Bill Text: CA AB7 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Interscholastic athletics: High School Baseball Safety

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-08-31 - To inactive file on motion of Senator Pavley. [AB7 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB7-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 7	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 14, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 14, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Krekorian

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act to amend Sections 84506 and 84508 of the Government Code,
relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 7, as amended, Krekorian. Political Reform Act of 1974.
   (1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires a broadcast or mass
mailing advertisement supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot
measure, if paid for by an independent expenditure, to include a
disclosure statement that identifies the name of the committee making
the independent expenditure and the names of the persons from whom
the committee making the independent expenditure has received its 2
highest cumulative contributions of $50,000 or more during the
12-month period prior to the expenditure. However, if the committee
is able to show that contributions from those 2 highest cumulative
contributions were spent for other purposes, then the act requires
the committee to disclose the names of the contributors making the
next largest cumulative contributions of $50,000 or more. A violation
of the act is subject to criminal penalties.
   The bill would require, with specified exceptions, a broadcast or
mass mailing advertisement supporting or opposing a candidate or
ballot measure that is paid for by an independent expenditure to
include a statement or phrase that clearly identifies the economic or
other special interest of the major donors of $50,000 or more,
listing the economic or other special interest in descending order
based on the amount of contributions made by the respective donor to
the committee, except for a general interest committee. The bill
would also require a committee  that files electronically with
the Secretary of State to li   st the Secretary of State's
Internet Web site in its disclosure statement. A committee not
required to file electronically would be required  to disclose
the Uniform Resource Locator for its Internet Web site and 
for the Web site  to list the committee's principal officer
and  all donors   specified information
regarding each donor  to the committee who contributed at least
$100.
   (2) Existing law makes a violation of the act subject to
administrative, civil, and criminal penalties.
   The bill would impose a state-mandated local program by placing
these penalties on persons who violate the bill.
   (3) 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.
   (4) 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 84506 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   84506.  (a) A broadcast or mass mailing advertisement, including a
radio advertisement, supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot
measure, that is paid for by an independent expenditure, shall
include a disclosure statement that identifies all of the following:
   (1) The name of the committee making the independent expenditure.
   (2) The names of the persons from whom the committee making the
independent expenditure has received its two highest cumulative
contributions of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more during the
12-month period prior to the expenditure. If the committee can show,
on the basis that contributions are spent in the order they are
received, that contributions received from the two donors who made
the highest cumulative contributions of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) or more to the committee have been used for expenditures
unrelated to the candidate or ballot measure featured in the
communication, the committee shall disclose the contributors making
the next largest cumulative contributions of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) or more.
   (3) A statement or phrase that clearly identifies the economic or
other special interest of the major donors of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) or more. If any of those  persons  
donors  is a committee other than a candidate-controlled
committee, the  person   donor  shall be
identified by the  names of the  economic or other
special interest who made the highest cumulative contributions of
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more to that  person
  committee  . The statement or phrase shall list
each economic or other special interest in descending order based on
the amount of the contributions made by the respective donor to the
committee. The requirements of this paragraph do not apply to a
general purpose committee.
   (4) The Uniform Resource Locator for an Internet Web site 
established by the committee. The Internet Web site shall list the
  that lists the  committee's principal officer and
 all donors   information about each donor
 to the committee who  have   has 
contributed a cumulative amount of one hundred dollars ($100) or
more.  For a committee filing electronically with the Secretary
of State, the disclosure statement shall list "www.sos.ca.gov" as the
Uniform Resource Locator. For a committee that is not required to
file electronically with the Secretary of State, the statement shall
include a Uniform Resource Locator for an Internet Web site address
that   lists the committee's principal officer and the
following information about each donor who has contributed a
cumulative amount of one hundred dollars ($100) or more to the
committee making the independent expenditure: name of the donor,
payment type, city and state, contribution amount, transaction date,
and filing date. The Internet Web site shall be updated to reflect
filing updates. If the local agency with which the committee files
does not maintain an Internet Web site with the donor information,
the committee shall create one.  The requirements of this
paragraph do not apply to radio advertisements.
   (b) If an acronym is used to identify any committee names required
by this section, the names of any sponsoring organization of the
committee shall be printed on print advertisements or spoken in
broadcast advertisements.
  SEC. 2.  Section 84508 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   84508.  If disclosure of two major donors is required by Sections
84503 and 84506, the committee shall be required to disclose, in
addition to the committee name, only its highest major contributor in
any advertisement that is any of the following:
   (a) An electronic broadcast of 15 seconds or less.
   (b) A radio broadcast of 30 seconds or less.
   (c) A newspaper, magazine, or other public print media
advertisement that is 20 square inches or less.
  SEC. 3.  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. 4.  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.