Bill Text: CA AB1431 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Campaign contributions: school district and community college district administrators.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-30 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1431 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1431-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1431	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gonzalez
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Quirk-Silva   )
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Hueso
  ) 

                        JANUARY 6, 2014

   An act  to add Sections 72030 and 72030.1 to, and  to add
Article 4 (commencing with Section 5098) to Chapter 1 of Part 4 of
Division 1 of Title 1 of  , and to add Section 72030 to
 , the Education Code, relating to  conflict of
interest   the Political Reform Act of 1974  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1431, as amended, Gonzalez. School district and community
college  elections:   administrators: 
conflict of interest.
   Existing law provides for election of certain officials of school
districts and community college districts.
   This bill would  prohibit   provide that
 an administrator of a school district or community college
district  from soliciting funds for the campaign or legal
defense fund of an elected official of the district employing the
administrator, or any candidate for an elected office of that
district   may participate in political management or in
political campaigns, but would prohibit the   administrator
from knowingly soliciting, accepting, or receiving a political
contribution from any person for the campaign of an elected official
of the district employing the administrator, or any candidate for
that office, unless the person making the contribution is a member of
the same school labor organization as the administrator  . 

   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 require the Fair Political Practices Commission to
enforce the provisions of the bill, thereby amending the Political
Reform Act of 1974 by enhancing the duties of the commission. 

   This bill would also declare that it furthers the purposes of the
act. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Article 4 (commencing with Section 5098) is added to
Chapter 1 of Part 4 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 4.  Conflict of Interest


   5098.  An administrator of a school district may  not,
directly or indirectly, solicit funds for the campaign or legal
defense fund of an elected official of the school district employing
the administrator, or any candidate for an elected office of that
school district   participate in political management or
in political campaigns, except that   an administrator of a
school district may not knowingly solicit, accept, or receive a
political contribution from any person for the campaign of an elected
official of the school district employing the administrator, or any
candidate for that office, unless the person making the  
contribution is a member of the same school labor organization as the
administrator  . 
   5098.1.  The Fair Political Practices Commission shall enforce
this article. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 72030 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   72030.  An administrator of a community college district may
 not, directly or indirectly, solicit funds for the campaign
or legal defense fund of an elected official of the community college
district employing the administrator, or any candidate for an
elected office of that community college district  
participate in   political management or in political
campaigns, except that an administrator of a community college
district may not knowingly solicit, accept, or receive a political
contribution from any person for the campaign of an elected official
of the community college district employing the administrator, or any
  candidate for that office, unless the person making the
contribution is a member of the same school labor organization as the
administrator  .
   SEC. 3.    Section 72030.1 is added to the  
Education Code   , to read:  
   72030.1.  The Fair Political Practices Commission shall enforce
Section 72030. 
   SEC. 4.    The Legislature finds and declares that
this bill fur   thers the purposes of the Political Reform
Act of 1974 within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 81012 of
the Government Code.