Bill Text: CA AB700 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-08-31 - Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 5601.). [AB700 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 700	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 14, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 12, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 7, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 21, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Gomez and Levine

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Sections 84305, 84310, 84501, 84505, 84506.5,
84511, and 85704 of, to add Sections 84504.1, 84504.2, and 84504.3
to, to repeal Sections 84506, 84507, and 84508 of, and to repeal and
add Sections 84502, 84503, 84504, and 84509 of, the Government Code,
relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 700, as amended, Gomez. Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign
disclosures.
   (1) Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, provides for
the comprehensive regulation of campaign financing and activities.
The act requires a committee that supports or opposes ballot measures
to name and identify itself using a name or phrase the clearly
identifies the economic or other special interests of its major
donors of $50,000 or more. The act also requires that if the major
donors share a common employer, the identity of the employer be
disclosed.
   This bill would repeal these provisions.
   (2) The act prohibits a candidate, committee, or slate mailer
organization from expending campaign funds to pay for specified
telephone calls that advocate support of, or opposition to, a
candidate, ballot measure, or both, unless the name of the
organization that authorized or paid for the call is disclosed to the
recipient of the call during the course of each call.
   This bill would instead make these requirements applicable to a
candidate, a candidate controlled committee, a political party
committee, and a slate mailer organization that expends campaign
funds to pay for such telephone calls.
   (3) The act also requires advertisements, as defined, to include
prescribed disclosure statements, including, among others, a
requirement that the disclosure  statement  
statements  include the names of the persons who made the 2
highest cumulative contributions, as defined, to the committee paying
for the advertisement.
   This bill would repeal and recast provisions of the act relating
to advertisement disclosure statements. Among those changes, this
bill would revise the definition of "advertisement" to exclude a
number of communications, including communications paid for by a
political party committee or person who is not a committee, and
communications that involve wearing apparel, sky writing, and certain
electronic media communications, as specified. The bill would also
replace existing advertisement disclosure statements with newly
prescribed disclosure statements that identify the name of the
committee paying for the advertisement and the top contributors
 of   to  the committee paying for the
advertisement. The bill would define "top contributors" for purposes
of these provisions as the persons from whom the committee paying for
the advertisement received its 3 highest cumulative contributions,
as specified. The bill would exempt certain committees, including
committees that make independent expenditures totaling $1,000 or more
in a calendar year, from the requirement to disclose the top
contributors in advertisement disclosure statements. The bill would
also prescribe location and format criteria for the disclosure
statements that  is   are  specific to
radio and telephone, television and video, print, and electronic
media advertisements.
   (4) The act prohibits a person from making a contribution as an
intermediary on behalf of another person without disclosing to the
recipient of the contribution specified information about both the
intermediary and the source of the contribution. The act also
prohibits a person from making a contribution to a committee on the
condition or with the agreement that it will be contributed to a
particular candidate unless the contribution is disclosed in
compliance with those requirements for contributions made by an
intermediary.
   This bill would revise the latter provision to prohibit a person
from making a contribution to a committee or candidate that is
earmarked for a contribution to another committee or candidate,
unless the contribution is disclosed in compliance with the
requirements for contributions made by an intermediary. The bill
would also describe circumstances in which a contribution is deemed
to be earmarked.
   (5) Because a violation of the act is punishable as a misdemeanor,
this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   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.
   (6) 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 84305 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   84305.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a candidate,
candidate controlled committee, or political party committee shall
not send a mass mailing unless the name, street address, and city of
the candidate or committee are shown on the outside of each piece of
mail in the mass mailing and on at least one of the inserts included
within each piece of mail of the mailing in no less than 6-point type
 which shall be   that is  in a color or
print  which   that  contrasts with the
background so as to be easily legible. A post office box may be
stated in lieu of a street address if the candidate's, controlled
committee's, or political party committee's address is a matter of
public record with the Secretary of State.
   (b) If the sender of the mass mailing is a single candidate or
committee, the name, street address, and city of the candidate or
committee need only be shown on the outside of each piece of mail.
   (c) If the sender of a mass mailing is a controlled committee, the
name of the person controlling the committee shall be included in
addition to the information required by subdivision (a).
   (d) For purposes of this section, the sender is the candidate or
committee who pays for the largest portion of expenditures
attributable to the designing, printing, and posting of the mailing
which are reportable under Sections 84200 to 84217, inclusive.
