Bill Text: CA AB7 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Interscholastic athletics: High School Baseball Safety

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-08-31 - To inactive file on motion of Senator Pavley. [AB7 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB7-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 7	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Krekorian

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act to amend Sections  84503, 84504,  84506
 ,  and 84508 of the Government Code, relating to
the Political Reform Act of 1974.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 7, as amended, Krekorian. Political Reform Act of 1974.

   (1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires any committee that
supports or opposes one or more ballot measures to name and identify
itself using a name or phrase that clearly identifies the economic or
other special interest of major donors of $50,000 or more in any
reference to the committee required by law, including the statement
of organization filed by the committee. The act also requires a
committee that supports or opposes a ballot measure to print or
broadcast its name as part of any advertisement or other paid public
statement.  
   This bill would additionally require a committee that supports or
opposes one or more ballot measures to list each major donor of
$50,000 or more in descending order based on the amount of the
contributions made by the donors to the committee in any reference to
the committee required by law. A committee that supports or opposes
a ballot measure also would be required to print or broadcast the
names of the 3 donors who made the highest cumulative contributions
of $50,000 or more to the committee. The bill also would require a
donor that is a committee other than a candidate-controlled committee
to be identified by the names of 3 donors who made the highest
cumulative contributions of $50,000 or more to that donor committee.
 
   (2) 
    (1)  The  act   Political Reform
Act of 1974  requires a broadcast or mass mailing advertisement
supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot measure, if paid for by
an independent expenditure, to include a disclosure statement that
identifies the name of the committee making the independent
expenditure and the names of the persons from whom the committee
making the independent expenditure has received its 2 highest
cumulative contributions of $50,000 or more during the 12-month
period prior to the expenditure. However, if the committee is able to
show that contributions from those 2 highest cumulative
contributions were spent for other purposes, then the act requires
the committee to disclose the names of the contributors making the
next largest cumulative contributions of $50,000 or more. A violation
of the act is subject to criminal penalties.
   The bill would require a broadcast or mass mailing  paid
for by independent expenditure to identify the names of the persons
from whom the committee making the independent expenditure has
received its 3, rather than 2, highest cumulative contributions of
$50,000 or more during the 12-month period prior to expenditure and
if one of those persons is a committee other than a
candidate-controlled committee, then to identify that other committee
by the names of the 3 donors who made the highest cumulative
contributions of $50,000 or more to that committee. The committee
paying for the broadcast or mass mailing advertisement would be
required to disclose the names of the contributors making the next
largest cumulative contributions of $50,000 or more, if it can show
that the contributions from the 3 donors who made the highest
cumulative contributions of $50,000 or more, rather than the 2
highest contributors, to the committee were spent for purposes other
than the broadcast or mass mailing advertisement. The bill also would
require a broadcast or mass mailing  advertisement
supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot measure that is paid for
by an independent expenditure to include a statement or phrase that
clearly identifies the economic or other special interest of the
major donors of $50,000 or more, listing the economic or other
special interest in descending order based on the amount of
contributions made by the respective donor to the committee.  The
bill would also require a committee to disclose the Uniform Resource
Locator for its Internet Web site and for the Web site to list the
  committee's responsible officer and all donors to the
committee.  
   (3)  The bill also would make conforming changes regarding the
disclosure in advertising for or against a ballot measure which is
paid for by a committee of the donors to the committee who have made
the 3, rather than 2, highest contributions over $50,000 to 2 other
provisions of the Political Reform Act.  
   (4) 
    (2)  Existing law makes a violation of the act subject
to administrative, civil, and criminal penalties.
   The bill would impose a state-mandated local program by placing
these penalties on persons who violate the bill. 
   (5) 
    (3) 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. 
   (6) 
    (4)  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 84503 of the Government Code
is amended to read:
   84503.  (a) An advertisement for or against a ballot measure shall
include a disclosure statement identifying any person whose
cumulative contributions are fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or
more.
   (b) If there are more than three donors of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) or more, the committee is only required to disclose the
highest, second highest, and third highest donors in that order. In
the event that more than three donors meet this disclosure threshold
at identical contribution levels, the highest, second highest, and
third highest donors shall be selected according to chronological
sequence.  
  SEC. 2.    Section 84504 of the Government Code is
amended to read:
   84504.  (a) A committee that supports or opposes one or more
ballot measures shall name and identify itself using a name or phrase
that clearly identifies the economic or other special interest of
its major donors of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more, listing
each economic or other special interest in descending order based on
the amount of the contributions made by the respective donors to the
committee, in any reference to the committee required by law,
including, but not limited to, its statement of organization filed
pursuant to Section 84101.
   (b) If the major donors of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or
more share a common employer, the identity of the employer shall also
be disclosed.
   (c) A committee that supports or opposes a ballot measure, shall
print or broadcast its name and identification as required by
subdivision (a) and the names of the three donors who made the
highest cumulative contributions of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)
or more to the committee as part of any advertisement or other paid
public statement. If any of those donors is a committee other than a
candidate-controlled committee, the donor committee shall be
identified by the names of the three donors who made the highest
cumulative contributions of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more
to the donor committee.
   (d) If candidates or their controlled committees, as a group or
individually, meet the contribution thresholds for a person, they
shall be identified by the controlling candidate's name. 
   SEC. 3.   SECTION 1.   Section 84506 of
the Government Code is amended to read:
   84506.  (a) A broadcast or mass mailing advertisement supporting
or opposing a candidate or ballot measure, that is paid for by an
independent expenditure, shall include a disclosure statement that
identifies all of the following:
   (1) The name of the committee making the independent expenditure.
   (2) The names of the persons from whom the committee making the
independent expenditure has received its  three 
 two  highest cumulative contributions of fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000) or more during the 12-month period prior to the
expenditure.  If any of those persons is a committee other
than a candidate-controlled committee, the person shall be identified
by the names of the three donors who made the highest cumulative
contributions of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more to that
person. If the committee   If the committee  can
show, on the basis that contributions are spent in the order they are
received, that contributions received from the three
  two  donors who made the highest cumulative
contributions of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more to the
committee have been used for expenditures unrelated to the candidate
or ballot measure featured in the communication, the committee shall
disclose the contributors making the next largest cumulative
contributions of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more.
   (3) A statement or phrase that clearly identifies the economic or
other special interest of the major donors of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) or more  , listing   . If any of those
persons is a committee other than a candidate-controlled committee,
the person shall be identified by the names of the economic or other
special interest who made the highest cumulative contributions of
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more to that person. The
statement or phrase shall list  each economic or other special
interest in descending order based on the amount of the contributions
made by the respective donor to the committee. 
   (4) The Uniform Resource Locator for an Internet Web site
established by the committee. The Internet Web site shall list the
committee's responsible officer and all donors to the committee.

   (b) If an acronym is used to identify any committee names required
by this section, the names of any sponsoring organization of the
committee shall be printed on print advertisements or spoken in
broadcast advertisements.
   SEC. 4.   SEC. 2.   Section 84508 of the
Government Code is amended to read:
   84508.  If disclosure of  three   two 
major donors is required by Sections 84503 and 84506, the committee
shall be required to disclose, in addition to the committee name,
only its highest major contributor in any advertisement that is
either of the following:
   (a) An electronic broadcast of 15 seconds or less.
   (b) A newspaper, magazine, or other public print media
advertisement that is 20 square inches or less.
   SEC. 5.   SEC. 3.   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. 6.   SEC. 4.   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.