Leland Yee
- Democratic
Author
(1) Existing provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974 require a committee, as defined, to file a statement of organization with the Secretary of State and, as applicable, to file semiannual campaign statements. This bill would require the Secretary of State to charge each committee that is required to file a statement of organization, and would require each committee to pay, except as specified and subject to specified deadlines, a fee of $50 per year until the committee is terminated. (2) Existing provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974 regulate the activities of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers, as defined, in connection with attempts to influence legislative and administrative action by legislative and other state officials. The act requires that lobbying firms and lobbyist employers register with the Secretary of State, and authorizes the Secretary of State to charge each lobbying firm and lobbyist employer a fee of up to $25 per year for each lobbyist required to be listed on its registration statement. This bill instead would require the Secretary of State to charge each lobbying firm and lobbyist employer a fee of $50 per year for each lobbyist required to be listed on its registration statement. (3) This bill would establish the Political Disclosure, Accountability, Transparency, and Access Fund in the State Treasury and require that moneys collected as fees from committees, as described in (1) above, and one-half of fees collected from lobbying firms and lobbyist employers, as described in (2) above, be deposited in this fund. The bill would require that the other 12 of the fees collected from lobbying firms and lobbyist employers be deposited in the General Fund. The bill would require that moneys deposited in the Political Disclosure, Accountability, Transparency, and Access Fund be expended for the maintenance, repair, and improvement of the online or electronic disclosure program implemented by the Secretary of State, except that the bill would also allow the Secretary of State to use these moneys for purposes of implementing the bill. The bill would provide that expenditures from this fund for purposes of the maintenance, repair, and improvement of the online or electronic disclosure program are subject to the project approval and oversight process established by the California Technology Agency, as specified. (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 23 vote of each house and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 506, Statutes of 2012.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 4687.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6071.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 8).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 3741.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 21. Noes 9. Page 3716.)
Motion to reconsider made by Senator Yee.
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3716.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3564.) (May 21).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 21.
Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 14.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing May 7.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 3232.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
Set for hearing April 19.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1001 | HTML |
| 02/06/12 - Introduced | |
| 04/16/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/08/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/17/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/21/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/23/12 - Enrolled | |
| 09/24/12 - Chaptered |
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