   (e) For purposes of this section, to pay for a share of the cost
of a mass mailing means to make, to promise to make, or to incur an
obligation to make, any payment for either of the following:
   (1) To any person for the design, printing, postage, materials or
other costs, including salaries, fees, or commissions, of the
mailing.
   (2) As a fee or other consideration for an endorsement or, in the
case of a ballot measure, support or opposition in the mailing.
  SEC. 2.  Section 84310 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   84310.  (a) A candidate, candidate controlled committee, political
party committee, or slate mailer organization shall not expend
campaign funds, directly or indirectly, to pay for telephone calls
that are similar in nature and aggregate 500 or more in number, made
by an individual, or individuals, or by electronic means and that
advocate support of, or opposition to, a candidate, ballot measure,
or both, unless during the course of each call the name of the
candidate, candidate controlled committee, political party committee,
or slate mailer organization that authorized or paid for the call is
disclosed to the recipient of the call. Unless the organization that
authorized the call and in whose name it is placed has filing
obligations under this title, and the name announced in the call
either is the full name by which the organization or individual is
identified in any statement or report required to be filed under this
title or is the name by which the organization or individual is
commonly known, the candidate, committee, or slate mailer
organization that paid for the call shall be disclosed. This section
shall not apply to telephone calls made by the candidate, the
campaign manager, or individuals who are volunteers.
   (b) Campaign and ballot measure committees are prohibited from
contracting with any phone bank vendor that does not disclose the
information required to be disclosed by subdivision (a).
   (c) A candidate, committee, or slate mailer organization that pays
for telephone calls as described in subdivision (a) shall maintain a
record of the script of the call for the period of time set forth in
Section 84104. If any of the calls qualifying under subdivision (a)
were recorded messages, a copy of the recording shall be maintained
for that period.
  SEC. 3.  Section 84501 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   84501.  For purposes of this article the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) (1) "Advertisement" means any general or public communication
which is authorized and paid for by a committee for the purpose of
supporting or opposing a candidate or candidates for elective office
or a ballot measure or ballot measures.
   (2) "Advertisement" does not include any of the following:
   (A) A communication paid for by a political party committee or a
candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for
the controlling candidate.
   (B) A communication from an organization, other than a political
party, to its members.
   (C) A campaign button smaller than 10 inches in diameter; a bumper
sticker smaller than 60 square inches; or a small tangible
promotional item, such as a pen, pin, or key chain, upon which the
disclosures required by this article cannot be conveniently printed
or displayed.
   (D) Wearing apparel.
   (E) Sky writing.
   (F) An electronic media communication if inclusion of the
disclosures required by Section 84502, 84503, or 84506.5, is
impracticable or would  severely   substantively
 interfere with the committee's ability to convey the intended
message because of the nature of the technology used to make the
communication.
   (G) Any other communication as determined by regulations of the
Commission.
   (b) "Cumulative contributions" means the cumulative amount of
contributions received by a committee beginning 12 months 
prior to   before  the date of the expenditure and
ending seven days before the time the advertisement is sent to the
printer or broadcaster.
   (c) (1) "Top contributors" means the persons from whom the
committee paying for an advertisement has received its three highest
cumulative contributions of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more.

   (2) If two or more contributors of identical amounts qualify as
top contributors, the most recent contributor of that amount shall be
listed as the top contributor in any disclosure required by Section
84503.
   (3) If a contributor appears to qualify as a top contributor but
received earmarked funds to make the contribution, the person or
committee that earmarked the funds and gave those funds to the
contributor shall instead be disclosed as the top contributor if they
 qualified   qualify  as such. The person
or committee transferring earmarked funds shall disclose the true
source of the funds to the committee receiving the earmarked funds at
the time the funds are  transferred.   t 
 ransferred, and the committee receiving those funds may
reasonably rely upon that disclosure for purposes of complying with
Section 84503.  Funds are "earmarked" in the following
circumstances:
   (A) The contributor solicited and received the funds from donors
for the purpose of making a contribution to the committee paying for
the advertisement.
   (B) The funds were given to the contributor subject to a
condition, agreement, or understanding with the donor that all or a
portion would be used to make a contribution to the committee paying
for the advertisement, including any circumstance where the donor
identifies the committee as a potential recipient of the contribution
and the committee in fact receives all or a portion of the donor's
contribution.
   (C) The contributor had existing funds from a donor and a
subsequent agreement or understanding was reached with the donor that
all or a portion of the funds would be used to contribute to the
committee paying for the advertisement, including any circumstance
where the donor identifies the committee as a potential recipient of
the contribution and the committee in fact receives all or a portion
of the donor's contribution.
