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CA Govt Code § 86112.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 1 - Registration and Reporting|Section 86112.5.

86112.5.  (a) Each person filing a report pursuant to this article shall provide each beneficiary of a gift listed within the report the following information: (1) The date and amount of each gift reportable by the beneficiary. (2) A description of the goods or services provided to the beneficiary.(b) The information required to be disclosed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be provided to the beneficiary within 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter in which the gift was provided. For the purposes of meeting the disclosure requirements of this section, a lobbyist firm or lobbyist employer may provide the beneficiary a copy of the activity expense section of the report submitted to the Secretary of State pursuant to this article. (c) The remedies provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 83100) constitute the exclusive penalty for a violation of this section. The remedies provided in Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 91000) do not apply to this section.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 322, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 86113 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 1 - Registration and Reporting|Section 86113.

86113.  (a) A lobbyist shall complete and verify a periodic report which contains:(1) A report of all activity expenses by the lobbyist during the reporting period; and(2) A report of all contributions of one hundred dollars ($100) or more made or delivered by the lobbyist to any elected state officer or state candidate during the reporting period.(b) A lobbyist shall provide the original of the lobbyist’s periodic report to the lobbyist’s lobbyist employer or lobbying firm within two weeks following the end of each calendar quarter.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 185. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 86114 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 1 - Registration and Reporting|Section 86114.

86114.  (a) Lobbying firms shall file periodic reports containing all of the following:(1) The full name, address, and telephone number of the lobbying firm.(2) The full name, business address, and telephone number of each person who contracted with the lobbying firm for lobbying services, a description of the specific lobbying interests of the person, and the total payments, including fees and the reimbursement of expenses, received from the person for lobbying services during the reporting period.(3) The total amount of payments received for lobbying services during the period.(4) A periodic report completed and verified by each lobbyist in the lobbying firm pursuant to Section 86113.(5) Each activity expense incurred by the lobbying firm including those reimbursed by a person who contracts with the lobbying firm for lobbying services. A total of all activity expenses of the lobbying firm and all of its lobbyists shall be included.(6) If the lobbying firm subcontracts with another lobbying firm for lobbying services:(A) The full name, address, and telephone number of the subcontractor.(B) The name of the person for whom the subcontractor was retained to lobby. (C) The total amount of all payments made to the subcontractor.(7) The date, amount, and the name of the recipient of any contribution of one hundred dollars ($100) or more made by the filer to an elected state officer, a state candidate, a committee controlled by an elected state officer or state candidate, or a committee primarily formed to support such officers or candidates. If this contribution is reported by the lobbying firm or by a committee sponsored by the lobbying firm in a campaign statement filed pursuant to Chapter 4 which is required to be filed with the Secretary of State, the filer may report only the name of the committee and the identification number of the committee.(8) Any other information required by the commission consistent with the purposes and provisions of this chapter.(b) In addition to the information required by subdivision (a), lobbying firms which qualify pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 82038.5 shall also report the name and title of each partner, owner, officer, and employee of the lobbying firm who, on at least five separate occasions during the reporting period, engaged in direct communication with any elective state official, legislative official, or agency official, for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action on behalf of a person who contracts with the lobbying firm for lobbying services. This does not include individuals whose actions were purely clerical.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 905, Sec. 3. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662.)
CA Govt Code § 86114 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 1 - Registration and Reporting|Section 86114.

