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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 81009.

81009. (a) Statements of organization, registration statements, and original campaign statements of persons holding elective state office, candidates for any such office, committees supporting any such officeholder or candidate, and committees supporting or opposing statewide measures, shall be retained by filing officers indefinitely.
(b) Original campaign statements of mayors, city council members, county supervisors, candidates for any of these offices, and committees supporting any officeholder or candidate shall be retained indefinitely, except that original campaign statements of candidates not elected to these offices and of committees supporting candidates not elected to these offices shall be retained by filing officers for a period of at least five years.
(c) Original campaign statements of all other persons shall be retained by filing officers for at least seven years.
(d) Original statements of economic interests of persons holding statewide elective office shall be retained by filing officers indefinitely.
(e) Original reports and statements not specified above in this section shall be retained by filing officers for at least seven years.
(f) Copies of reports or statements shall be retained by the officer with whom they are filed for at least four years, provided, however, that a filing officer is not required to retain more than one copy of a report or statement.
(g) After an original report or statement or a copy filed in a paper format has been on file for at least two years, the officer with whom it is filed may comply with this section by retaining an electronic copy available for public inspection instead of the original report or statement or copy. Upon request, the officer shall provide copies of such statements pursuant to Section 81008. Reports and statements filed online or electronically under this title shall be retained and archived pursuant to this section and Section 84602 or 84615.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662, Sec. 5. (SB 1239) Effective January 1, 2019. Conditionally operative on date prescribed by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662, Sec. 44. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 81009.5.

81009.5. (a) Any local government agency which has enacted, enacts, amends, or repeals an ordinance or other provision of law affecting campaign contributions and expenditures shall file a copy of the action with the commission.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 81013, no local government agency shall enact any ordinance imposing filing requirements additional to or different from those set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 84100) for elections held in its jurisdiction unless the additional or different filing requirements apply only to the candidates seeking election in that jurisdiction, their controlled committees or committees formed or existing primarily to support or oppose their candidacies, and to committees formed or existing primarily to support or oppose a candidate or to support or oppose the qualification of, or passage of, a local ballot measure which is being voted on only in that jurisdiction, and to city or county general purpose committees active only in that city or county, respectively.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 674, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 81010.

81010. With respect to reports and statements filed with a filing officer pursuant to this title, the filing officer shall:
(a) Supply the necessary forms and manuals prescribed by the Commission;
(b) Determine whether required documents have been filed and, if so, whether they conform on their face with the requirements of this title;
(c) Notify promptly all persons and known committees who have failed to file a report or statement in the form and at the time required by this title;
(d) Report apparent violations of this title to the appropriate agencies; and
(e) Compile and maintain a current list of all reports and statements filed with this office.
(Amended (as added June 4, 1974, by Prop. 9) by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 131. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 81010.

81010. For reports and statements filed with a filing officer pursuant to this title, the filing officer shall do all of the following:
(a) Supply the necessary forms and manuals prescribed by the Commission.
(b) Determine whether required documents have been filed and, if so, whether they conform on their face with the requirements of this title.
(c) Notify promptly all persons and known committees who have failed to file a report or statement in the form and at the time required by this title.
(d) Report apparent violations of this title to the appropriate agencies.
(e) Compile and maintain a current list of all reports and statements filed with this office.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662, Sec. 6. (SB 1239) Effective January 1, 2019. Conditionally operative on date prescribed by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662, Sec. 44. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 81010.5.

81010.5. A filing officer or filing official’s failure to comply with a duty or to provide notice of a filing or disclosure obligation does not affect a person’s duty to file statements and reports disclosing information as required by this title or any enforceable conflict of interest code.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 312, Sec. 2. (AB 902) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 81011.5.

81011.5. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the election precinct of a person signing a statewide petition shall not be required to appear on the petition when it is filed with the county elections official, nor any additional information regarding a signer other than the information required to be written by the signer.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 44. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 81012.