  SEC. 4.  Section 84502 of the Government Code is repealed.
  SEC. 5.  Section 84502 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   84502.  (a) Any advertisement paid for by a committee pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall include the words "Paid for by"
followed by, in all capital letters, the name of the committee as it
appears on the most recent Statement of Organization filed pursuant
to Section 84101.
   (b) Any advertisement paid for by a committee pursuant to
subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 82013 shall include the words "Paid
for by" followed by, in all capital letters, the name that the filer
is required to use on campaign statements pursuant to subdivision
(o) of Section 84211.
  SEC. 6.  Section 84503 of the Government Code is repealed.
  SEC. 7.  Section 84503 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   84503.  (a) Any advertisement paid for by a committee pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall include the words "This
committee has major funding from" followed by the names of the top
contributors to the committee paying for the advertisement. If fewer
than three contributors qualify as top contributors, only those
contributors that qualify shall be disclosed pursuant to this
section. If there are no contributors that qualify as top
contributors, this disclosure is not required. If the content of the
radio advertisement or telephonic message names each of the top
contributors as major funding sources of the committee, this
disclosure is not required.
   (b) The disclosure of a top contributor pursuant to this section
need not include  legal  terms such as
"incorporated," "committee," "political action committee," or
"corporation," or abbreviations of these terms, unless the term is
part of the contributor's name in common usage or parlance.
   (c) If this article requires the disclosure of the name of a top
contributor that is a committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 82013 and is a sponsored committee pursuant to Section
82048.7 with a single sponsor, only the name of the single sponsoring
organization shall be disclosed.
   (d) This section does not apply to a committee as defined by
subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 82013 or a political party
committee.
  SEC. 8.  Section 84504 of the Government Code is repealed.
  SEC. 9.  Section 84504 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   84504.  (a) An advertisement that is disseminated over the radio
or by telephonic means shall include the disclosures required by
Sections 84502, 84503, and 84506.5 at the beginning or end of the
advertisement, read in a clearly spoken manner and in a pitch and
tone substantially similar to the rest of the advertisement, and
shall last no less than three seconds.
   (b) Notwithstanding the definition of "top contributors" in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 84501, radio and
prerecorded telephonic advertisements shall be required to disclose
only the single top contributor of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)
or more.
  SEC. 10.  Section 84504.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   84504.1.  (a) An advertisement that is disseminated as a video,
including advertisements on television and videos disseminated over
the Internet, shall include the disclosures required by Sections
84502 and 84503 at the beginning or end of the advertisement.
   (b) The disclosure required by subdivision (a) shall be written
and displayed for at least five seconds of a broadcast of thirty
seconds or less or for at least ten seconds of a broadcast that lasts
longer than thirty seconds.
   (1) The written disclosure required by subdivision (a) shall
appear on a solid black background on the entire bottom one-third of
the television or video display screen and shall be in a contrasting
color in Arial equivalent type, and the type size for the tallest
letters in the written disclosure shall be exactly 4 percent of the
height of the television or video display screen. The top
contributors, if any, shall each be disclosed on a separate
horizontal line, in descending order, beginning with the top
contributor who made the largest cumulative contributions on the
first line. The name of each of the top contributors shall be
centered horizontally.  If the names of the top three
contributors exceed or cause the disclosure to exceed one-third of
the television or video display screen, the percent of the height of
the type size shall be reduced to the minimum amount necessary to
provide for full disclosure of the top contributors.  The
written disclosures required by Sections 84502 and 84503 shall be
underlined, except for the names of the top contributors, if any.
   (2) A committee subject to Section 84223 shall include the text
"Funding Details At  insert Commission Internet Web site with
information required to be posted by subdivision (c) of Section
84223]." The text shall be in contrasting color in Arial equivalent
type and the type size shall be equivalent to at least 2.5 percent of
the height of the television or video display screen.
   (3) If using a type size of 4 percent of the height of the
television or video display screen causes the name of any of the top
contributors to exceed the width of the  screen or  
causes the disclosures to exceed one-third of the television or video
display  screen, the type  sizes   size
 of the name of the  contributor that exceeds the width
of the screen   top contributor  shall be reduced
until  it   the top contributor's name 
fits on the width of the  screen or the entire disclosure fits
within one-third of the television or video display  screen, but
in no case shall the type size be smaller than 2.5 percent of the
height of the screen.
