as
specified.  
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee:  no  yes  .
State-mandated local program:  no   yes  .


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 84511 of the  
Government Code   is amended to read: 
   84511.  (a)  (1)    A committee that makes an
expenditure of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more to an
individual for his or her appearance in an advertisement to support
or oppose the qualification, passage  ,  or defeat of a
ballot measure shall file a report within 10 days of the expenditure.
 The report  
   (2) A committee that makes an expenditure of any amount to an
individual for his or her appearance in an advertisement to support
or oppose the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot measure
shall file a report within 10 days of the expenditure if the
advertisement states or otherwise communicates that the individual is
a practitioner or member of a profession having expertise or
specialized knowledge relating to the subject of the measure. 
      (b)    A report required by
subdivision (a)  shall identify the measure, the date of the
expenditure, the name of the recipient, and the amount expended.

   (b) The advertisement 
    (c)     An advertisement for which a report
is required by subdivision (a)  shall include the statement "
(spokesperson's name) is being paid by this campaign or its donors"
in highly visible roman font shown continuously  ,  if the
advertisement consists of printed or televised material, or spoken in
a clearly audible format  ,  if the advertisement is a
radio broadcast or telephone message.
   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.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 84200 of the Government Code
is amended to read:
   84200.  (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3),
elected officers, candidates, and committees pursuant to subdivision
(a) of Section 82013 shall file semiannual statements each year no
later than July 31 for the period ending June 30, and no later than
January 31 for the period ending December 31.
   (1) A candidate who, during the past six months has filed a
declaration pursuant to Section 84206 shall not be required to file a
semiannual statement for that six-month period.
   (2) Elected officers whose salaries are less than two hundred
dollars ($200) a month, judges, judicial candidates, and their
controlled committees shall not file semiannual statements pursuant
to this subdivision for any six-month period in which they have not
made or received any contributions or made any expenditures.
   (3) A judge who is not listed on the ballot for reelection to, or
recall from, an elective office during a calendar year shall not file
semiannual statements pursuant to this subdivision for any six-month
period in that year if both of the following apply:
   (A) The judge has not received any contributions.
   (B) The only expenditures made by the judge during the calendar
year are contributions from the judge's personal funds to other
candidates or committees totaling less than one thousand dollars
($1,000).
   (b) All committees pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section
82013 shall file campaign statements each year no later than July 31
for the period ending June 30, and no later than January 31 for the
period ending December 31, if they have made contributions or
independent expenditures, including payments to a slate mailer
organization, during the six-month period before the closing date of
the statements.