BILL NUMBER: AB 1292INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Roger Hernndez FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to add Sections 84215.5 and 87501 to the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1292, as introduced, Roger Hernndez. Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign reports and statements of economic interest: local disclosure. Existing law requires that candidates for and current officeholders of specified elected or appointed local offices file certain campaign reports and statements with the county elections official. This bill would require the county elections official to annually post on his or her county's Internet Web site those campaign reports or statements. Existing law requires that current holders of specified elected or appointed local offices and designated employees of those elected or appointed offices file statements of economic interests with the county or city clerk. This bill would require the county or city clerk to annually post those statements of economic interest on his or her county's or city' s Internet Web site. This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating additional responsibilities for local governmental agencies. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions. 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 84215.5 is added to the Government Code, to read: 84215.5. (a) The county elections official shall annually post on the Internet Web site of his or her county the campaign reports or statements required to be filed pursuant to this article by county elected officers, candidates for those offices, their controlled committees, committees formed or existing primarily to support or oppose candidates or local measures to be voted upon by any number of jurisdictions within that county, and county general purpose committees. (b) The county elections official of the county in which city elected officers, candidates for city office, their controlled committees, committees formed or existing primarily to support or oppose candidates or local measures to be voted upon in one city, and city general purpose committees are domiciled shall annually post on his or her Internet Web site the campaign reports or statements required to be filed pursuant to this article by those persons or committees. SEC. 2. Section 87501 is added to the Government Code, to read: 87501. The city or county clerk shall annually post on the Internet Web site of his or her city or county all statements of economic interest required be filed with the city or county clerk pursuant to subdivisions (e) and (f) of Section 87500 and the statements of economic interest required to be filed with the city or county clerk by the designated employees of those local entities pursuant to subdivision (o) of Section 87500. SEC. 3. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. 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.