Bill Text: CA AB1509 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: statement of economic

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 498, Statutes of 2012. [AB1509 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1509-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1509	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        JANUARY 12, 2012

   An act to add Section 87505 to the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1509, as introduced, Hayashi. Political Reform Act of 1974:
statement of economic interests.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires persons holding
specified public offices to file disclosures of investments, real
property interests, and income within specified periods of assuming
or leaving office, and annually while holding the office. Specified
local elected officers file their statements of economic interests
with the city clerk or county clerk, who makes and retains a copy of
each statement and forwards the original to the Fair Political
Practices Commission, which is the filing officer.
   This bill would require a city or county clerk who maintains an
Internet Web site to post a notification on that Internet Web site
that identifies the elected officers who file statements of economic
interests with that city or county clerk. The bill would also require
the notification to include a statement that a copy of a statement
of economic interests for those filers can be obtained by visiting
the offices of the Commission or the city or county clerk, as
specified. The bill would also require that the notification include
a link to the Commission's Internet Web site and a statement that
certain statements of economic interests may be available in an
electronic format by visiting the Commission's Internet Web site. By
imposing additional duties on a local official, 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, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   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 87505 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   87505.  Each city clerk or county clerk who maintains an Internet
Web site shall post on that Internet Web site a notification that
includes all of the following:
   (a) A list of the elected officers identified in Section 87200 who
file statements of economic interests with that city clerk or county
clerk pursuant to Section 87500.
   (b) A statement that copies of the statements of economic
interests filed by the elected officers described in subdivision (a)
may be obtained by visiting the offices of the Commission or that
city clerk or county clerk, as appropriate. The statement shall
include the physical address for the Commission's office and the city
clerk's office or the county clerk's office, as appropriate.
   (c) A link to the Commission's Internet Web site and a statement
that statements of economic interests for some state and local
government agency elected officers may be available in an electronic
format on the Commission's Internet Web site.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
  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.