Bill Text: CA AB2368 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2368 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: gift limitations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-05 - In committee: Set final hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. [AB2368 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2368-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2368	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blakeslee

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 86203 of the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2368, as introduced, Blakeslee. Political Reform Act of 1974:
gift limitations.
   The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits a lobbyist or lobbying
firm from making gifts to one person aggregating more than $10 in a
calendar month.
   This bill would prohibit a lobbyist employer from making gifts to
a Member of the Legislature aggregating more than $10 in a calendar
month.
   Existing law makes a willful violation of the Political Reform Act
of 1974 a misdemeanor and subjects offenders to criminal penalties.
   This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating
additional crimes.
   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 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 86203 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   86203.   (a)    It shall be unlawful for a
lobbyist, or lobbying firm, to make gifts to one person aggregating
more than ten dollars ($10) in a calendar month, or to act as an
agent or intermediary in the making of any gift, or to arrange for
the making of any gift by any other person. 
   (b) It shall be unlawful for a lobbyist employer to make gifts to
a Member of the Legislature aggregating more than ten dollars ($10)
in a calendar month. 
  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.