86114.  (a) Lobbying firms shall file periodic reports containing all of the following:(1) The full name, address, email address, and telephone number of the lobbying firm.(2) The full name, business address, and telephone number of each person who contracted with the lobbying firm for lobbying services, a description of the specific lobbying interests of the person, and the total payments, including fees and the reimbursement of expenses, received from the person for lobbying services during the reporting period.(3) The total amount of payments received for lobbying services during the period.(4) A periodic report completed and verified by each lobbyist in the lobbying firm pursuant to Section 86113.(5) Each activity expense incurred by the lobbying firm including those reimbursed by a person who contracts with the lobbying firm for lobbying services. A total of all activity expenses of the lobbying firm and all of its lobbyists shall be included.(6) If the lobbying firm subcontracts with another lobbying firm for lobbying services:(A) The full name, address, email address, and telephone number of the subcontractor.(B) The name of the person for whom the subcontractor was retained to lobby.(C) The total amount of all payments made to the subcontractor.(7) The date, amount, and the name of the recipient of any contribution of one hundred dollars ($100) or more made by the filer to an elected state officer, a state candidate, a committee controlled by an elected state officer or state candidate, or a committee primarily formed to support or oppose those officers or candidates. If this contribution is reported by the lobbying firm or by a committee sponsored by the lobbying firm in a campaign statement filed pursuant to Chapter 4 which is required to be filed with the Secretary of State, the filer may report only the name of the committee and the identification number of the committee.(8) Any other information required by the commission consistent with the purposes and provisions of this chapter.(b) In addition to the information required by subdivision (a), lobbying firms which qualify pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 82038.5 shall also report the name and title of each partner, owner, officer, and employee of the lobbying firm who, on at least five separate occasions during the reporting period, engaged in direct communication with any elective state official, legislative official, or agency official, for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action on behalf of a person who contracts with the lobbying firm for lobbying services. This does not include individuals whose actions were purely clerical.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662, Sec. 38. (SB 1239) Effective January 1, 2019. Conditionally operative on date prescribed by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662, Sec. 44.)
CA Govt Code § 86115 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 1 - Registration and Reporting|Section 86115.

86115.  Subject to the exceptions in Section 86300, the following persons shall file the statements required by Section 86116:(a) Any lobbyist employer; and(b) Any person who directly or indirectly makes payments to influence legislative or administrative action of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more in value in any calendar quarter, unless all of the payments are of the type described in subdivision (c) of Section 82045.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1183, Sec. 7. Effective September 29, 1985.)
CA Govt Code § 86116 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 1 - Registration and Reporting|Section 86116.

86116.  Every person described in Section 86115 shall file periodic reports containing the following information:(a) The name, business address, and telephone number of the lobbyist employer or other person filing the report.(b) The total amount of payments to each lobbying firm.(c) The total amount of all payments to lobbyists employed by the filer.(d) A description of the specific lobbying interests of the filer.(e) A periodic report completed and verified by each lobbyist employed by a lobbyist employer pursuant to Section 86113.(f) Each activity expense of the filer. A total of all activity expenses of the filer shall be included.(g) The date, amount, and the name of the recipient of any contribution of one hundred dollars ($100) or more made by the filer to an elected state officer, a state candidate, or a committee controlled by an elected state officer or state candidate, or a committee primarily formed to support the officer or candidate. If this contribution is reported by the filer or by a committee sponsored by the filer in a campaign statement filed pursuant to Chapter 4 which is required to be filed with the Secretary of State, the filer may report only the name of the committee, and the identification number of the committee.(h) (1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), the total of all other payments to influence legislative or administrative action including overhead expenses and all payments to employees who spend 10 percent or more of their compensated time in any one month in activities related to influencing legislative or administrative action.(2) A filer that makes payments to influence a ratemaking or quasi-legislative proceeding before the Public Utilities Commission, as defined in subdivision (b) or (c), respectively, of Section 82002, may, in lieu of reporting those payments pursuant to paragraph (1), report only the portion of those payments made to or for the filer’s attorneys for time spent appearing as counsel and preparing to appear as counsel, or to or for the filer’s witnesses for time spent testifying and preparing to testify, in this type of Public Utilities Commission proceeding. This alternative reporting of these payments made during a calendar month is not required to include payments made to an attorney or witness who is an employee of the filer if less than 10 percent of the attorney or witness’s compensated time in that month was spent in appearing, testifying, or preparing to appear or testify before the Public Utilities Commission in a ratemaking or quasi-legislative proceeding. For the purposes of this paragraph, time spent preparing to appear or preparing to testify does not include time spent preparing written testimony.(i) Any other information required by the commission consistent with the purposes and provisions of this chapter.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 921, Sec. 3) by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 186. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662.)
CA Govt Code § 86116.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 1 - Registration and Reporting|Section 86116.5.

