Bill Text: CA SB358 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: Secretary of State: online filing and disclosure system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 624, Statutes of 2017. [SB358 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB358-Chaptered.html
Senate Bill No. 358 |
CHAPTER 624 |
An act to add Section 84602.3 to the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.
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Approved by
Governor
October 09, 2017.
Filed with
Secretary of State
October 09, 2017.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 358, Stern.
Political Reform Act of 1974: Secretary of State: online filing and disclosure system.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 generally requires elected officials, candidates for elective office, and committees formed primarily to support or oppose a candidate for public office or a ballot measure, along with other entities, to file periodic campaign statements. The act requires that these campaign statements contain prescribed information related to campaign contributions and expenditures of the filing entities. Existing law, the Online Disclosure Act, requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Fair Political Practices Commission, to develop online and electronic filing processes for use by these persons and entities.
This bill would also require the Secretary of State to conspicuously post on his or her Internet Web site hyperlinks to the Internet Web site of any local government agency that contains publicly disclosed
campaign finance information and to update these hyperlinks accordingly.
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.