81012. This title may be amended or repealed by the procedures set forth in this section. If any portion of subdivision (a) is declared invalid, then subdivision (b) shall be the exclusive means of amending or repealing this title.
(a) This title may be amended to further its purposes by statute, passed in each house by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring and signed by the Governor, if at least 8 days before passage in each house, or at least 12 days before passage in each house if the previous form of the bill did not amend this title, the bill in its final form has been delivered to the commission for distribution to the news media and to every person who has requested the commission to send copies of such bills to that person.
(b) This title may be amended or repealed by a statute that becomes effective only when approved by the electors.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 499, Sec. 2. (SB 681) Effective January 1, 2024. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 81012.5.

81012.5. (a) The Legislative Counsel shall, through the information system described in Section 10248, make available to the public the option to sign up to receive an email alert any time any of the following actions occur:
(1) A new bill that would amend this title is introduced.
(2) An existing bill that would amend this title is amended, referred to the floor or committee, voted on, or is otherwise subject to an action triggering a notification by the information system described in Section 10248.
(3) An existing bill that would not amend this title is amended to include provisions that would amend this title.
(b) The email alerts described in subdivision (a) shall be sent in the shortest feasible time, but no later than 9 a.m. the calendar day after the legislative action that is subject to the alert.
(c) All email alerts sent through the information system described in Section 10248 regarding bills that would amend this title shall include the text “Political Reform Act Bill” in the email subject line.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 499, Sec. 3. (SB 681) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 81013.

81013. Nothing in this title prevents the Legislature or any other state or local agency from imposing additional requirements on any person if the requirements do not prevent the person from complying with this title. If any act of the Legislature conflicts with the provisions of this title, this title shall prevail.
(Added June 4, 1974, by initiative Proposition 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 81014.

81014. Whenever any reference is made in this title to a federal or state statute and that statute has been or is subsequently repealed or amended, the Commission may promulgate regulations to carry out the intent of this title as nearly as possible.
(Added June 4, 1974, by initiative Proposition 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 81015.

81015. If any provision of this title, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this title to the extent it can be given effect, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this title are severable.
(Added June 4, 1974, by initiative Proposition 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82001.

82001. “Adjusting an amount for cost-of-living changes” means adjusting the amount received the previous year by an amount determined at the beginning of each fiscal year by the Director of Finance corresponding to amounts authorized from the salary and price increase items as set forth in the Budget Act and other cost-of-living adjustments on the same basis as those applied routinely to other state agencies.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 199. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82002.

82002. (a) “Administrative action” means any of the following:
(1) The proposal, drafting, development, consideration, amendment, enactment, or defeat by any state agency of any rule, regulation, or other action in any ratemaking proceeding or any quasi-legislative proceeding, including any proceeding governed by Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2.
(2) With regard only to placement agents, the decision by any state agency to enter into a contract to invest state public retirement system assets on behalf of a state public retirement system.
(3) Any decision or approval pursuant to Section 1215.2 of the Insurance Code or Section 1399.65 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) “Ratemaking proceeding” means, for the purposes of a proceeding before the Public Utilities Commission, any proceeding in which it is reasonably foreseeable that a rate will be established, including, but not limited to, general rate cases, performance-based ratemaking, and other ratesetting mechanisms.
(c) “Quasi-legislative proceeding” means, for purposes of a proceeding before the Public Utilities Commission, any proceeding that involves consideration of the establishment of a policy that will apply generally to a group or class of persons, including, but not limited to, rulemakings and investigations that may establish rules affecting an entire industry.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 456, Sec. 1. (AB 1783) Effective January 1, 2023. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82004.

82004. “Agency official” means any member, officer, employee, or consultant of any state agency who as part of that person’s official responsibilities participates in any administrative action in other than a purely clerical, secretarial, or ministerial capacity.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 133. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82004.5.

