Bill Text: CA SB593 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: Tahoe Regional Planning

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 152, Statutes of 2011. [SB593 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB593-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 593	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Gaines

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 87100.5 to the Government Code, relating to
the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 593, as introduced, Gaines. Political Reform Act of 1974: Tahoe
Regional Planning Agency: members: statement of economic interests.
   (1) Existing law creates the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency as a
separate legal entity and as a political subdivision of the State of
California, and prescribes the membership and functions and duties of
the agency, as specified. Existing law requires that any member of
the agency that has a direct personal financial interest in a matter
officially coming before the agency to disclose the fact of his or
her interest and to abstain from participation in any discussion or
vote upon the matter. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974,
prohibits a public official at any level of state or local
government from making, participating in making, or in any way
attempting to use his or her official position to influence a
governmental decision in which he or she knows, or has reason to
know, he or she has a financial interest. A violation of the act is a
crime.
   This bill would additionally require each California member of the
agency, who represents the state in matters officially coming before
the agency, to comply with the requirements of the Political Reform
Act of 1974, and to file with the Fair Political Practices Commission
a specified form containing a statement of economic interests.
Because the bill would expand the definition of a crime under the
act, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2) 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.
   (3) 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 87100.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   87100.5.  Each California member of the Tahoe Regional Planning
Agency who represents the state in matters officially coming before
the agency shall comply with the requirements of this chapter and
shall file with the Fair Political Practices Commission a Form 700
statement of economic interests.
  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.