Bill Text: CA AB2079 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution prohibitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-16 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. [AB2079 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2079-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2079
Introduced by Assembly Member Kiley |
February 05, 2020 |
An act to add Section 85322 to the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2079, as introduced, Kiley.
Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution prohibitions.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 imposes various limitations on contributions that may be made to, or accepted by, candidates for elective office. The act generally prohibits a person from making a contribution totaling more than $3,000 to a candidate for elective state office, and a candidate for elective state office from accepting a contribution totaling more than $3,000, except as specified. A violation of the act’s provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor and subject to specified penalties.
This bill would prohibit an investor-owned utility from making a contribution to a candidate for elective state office. The bill would also prohibit a candidate for elective state office from accepting a contribution from an investor-owned utility. By expanding the scope of existing crimes with regard to contribution limitations, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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.
Digest Key
Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 85322 is added to the Government Code, to read:85322.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, an investor-owned utility shall not make a contribution to a candidate for elective state office.(b) A candidate for elective state office shall not accept a contribution from an investor-owned utility.