82004.5. “Behested payment” means a payment that is made at the behest of a committee, an elected officer, a member of the Public Utilities Commission, or an agent thereof, under any of the following circumstances:
(a) Full and adequate consideration is received from the committee or elected officer.
(b) The payment is made to a different candidate or to a committee not controlled by the behesting candidate.
(c) As to an elected officer, it is clear from the surrounding circumstances that the payment was made for purposes unrelated to the officer’s seeking or holding of elective office. For purposes of this subdivision, a payment is made for purposes related to an elected officer’s seeking or holding of elective office if all or a portion of the payment is used for election-related activities, as defined in Section 82022.5. The following types of payments are presumed to be for purposes unrelated to an elected officer’s seeking or holding of elective office:
(1) A payment made principally for personal purposes, in which case it may be considered a gift under the provisions of Section 82028. Payments that are otherwise subject to the limits of Section 86203 are presumed to be principally for personal purposes.
(2) A payment made by a state, local, or federal governmental agency.
(3) A payment made by a nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(4) A payment made principally for charitable purposes.
(5) A payment made principally for legislative or governmental purposes by a person other than a state, local, or federal governmental agency.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 749, Sec. 2. (AB 867) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82006.

82006. “Campaign statement” means an itemized report which is prepared on a form prescribed by the Commission and which provides the information required by Chapter 4 of this title.
(Added June 4, 1974, by initiative Proposition 9. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82006.

82006. “Campaign statement” means an itemized report that is prepared on a form or in a manner prescribed by the Commission and that provides the information required by Chapters 4 and 5 of this title.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662, Sec. 7. (SB 1239) Effective January 1, 2019. Conditionally operative on date prescribed by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662, Sec. 44.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82007.

82007. (a) “Candidate” means any of the following:
(1) Anyone who is listed on a ballot or is qualified to have write-in votes cast on their behalf counted by elections officials for nomination or election to any elective office.
(2) Anyone who receives a contribution, makes an expenditure, or gives their consent for another person to receive a contribution or make an expenditure, to bring about the person’s nomination or election to an elective office, even if any of the following apply:
(A) The specific elective office for which the person will seek nomination or election is unknown at the time the contribution is received or the expenditure is made.
(B) The person has not announced the candidacy or filed a declaration of candidacy.
(3) An elected officer, including any elected officer who is the subject of a recall.
(b) Anyone who becomes a candidate retains candidate status until that status is terminated under Section 84214.
(c) “Candidate” does not include any candidate, as defined in Section 30101(2) of Title 52 of the United States Code, for federal office, as to the person’s activities related to seeking nomination or election to that federal office.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 312, Sec. 4. (AB 902) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82011.

82011. “Code reviewing body” means all of the following:
(a) The commission, with respect to the conflict of interest code of a state agency other than an agency in the judicial branch of government, or any local government agency with jurisdiction in more than one county.
(b) The board of supervisors, with respect to the conflict of interest code of any county agency other than the board of supervisors, or any agency of the judicial branch of government, and of any local government agency, other than a city agency, with jurisdiction wholly within the county.
(c) The city council, with respect to the conflict of interest code of any city agency other than the city council.
(d) The Attorney General, with respect to the conflict of interest code of the commission.
(e) The Chief Justice of California or the Chief Justice’s designee, with respect to the conflict of interest code of the members of the Judicial Council, Commission on Judicial Performance, and Board of Governors of the State Bar of California.
(f) The Board of Governors of the State Bar of California with respect to the conflict of interest code of the State Bar of California.
(g) The Chief Justice of California, the administrative presiding judges of the courts of appeal, and the presiding judges of superior courts, or their designees, with respect to the conflict of interest code of any agency of the judicial branch of government subject to the immediate administrative supervision of that court.
(h) The Judicial Council of California, with respect to the conflict of interest code of any state agency within the judicial branch of government not included under subdivisions (e), (f), and (g).
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 134. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82013.

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 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 364, Sec. 1. (AB 594) Effective January 1, 2016. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82015.5.

82015.5. (a) To determine when contributions are aggregated under this title, “entity” means any person other than an individual, and “majority owned” means ownership of more than 50 percent.
(b) If an individual directs or controls an entity’s contributions, the entity’s contributions shall be aggregated with contributions made by both of the following:
(1) That individual.
(2) Any other entity whose contributions that individual directs or controls.
(c) If two or more entities make contributions that are directed or controlled by a majority of the same persons, the contributions of those entities shall be aggregated.
(d) Contributions made by entities that are majority owned by a person shall be aggregated with the contributions of the majority owner and all other entities majority owned by that person, unless those entities act independently in their contribution-making decisions.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 312, Sec. 5. (AB 902) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82016.

