BILL NUMBER: SB 265INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator La Malfa FEBRUARY 10, 2011 An act to amend Section 82013 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 265, as introduced, La Malfa. Political Reform Act of 1974: committees. The existing Political Reform Act of 1974 defines a committee to mean any person or combination of persons who, in a calendar year, receives contributions or makes independent expenditures of $1,000 or more, or makes contributions of $10,000 or more to, or at the behest of, candidates or committees. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 82013 of the Government Code is amended to read: 82013. "Committee" means any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following: (a) Receives contributions totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendar year. (b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendar year; or. (c) Makes contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more in a calendar year to or at the behest of candidates or committees. A person or combination of persons that becomes a committee shall retain its status as a committee until such time as that status is terminated pursuant to Section 84214.