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  MAY 6, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Krekorian

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act to amend Sections 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 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 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 
who contributed at least $100  .
   (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.
   (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.
   (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 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 two highest cumulative
contributions of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more during the
12-month period prior to the expenditure. If the committee can show,
on the basis that contributions are spent in the order they are
received, that contributions received from the 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. 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 
who have contributed a cumulative amount of one hundred dollars
($100) or more  .
   (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. 2.  Section 84508 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   84508.  If disclosure of 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. 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. 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.