82016. (a) “Controlled committee” means a committee that is controlled directly or indirectly by a candidate or state measure proponent or that acts jointly with a candidate, controlled committee, or state measure proponent in connection with the making of expenditures. A candidate or state measure proponent controls a committee if the candidate or state measure proponent, the candidate or state measure proponent’s agent, or any other committee the candidate or state measure proponent controls has a significant influence on the actions or decisions of the committee.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a political party committee, as defined in Section 85205, is not a controlled committee.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 136. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82018.

82018. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), “cumulative amount” means the amount of contributions received or expenditures made in the calendar year.
(b) For a filer required to file a campaign statement or independent expenditure report in one year in connection with an election to be held in another year, the period over which the cumulative amount is calculated shall end on the closing date of the first semiannual statement filed after the election.
(c) For a filer required to file a campaign statement in connection with the qualification of a measure which extends into two calendar years, the period over which the cumulative amount is calculated shall end on December 31 of the second calendar year.
(d) For a person filing a campaign statement with a period modified by the provisions of this section, the next period over which the cumulative amount is calculated shall begin on the day after the closing date of the statement.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 769, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82019.

82019. (a) “Designated employee” means any officer, employee, member, or consultant of any agency whose position with the agency:
(1) Is exempt from the state civil service system by virtue of subdivision (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (m) of Section 4 of Article VII of the Constitution, unless the position is elective or solely secretarial, clerical, or manual.
(2) Is elective, other than an elective state office.
(3) Is designated in a Conflict of Interest Code because the position entails the making or participation in the making of decisions which may foreseeably have a material effect on any financial interest.
(4) Is involved as a state employee at other than a clerical or ministerial level in the functions of negotiating or signing any contract awarded through competitive bidding, in making decisions in conjunction with the competitive bidding process, or in negotiating, signing, or making decisions on contracts executed pursuant to Section 10122 of the Public Contract Code.
(b) (1) “Designated employee” does not include an elected state officer, any unsalaried member of any board or commission which serves a solely advisory function, any public official specified in Section 87200, and also does not include any unsalaried member of a nonregulatory committee, section, commission, or other such entity of the State Bar of California.
(2) “Designated employee” does not include a federal officer or employee serving in an official federal capacity on a state or local government agency. The state or local government agency shall annually obtain, and maintain in its files for public inspection, a copy of any public financial disclosure report filed by the federal officer or employee pursuant to federal law.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 484, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82020.

82020. “Elected officer” means any person who holds an elective office or has been elected to an elective office but has not yet taken office. A person who is appointed to fill a vacant elective office is an elected officer.
(Added June 4, 1974, by initiative Proposition 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82021.

82021. “Elected state officer” means any person who holds an elective state office or has been elected to an elective state office but has not yet taken office. A person who is appointed to fill a vacant elective state office is an elected state officer.
(Added June 4, 1974, by initiative Proposition 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82022.5.

82022.5. “Election-related activities” include, but are not limited to, the following with respect to candidate-based elections:
(a) Communications that contain express advocacy of the nomination or election of a candidate or the defeat of a candidate’s opponent.
(b) Communications that contain reference to a candidate’s candidacy for elective office, the candidate’s election campaign, or the candidate’s or the candidate’s opponent’s qualifications for elective office.
(c) Solicitation of contributions to the candidate or to third persons for use in support of the candidate or in opposition to the candidate’s opponent.
(d) Arranging, coordinating, developing, writing, distributing, preparing, or planning of any communication or activity described in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive.
(e) Recruiting or coordinating campaign activities of campaign volunteers on behalf of the candidate.
(f) Preparing campaign budgets.
(g) Preparing campaign finance disclosure statements.
(h) Communications directed to voters or potential voters as part of activities encouraging or assisting persons to vote if the communication contains express advocacy of the nomination or election of the candidate or the defeat of the candidate’s opponent.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 137. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82023.