86116.5.  (a) In addition to the information required pursuant to Section 86116, all state and local agencies that file reports pursuant to Sections 86115 and 86116 shall disclose, except for overhead expenses, all payments of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more made in a reporting period, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(1) Goods and services used by a lobbyist or used to support or assist a lobbyist in connection with the lobbyist’s activities as a lobbyist.(2) Payments of any other expenses which would not have been incurred but for the filer’s activities to influence or attempt to influence legislative or administrative action.(3) Dues or similar payments made to any organization, including a federation, confederation, or trade, labor, or membership organization, that makes expenditures equal to 10 percent of its total expenditures, or fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or more, during any calendar quarter, to influence legislative or administrative action.(b) Reports required pursuant to this section may be disclosed on a separate schedule and shall include all of the following information:(1) The name and the address of the payee.(2) The total payments made during the reporting period.(3) The cumulative amount paid during the calendar year.(c) All statements required by this section shall be filed as specified by Sections 86117 and 86118.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 188. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 86117 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 1 - Registration and Reporting|Section 86117.

86117.  (a) Reports required by Sections 86114 and 86116 shall be filed during the month following each calendar quarter. The period covered shall be from the first day of January of each new biennial legislative session through the last day of the calendar quarter prior to the month during which the report is filed, except as specified in subdivision (b), and except that the period covered shall not include any information reported in previous reports filed by the same person. When total amounts are required to be reported, totals shall be stated both for the period covered by the statement and for the entire legislative session to date.(b) The period covered by the first report a person is required to file pursuant to Sections 86114 and 86116 shall begin with the first day of the calendar quarter in which the filer first registered or qualified. On the first report a person is required to file, the total amount shall be stated for the entire calendar quarter covered by the first report.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1139, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Govt Code § 86118 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 1 - Registration and Reporting|Section 86118.

86118.  The original and one copy of each report required by Sections 86114 and 86116 shall be filed with the Secretary of State, unless filing in paper format is no longer required by Sections 84605 and 84606.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 18, Sec. 10. (AB 1181) Effective January 1, 2011. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662.)
CA Govt Code § 86118 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 1 - Registration and Reporting|Section 86118.

86118.  Reports required by Sections 86114 and 86116 shall be filed online or electronically with the Secretary of State.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662, Sec. 40. (SB 1239) Effective January 1, 2019. Conditionally operative on date prescribed by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662, Sec. 44.)
CA Govt Code § 86201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibitions|Section 86201.

86201.  “Gift” as used in this article means a gift made directly or indirectly to any state candidate, elected state officer, or legislative official, or to an agency official of any agency required to be listed on the registration statement of the lobbying firm or the lobbyist employer of the lobbyist.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1183, Sec. 8. Effective September 29, 1985. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
CA Govt Code § 86203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibitions|Section 86203.

86203.  It shall be unlawful for a lobbyist, or lobbying firm, to make gifts to one person aggregating more than ten dollars ($10) in a calendar month, or to act as an agent or intermediary in the making of any gift, or to arrange for the making of any gift by any other person.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1183, Sec. 9. Effective September 29, 1985. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
CA Govt Code § 86204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibitions|Section 86204.

86204.  It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to receive any gift which is made unlawful by Section 86203.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 161, Sec. 7. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
CA Govt Code § 86205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibitions|Section 86205.

