Bill Text: CA AB664 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign fund expenditures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-08-28 - Consideration of Governor's veto pending. [AB664 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB664-Enrolled.html
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Enrolled
August 10, 2018 |
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Senate
August 06, 2018 |
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Passed
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Assembly
August 09, 2018 |
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Amended
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June 12, 2018 |
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Amended
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January 11, 2018 |
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January 03, 2018 |
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Amended
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April 18, 2017 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 664 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Steinorth |
February 14, 2017 |
An act to amend Section 84307.5 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 664, Steinorth.
Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign fund expenditures.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits a spouse or domestic partner of an elected officer or a candidate for elective office from receiving, in exchange for services rendered, compensation from campaign funds held by a controlled committee of the officer or candidate.
This bill would additionally prohibit a parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of an elected officer or a candidate for elective office from receiving, in exchange for furnished or promised goods, services, facilities, or anything of value, compensation from campaign funds held by a controlled committee of that officer or candidate which exceeds the fair market value of that item. The bill would also prohibit the payment of financial or material compensation beyond fair market value from campaign funds held by a controlled committee of an elected officer or candidate
for elective office, in exchange for services rendered, to a vendor if a parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of that officer or candidate has an interest in, or is employed by, the vendor.
A violation of the act may be punished as a misdemeanor. By creating a new crime, this bill 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 of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements.
This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
Digest Key
Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 84307.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:84307.5.
(a) A spouse or domestic partner of an elected officer or a candidate for elective office shall not receive, in exchange for services rendered, compensation from campaign funds held by a controlled committee of the elected officer or candidate for elective office.(b) A parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of an elected officer or a candidate for elective office shall not receive, in exchange for furnished or promised goods, services, facilities, or anything of value, compensation from campaign funds held by a controlled committee of the elected officer or candidate for elective office that exceeds the fair market value, as defined in Section 82025.5, of the exchanged item.
(c) Financial or material compensation from campaign funds held by a controlled committee of an elected officer or candidate for elective office shall not be paid beyond fair market value, as defined in Section 82025.5, in exchange for services rendered, to a vendor if a parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of that officer or candidate has an interest in, or is employed by, the vendor.
(d) Subdivisions (b) and (c) shall not be construed to authorize a controlled committee to pay campaign funds in excess of fair market value, as defined in Section 82025.5, in exchange for goods, services, facilities, or anything of value, to any person or vendor.