82023. “Elective office” means any state, regional, county, municipal, district or judicial office that is filled at an election. “Elective office” also includes membership on a county central committee of a qualified political party, and membership through election on the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Retirement Board.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 633, Sec. 1. (SB 1007) Effective January 1, 2011. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82024.

82024. “Elective state office” means the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Controller, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Member of the Legislature, member elected to the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, member elected to the Teachers’ Retirement Board, and member of the State Board of Equalization.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 633, Sec. 2. (SB 1007) Effective January 1, 2011. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82025.3.

82025.3. (a) “External manager” means either of the following:
(1) A person who is seeking to be, or is, retained by a state public retirement system in California or an investment vehicle to manage a portfolio of securities or other assets for compensation.
(2) A person who manages an investment fund and who offers or sells, or has offered or sold, an ownership interest in the investment fund to a state public retirement system in California or an investment vehicle.
(b) For purposes of this section, “investment fund” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 7513.8.
(c) For purposes of this section, “investment vehicle” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 82047.3.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 704, Sec. 3. (SB 398) Effective October 9, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82025.5.

82025.5. “Fair market value” means the estimated fair market value of goods, services, facilities or anything of value other than money. Whenever the amount of goods, services, facilities, or anything of value other than money is required to be reported under this title, the amount reported shall be the fair market value, and a description of the goods, services, facilities, or other thing of value shall be appended to the report or statement. “Full and adequate consideration” as used in this title means fair market value.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 775, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82027.

82027. “Filing officer” means the office or officer with whom any statement or report is required to be filed under this title. If copies of a statement or report are required to be filed with more than one office or officer, the one first named is the filing officer, and the copy filed with that officer shall be signed in the original and shall be deemed the original copy.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 138. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82027.5.

82027.5. (a) “General purpose committee” means all committees pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 82013, and any committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 which is formed or exists primarily to support or oppose more than one candidate or ballot measure, except as provided in Section 82047.5.
(b) A “state general purpose committee” is a political party committee, as defined in Section 85205, or a committee to support or oppose candidates or measures voted on in a state election, or in more than one county.
(c) A “county general purpose committee” is a committee to support or oppose candidates or measures voted on in only one county, or in more than one jurisdiction within one county.
(d) A “city general purpose committee” is a committee to support or oppose candidates or measures voted on in only one city.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 623, Sec. 1. Effective September 21, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82028.

82028. (a) “Gift” means, except as provided in subdivision (b), any payment that confers a personal benefit on the recipient, to the extent that consideration of equal or greater value is not received and includes a rebate or discount in the price of anything of value unless the rebate or discount is made in the regular course of business to members of the public without regard to official status. Any person, other than a defendant in a criminal action, who claims that a payment is not a gift by reason of receipt of consideration has the burden of proving that the consideration received is of equal or greater value.
(b) The term “gift” does not include:
(1) Informational material such as books, reports, pamphlets, calendars, or periodicals. No payment for travel or reimbursement for any expenses shall be deemed “informational material.”
(2) Gifts which are not used and which, within 30 days after receipt, are either returned to the donor or delivered to a nonprofit entity exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code without being claimed as a charitable contribution for tax purposes.
(3) Gifts from an individual’s spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, or first cousin or the spouse of any such person; provided that a gift from any such person shall be considered a gift if the donor is acting as an agent or intermediary for any person not covered by this paragraph.
(4) Campaign contributions required to be reported under Chapter 4 of this title.
(5) Any devise or inheritance.
(6) Personalized plaques and trophies with an individual value of less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 450, Sec. 2. Effective September 24, 1997. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82030.5.

82030.5. (a) For purposes of this title, “earned income” means, except as provided in subdivision (b), income from wages, salaries, professional fees, and other amounts received or promised to be received as compensation for personal services rendered.
(b) Income which is not “earned income” includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) Any income derived from stocks, bonds, property, or other investments, or from retail or wholesale sales.
(2) Any amount paid by, or on behalf of, an elected state officer to a tax-qualified pension, profit sharing, or stock bonus plan and received by the elected state officer from the plan.
(3) The community property interest in the income of a spouse.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1075, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82031.

