CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1141Introduced by Assembly Member MelendezFebruary 21, 2019 An act to amend Section 82013 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1141, as introduced, Melendez. Political Reform Act of 1974: committees.The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees, as defined.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the definition of committee for these purposes.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe 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 two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more in a calendar year.(b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendaryear; or year.(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. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1141Introduced by Assembly Member MelendezFebruary 21, 2019 An act to amend Section 82013 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1141, as introduced, Melendez. Political Reform Act of 1974: committees.The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees, as defined.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the definition of committee for these purposes.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1141 Introduced by Assembly Member MelendezFebruary 21, 2019 Introduced by Assembly Member Melendez February 21, 2019 An act to amend Section 82013 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1141, as introduced, Melendez. Political Reform Act of 1974: committees. The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees, as defined.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the definition of committee for these purposes. The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing, including requiring the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures and imposing other reporting and recordkeeping requirements on campaign committees, as defined. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the definition of committee for these purposes. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text 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 two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more in a calendar year.(b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendaryear; or year.(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. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## 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 two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more in a calendar year.(b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendaryear; or year.(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. SECTION 1. Section 82013 of the Government Code is amended to read: ### SECTION 1. 82013. Committee means any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following:(a) Receives contributions totaling two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more in a calendar year.(b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendaryear; or year.(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. 82013. Committee means any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following:(a) Receives contributions totaling two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more in a calendar year.(b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendaryear; or year.(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. 82013. Committee means any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following:(a) Receives contributions totaling two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more in a calendar year.(b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendaryear; or year.(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. 82013. Committee means any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following: (a) Receives contributions totaling two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more in a calendar year. (b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendaryear; or year. (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.