California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 1 - Administrative Personnel › Chapter 2 - Board of Administration of Public Employees' Retirement System › Subchapter 1 - Employees' Retirement System Regulations › Article 2 - Administration › Section 559.1 - Required Contract-Related Disclosures

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Definitions.
For the purposes of this Section:
(1)
Agent
. Agent means any
					 Person hired, engaged, retained by, or serving for the benefit of or on behalf
					 of a Proposer or Contractor, who acts or acted for compensation as a finder,
					 solicitor, marketer, lobbyist, consultant, broker, representative, agent or
					 other intermediary to assist, directly or indirectly, in preparing a Proposal
					 to CalPERS or in securing a Contract with CalPERS.
(2)
Board Member
. Board
					 Member means a current or former member of the CalPERS Board of
					 Administration.
(3)
Contract.
Contract means an agreement between CalPERS and any
					 Person to provide CalPERS goods and/or services. Contract includes new
					 contracts and amendments to existing contracts (including contract extensions),
					 letters of engagement, consulting purchase orders and similar
					 agreements.
(4)
Contractor.
Contractor means any Person providing services to
					 CalPERS pursuant to a Contract.
(5)
Contract-Related Disclosure Form
. Contract-Related Disclosure
					 Form means the document provided by a Proposer or Contractor to CalPERS as
					 required in subdivision (b) hereof.
(6)
Familial Relationship.
Familial Relationship means a relationship by blood, marriage, registration of
					 domestic partnership or adoption.
(7)
Person.
Person means an
					 individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
					 company, association or other entity (whether domestic or foreign).
(8)
Proposal.
Proposal means
					 any Person's written response to a Solicitation.
(9)
Proposer
. Proposer means
					 any Person who provides a Proposal in response to a Solicitation.
(10)
Solicitation
.
					 Solicitation means any process by which CalPERS seeks to procure a Person to
					 provide goods and/or services to CalPERS, including without limitation Requests
					 for Proposal and Invitations to Bid, regardless of amount.
(11)
Staff Member
. Staff
					 Member means anyone employed at CalPERS within the five (5) years preceding the
					 date the Contract-Related Disclosure Form is due.
(12)
Things of Value
. Things
					 of Value include, but are not limited to, payments, gifts, loans, cash, meals,
					 travel, awards, campaign contributions, charitable donations, and/or
					 reimbursements. Things of Value do not include:
(A) Informational material such as books,
					 reports, pamphlets, calendars, or periodicals within the meaning of Government
					 Code section
					 82028,
					 subdivision (e).
(B) Items that
					 CalPERS determines are negligible in light of their amount, nature, purpose, or
					 timing.
(C) Free admission, and
					 refreshments and similar non-cash nominal benefits provided to any Board Member
					 or Staff Member for giving a speech, participating on a panel or making a
					 substantive formal presentation at a seminar or similar event, where the
					 speech, participation or presentation is for official CalPERS business and the
					 member is representing CalPERS in the course and scope of his or her official
					 duties.