  SEC. 11.  Section 84504.2 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   84504.2.  (a) A print advertisement shall include the disclosures
required by Sections 84502, 84503, and 84506.5, displayed as follows:

   (1) The disclosure area shall have a solid white background and
shall be in a printed or drawn box on the bottom of at least one page
that is set apart from any other printed matter. All text in the
disclosure area shall be in contrasting color.
   (2) The text shall be in an Arial equivalent type with a type size
of at least 10-point for printed advertisements designed to be
individually distributed, including, but not limited to, mailers,
flyers, and door hangers.
   (3) The top contributors, if any, shall each be disclosed on a
separate horizontal line, in descending order, beginning with the top
contributor who made the largest cumulative contributions on the
first line. The name of each of the top contributors shall be
centered horizontally in the disclosure area.
   (4) Immediately below the text described in paragraph (3),
committees subject to Section 84223 shall include the text "Funding
Details At insert Commission Internet Web site with information
required to be posted by subdivision (c) of Section 84223]." The text
shall be in an Arial equivalent type with a type size of at least
10-point for printed advertisements designed to be individually
distributed, including, but not limited to, mailers, flyers, and door
hangers.
   (b) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (4) of subdivision (a), the
 disclosure   disclosures required by Sections
84502, 84503, and 84506.5  on a printed advertisement that is
larger than those designed to be individually distributed, including,
but not limited to, yard signs or billboards, shall be in Arial
equivalent type with a type size of at least  10 
 5  percent of the height of the advertisement, and printed
on a solid background with sufficient contrast that is easily
readable by the average person.  The text may be adjusted so it
does not appear on separate horizontal lines, with the top
contributors separated by a comma. 
   (c) Notwithstanding the definition of "top contributors" in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 84501, newspaper,
magazine, or other public print advertisements that are 20 square
inches or less shall be required to disclose only the single top
contributor of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more.
  SEC. 12.  Section 84504.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   84504.3.  (a) An electronic media advertisement shall do all of
the following:
   (1) Contain the disclosures required by Sections 84502, 84503, and
84506.5 in a type size and font that is clear and conspicuous,
visible for a period of at least four seconds and contrasts with the
background so as to be easily readable by the average person, unless
impractical or would  severely   substantively
 interfere with a committee's ability to convey the intended
message because of the nature of the technology used to make the
communication. The Commission may prescribe by regulation minimal
disclaimer requirements if inclusion of the full disclaimer is deemed
impractical.
   (2) Hyperlink to an Internet Web site containing the text required
by paragraph (1).
   (b) An Internet Web site that is hyperlinked to as provided for in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall remain online and available
to the public until 30 days after the date of the election in which
the candidate or ballot measure supported or opposed by the
advertisement was voted upon.
   (c) An advertisement made via a form of electronic media that is
audio only and therefore cannot include either of the disclaimers in
subdivision (a) shall comply with the disclaimer requirements for
radio advertisements in Section 84504.
   (d) An advertisement made via a form of electronic media that
allows users to engage in discourse and post content, or any other
type of social media, shall only be required to include the
disclaimer required by subdivision (a) on the committee's home page,
landing page, or similar location and shall not be required to
include the disclaimer required by subdivision (a) on each individual
post, comment, or other similar communication.
   (e) The disclaimer required by this section does not apply to
advertisements made via social media where the only expense or cost
of the communication is compensated staff time unless the social
media account where the content is posted was created only for the
purpose of advertisements governed by this title.
  SEC. 13.  Section 84505 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   84505.  (a) In addition to the requirements of Sections 84502,
84503, and 84506.5, the committee placing the advertisement or
persons acting in concert with that committee shall be prohibited
from creating or using a noncandidate-controlled committee or a
nonsponsored committee to avoid, or that results in the avoidance of,
the disclosure of any individual, industry, business entity,
controlled committee, or sponsored committee as a top contributor.
   (b) Written disclosures required by Sections 84503 and 84506.5
shall not appear in all capital letters provided, however, capital
letters shall be permitted for the beginning of a sentence, the
beginning of a proper name or location, or as otherwise required by
conventions of the English language.
  SEC. 14.  Section 84506 of the Government Code is repealed.
  SEC. 15.  Section 84506.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   84506.5.  (a) An advertisement supporting or opposing a candidate
that is paid for by an independent expenditure must include the
following statement in 14-point font: This advertisement was not
authorized or paid for by a candidate for this office or a committee
controlled by a candidate for this office.
   (b) A mailed advertisement subject to this section shall also
comply with each of the following:
   (1) The disclosure statement in subdivision (a) shall be located
within one quarter of an inch of the recipient's name and address as
printed on the advertisement.