82031. “Independent expenditure” means an expenditure made by any person, including a payment of public moneys by a state or local governmental agency, in connection with a communication which expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or the qualification, passage or defeat of a clearly identified measure, or taken as a whole and in context, unambiguously urges a particular result in an election but which is not made to or at the behest of the affected candidate or committee.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 363, Sec. 2. (AB 9) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82032.

82032. “Influencing legislative or administrative action” means promoting, supporting, influencing, modifying, opposing or delaying any legislative or administrative action by any means, including but not limited to the provision or use of information, statistics, studies or analyses.
(Added June 4, 1974, by initiative Proposition 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82033.

82033. “Interest in real property” includes any leasehold, beneficial or ownership interest, or an option to acquire such an interest in real property located in the jurisdiction owned directly, indirectly, or beneficially by the public official, or other filer, or that person’s immediate family if the fair market value of the interest is two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more. Interests in real property of an individual includes a pro rata share of interests in real property of any business entity or trust in which the individual or immediate family owns, directly, indirectly, or beneficially, a 10-percent interest or greater.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 140. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82034.

82034. “Investment” means any financial interest in or security issued by a business entity, including, but not limited to, common stock, preferred stock, rights, warrants, options, debt instruments, and any partnership or other ownership interest owned directly, indirectly, or beneficially by the public official, or other filer, or that person’s immediate family, if the business entity or any parent, subsidiary, or otherwise related business entity has an interest in real property in the jurisdiction, or does business or plans to do business in the jurisdiction, or has done business within the jurisdiction at any time during the two years prior to the time any statement or other action is required under this title. An asset shall not be deemed an investment unless its fair market value equals or exceeds two thousand dollars ($2,000). The term “investment” does not include a time or demand deposit in a financial institution, shares in a credit union, any insurance policy, interest in a diversified mutual fund registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or in a common trust fund created pursuant to Section 1564 of the Financial Code, interest in a government defined-benefit pension plan, or any bond or other debt instrument issued by any government or government agency. Investments of an individual includes a pro rata share of investments of any business entity, mutual fund, or trust in which the individual or immediate family owns, directly, indirectly, or beneficially, a 10-percent interest or greater. The term “parent, subsidiary or otherwise related business entity” shall be specifically defined by regulations of the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 141. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82035.

82035. “Jurisdiction” means the state with respect to a state agency and, with respect to a local government agency, the region, county, city, district or other geographical area in which it has jurisdiction. Real property shall be deemed to be “within the jurisdiction” with respect to a local government agency if the property or any part of it is located within or not more than two miles outside the boundaries of the jurisdiction or within two miles of any land owned or used by the local government agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 769, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82035.5.

82035.5. “LAFCO proposal” means a proposal, as defined in Section 56069, including a proceeding, as defined by Section 56067.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 113, Sec. 4. (AB 528) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82036.

82036. “Late contribution” means any of the following:
(a) A contribution, including a loan, that totals in the aggregate one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more and is made to or received by a candidate, a controlled committee, or a committee formed or existing primarily to support or oppose a candidate or measure during the 90-day period preceding the date of the election, or on the date of the election, at which the candidate or measure is to be voted on. For purposes of the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the Teachers’ Retirement Board, “the date of the election” is the deadline to return ballots.
(b) A contribution, including a loan, that totals in the aggregate one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more and is made to or received by a political party committee, as defined in Section 85205, within 90 days before the date of a state election or on the date of the election.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 364, Sec. 2. (AB 594) Effective January 1, 2016. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82036.5.

82036.5. “Late independent expenditure” means an independent expenditure that totals in the aggregate one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more and is made for or against a specific candidate or measure involved in an election during the 90-day period preceding the date of the election or on the date of the election. For purposes of the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the Teachers’ Retirement Board, “the date of the election” is the deadline to return ballots.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 364, Sec. 3. (AB 594) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82037.