86205.  No lobbyist or lobbying firm shall:(a) Do anything with the purpose of placing any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate under personal obligation to the lobbyist, the lobbying firm, or the lobbyist’s or the firm’s employer.(b) Deceive or attempt to deceive any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate with regard to any material fact pertinent to any pending or proposed legislative or administrative action.(c) Cause or influence the introduction of any bill or amendment thereto for the purpose of thereafter being employed to secure its passage or defeat.(d) Attempt to create a fictitious appearance of public favor or disfavor of any proposed legislative or administrative action or to cause any communication to be sent to any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate in the name of any fictitious person or in the name of any real person, except with the consent of such real person.(e) Represent falsely, either directly or indirectly, that the lobbyist or the lobbying firm can control the official action of any elected state officer, legislative official, or agency official.(f) Accept or agree to accept any payment in any way contingent upon the defeat, enactment, or outcome of any proposed legislative or administrative action.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1183, Sec. 10. Effective September 29, 1985. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
CA Govt Code § 86206 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibitions|Section 86206.

86206.  Nothing in this article prohibits the payment of fees for contractual services provided to an investment manager by a placement agent, as defined in Section 82047.3, who is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and regulated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, except as provided in subdivision (f) of Section 86205.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 668, Sec. 8. (AB 1743) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Govt Code § 86300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 6 - Lobbyists|ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions|Section 86300.

86300.  The provisions of this chapter are not applicable to:(a) Any elected public official acting in the official’s official capacity, or any employee of the State of California acting within the scope of the employee’s employment; provided that, an employee of the State of California, other than a legislative official, who attempts to influence legislative action and who would be required to register as a lobbyist except for the provisions of this subdivision shall not make gifts of more than ten dollars ($10) in a calendar month to an elected state officer or legislative official.(b) Any newspaper or other periodical of general circulation, book publisher, radio or television station (including any individual who owns, publishes, or is employed by any such newspaper or periodical or radio or television station) which in the ordinary course of business publishes news items, editorials, or other comments, or paid advertisement, which directly or indirectly urge legislative or administrative action if such newspaper, periodical, book publisher, radio or television station, or individual, engages in no further or other activities in connection with urging legislative or administrative action other than to appear before a committee of the Legislature or before a state agency in support of or in opposition to such action; or(c) A person when representing a bona fide church or religious society solely for the purpose of protecting the public right to practice the doctrines of such church.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 189. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
CA Govt Code § 87100 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 7 - Conflicts of Interest|ARTICLE 1 - General Prohibition|Section 87100.

87100.  A public official at any level of state or local government shall not make, participate in making, or in any way attempt to use the public official’s official position to influence a governmental decision in which the official knows or has reason to know the official has a financial interest.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 190. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 87100.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM|CHAPTER 7 - Conflicts of Interest|ARTICLE 1 - General Prohibition|Section 87100.1.

87100.1.  (a) A registered professional engineer or licensed land surveyor who renders professional services as a consultant to a state or local government, either directly or through a firm in which the consultant is employed or is a principal, does not have a financial interest in a governmental decision pursuant to Section 87100 where the consultant renders professional engineering or land surveying services independently of the control and direction of the public agency and does not exercise public agency decisionmaking authority as a contract city or county engineer or surveyor.(b) For purposes of this section, the consultant renders professional engineering or land surveying services independently of the control and direction of the public agency when the consultant is in responsible charge of the work pursuant to Section 6703 or 8703 of the Business and Professions Code.(c) Subdivision (a) does not apply to that portion of the work that constitutes the recommendation of the actual formula to spread the costs of an assessment district’s improvements if both of the following apply:(1) The engineer has received income of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more for professional services in connection with any parcel included in the benefit assessment district within 12 months prior to the creation of the district.(2) The district includes other parcels in addition to those parcels for which the engineer received the income.The recommendation of the actual formula does not include preliminary site studies, preliminary engineering, plans, specifications, estimates, compliance with environmental laws and regulations, or the collection of data and information, utilized in applying the formula.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 191. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)