   (2) The text of the disclosure statement shall be contained in a
box with an outline that has a line weight of at least 3.25 pt. The
background color of the box shall be in a contrasting color to the
background of the advertisement. The outline of the box shall be in a
contrasting color to both the background color of the advertisement
and the background color of the box. The color of the text shall be
in a contrasting color to the background color of the box.
  SEC. 16.  Section 84507 of the Government Code is repealed.
  SEC. 17.  Section 84508 of the Government Code is repealed.
  SEC. 18.  Section 84509 of the Government Code is repealed.
  SEC. 19.  Section 84509 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   84509.  If the order of top contributors required to be disclosed
pursuant to this article changes or a new contributor qualifies as a
top contributor, the disclosure in the advertisement shall be updated
as follows:
   (a) A television, radio, telephone, electronic billboard, or other
electronic media advertisement shall be updated to reflect the new
top contributors within seven business days, or five business days if
the change in top contributors occurs within 30 days of an election.

   (b) A print media advertisement, including nonelectronic
billboards, shall be updated to reflect the new top contributors
 prior to   before  placing a new or
modified order for additional printing of the advertisement.
  SEC. 20.  Section 84511 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   84511.  (a) This section applies to a committee that does either
of the following:
   (1) Makes an expenditure of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more
to an individual for his or her appearance in an advertisement that
supports or opposes the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot
measure.
   (2) Makes an expenditure of any amount to an individual for his or
her appearance in an advertisement that supports or opposes the
qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot measure and that states
or suggests that the individual is a member of an occupation that
requires licensure, certification, or other specialized, documented
training as a prerequisite to engage in that occupation.
   (b) A committee described in subdivision (a) shall file, within 10
days of the expenditure, a report that includes all of the
following:
   (1) An identification of the measure that is the subject of the
advertisement.
   (2) The date of the expenditure.
   (3) The amount of the expenditure.
   (4) The name of the recipient of the expenditure.
   (5) For a committee described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a),
the occupation of the recipient of the expenditure.
   (c) An advertisement paid for by a committee described in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall include a disclosure statement
stating "(spokesperson's name) is being paid by this campaign or its
donors" in highly visible font shown continuously if the
advertisement consists of printed or televised material, or spoken in
a clearly audible format if the advertisement is a radio broadcast
or telephonic message. If the advertisement is a television or video
advertisement, the statement shall be shown continuously, except when
the disclosure statement required by Section 84504.1 is being shown.

   (d) (1) An advertisement paid for by a committee described in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall include a disclosure statement
stating "Persons portraying members of an occupation in this
advertisement are compensated spokespersons not necessarily employed
in those occupations" in highly visible font shown continuously if
the advertisement consists of printed or televised material, or
spoken in a clearly audible format if the advertisement is a radio
broadcast or telephonic message.
   (2) A committee may omit the disclosure statement required by this
subdivision if all of the following are satisfied with respect to
each individual identified in the report filed pursuant to
subdivision (b) for that advertisement:
   (A) The occupation identified in the report is substantially
similar to the occupation portrayed in the advertisement.
   (B) The committee maintains credible documentation of the
appropriate license, certification, or other training as evidence
that the individual may engage in the occupation identified in the
report and portrayed in the advertisement and makes that
documentation immediately available to the Commission upon request.
  SEC. 21.  Section 85704 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   85704.  (a) A person shall not make any contribution to any
committee or candidate that is earmarked for a contribution to any
other committee or candidate unless the contribution is fully
disclosed pursuant to Section 84302.
   (b) For purposes of this section a contribution is earmarked if
the contribution is made under any of the following circumstances:
   (1) The committee or candidate receiving the contribution
solicited the contribution for the purpose of making a contribution
to another committee or candidate and requested the contributor to
consent to such use.
   (2) The contribution was made subject to a condition, agreement,
or understanding with the contributor that all or a portion of the
contribution would be used to make a contribution to another
committee or candidate, including any circumstance in which the
contributor identifies the committee or candidate as a potential
recipient of the contribution and the committee or candidate in fact
receives all or a portion of the contributor's contribution.
   (3) After the contribution was made, the contributor and the
committee or candidate receiving the contribution reaching a
subsequent agreement or understanding that all or a portion of the
contribution would be used to make a contribution to another
committee or candidate, including any circumstance in which the
contributor identifies the committee or candidate as a potential
recipient of the contribution and the committee or candidate in fact
receives all or a portion of the contributor's contribution.
  SEC. 22.  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. 23.  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.