82037. “Legislative action” means the drafting, introduction, consideration, modification, enactment, or defeat of any bill, resolution, amendment, report, nomination, or other matter by the Legislature or by either house or any committee, subcommittee, joint or select committee thereof, or by a Member or employee of the Legislature acting in that person’s official capacity. “Legislative action” also means the action of the Governor in approving or vetoing any bill.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 142. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82038.3.

82038.3. (a) “Lobbying coalition” means a group of 10 or more persons formed primarily to influence legislative or administrative action, whose members make payments to the coalition for sharing the expenses of employing a lobbyist or contracting for the services of a lobbying firm.
(b) For purposes of Sections 86115 and 86116, a lobbying coalition shall file the same statements and reports as a lobbyist employer.
(c) A bona fide federation, confederation, or trade, labor, or membership organization is not a lobbying coalition if it is ongoing in nature and its membership services are not limited to influencing legislative or administrative action.
(d) A person making payments to a lobbying coalition does not qualify as a lobbying firm or lobbyist employer as a result of those payments.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 312, Sec. 6. (AB 902) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82038.5.

82038.5. (a) “Lobbying firm” means any business entity, including an individual contract lobbyist, which meets either of the following criteria:
(1) The business entity receives or becomes entitled to receive any compensation, other than reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses, for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action on behalf of any other person, and any partner, owner, officer, or employee of the business entity is a lobbyist.
(2) The business entity receives or becomes entitled to receive any compensation, other than reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses, to communicate directly with any elective state official, agency official, or legislative official for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action on behalf of any other person, if a substantial or regular portion of the activities for which the business entity receives compensation is for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action.
(b) No business entity is a lobbying firm by reason of activities described in Section 86300.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 905, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82039.

82039. (a) “Lobbyist” means either of the following:
(1) Any individual who receives two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more in economic consideration in a calendar month, other than reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses, or whose principal duties as an employee are, to communicate directly or through that individual’s agents with any elective state official, agency official, or legislative official for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action.
(2) A placement agent, as defined in Section 82047.3.
(b) An individual is not a lobbyist by reason of activities described in Section 86300.
(c) For the purposes of subdivision (a), a proceeding before the Public Utilities Commission constitutes “administrative action” if it meets any of the definitions set forth in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 82002. However, a communication made for the purpose of influencing this type of Public Utilities Commission proceeding is not within subdivision (a) if the communication is made at a public hearing, public workshop, or other public forum that is part of the proceeding, or if the communication is included in the official record of the proceeding.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 143. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9, and amended on Nov. 5, 1996, by initiative Prop. 208.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82039.5.

82039.5. “Lobbyist employer” means any person, other than a lobbying firm, who:
(a) Employs one or more lobbyists for economic consideration, other than reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses, for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action, or
(b) Contracts for the services of a lobbying firm for economic consideration, other than reimbursement for reasonable travel expense, for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1183, Sec. 4. Effective September 29, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82041.

82041. “Local government agency” means a county, city or district of any kind including school district, or any other local or regional political subdivision, or any department, division, bureau, office, board, commission or other agency of the foregoing.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 727, Sec. 4. Operative July 1, 1985, by Sec. 12 of Ch. 727. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82041.3.

82041.3. “Made at the behest of” means made under the control or at the direction of, in cooperation, consultation, coordination, or concert with, at the request or suggestion of, or with the express, prior consent of.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 749, Sec. 5. (AB 867) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82041.5.

82041.5. “Mass mailing” means over two hundred substantially similar pieces of mail, but does not include a form letter or other mail which is sent in response to an unsolicited request, letter or other inquiry.
(Amended (as amended June 7, 1988, by Prop. 73) by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1027, Sec. 1. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9, and amended on June 7, 1988, by initiative Prop. 73.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 9 - POLITICAL REFORM › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 82043.

82043. “Measure” means any constitutional amendment or other proposition which is submitted to a popular vote at an election by action of a legislative body, or which is submitted or is intended to be submitted to a popular vote at an election by initiative, referendum or recall procedure whether or not it qualifies for the ballot.
(Added June 4, 1974, by initiative Proposition 9.)