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SB-1697 Political Reform Act of 1974.(1995-1996)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 89502 of the Government Code is amended to read:

89502.
 (a)   An No  elected state officer, elected officer of a local government agency, or other individual specified in Section 87200 shall not  accept any honorarium.  
(b)   (1)   A No  candidate for elective state office, for judicial office, or for elective office in a local government agency shall not  accept any honorarium. A person shall be deemed a candidate for purposes of this subdivision when the person has filed a statement of organization as a committee for election to a state or local office, a declaration of intent, or a declaration of candidacy, whichever occurs first. A person shall not be deemed a candidate for purposes of this subdivision after the person  he or she  is sworn into the elective office, or, if the person lost the election, election  after the person has terminated the person’s  his or her  campaign statement filing obligations for that office pursuant to Section 84214 or after certification of the election results, whichever is earlier.  
(2)   Paragraph (1) does shall  not apply to any person who is a candidate as described in paragraph (1) for judicial office on or before December 31, 1996.  
(c)   A No  member of a state board or commission or  and no  designated employee of a state or local government agency shall not  accept an honorarium from any source if the member or employee would be required to report the receipt of income or gifts from that source on the member’s  his  or employee’s her  statement of economic interests.  
(d)   This section does shall  not apply to a person in the person’s  his or her  capacity as judge. This section does shall  not apply to a person in the person’s  his or her  capacity as a part-time member of the governing board of any public institution of higher education unless that position is an elective office.  

SEC. 2.

 Section 89503 of the Government Code is amended to read:

89503.
 (a)   An No  elected state officer, elected officer of a local government agency, or other individual specified in Section 87200 shall not  accept gifts from any single source in any calendar year with a total value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).  
(b)   (1)   A No  candidate for elective state office, for judicial office, or for elective office in a local government agency shall not  accept gifts from any single source in any calendar year with a total value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250). A person shall be deemed a candidate for purposes of this subdivision when the person has filed a statement of organization as a committee for election to a state or local office, a declaration of intent, or a declaration of candidacy, whichever occurs first. A person shall not be deemed a candidate for purposes of this subdivision after the person  he or she  is sworn into the elective office, or, if the person lost the election, after the person has terminated the person’s  his or her  campaign statement filing obligations for that office pursuant to Section 84214 or after certification of the election results, whichever is earlier.  
(2)   Paragraph (1) does shall  not apply to any person who is a candidate as described in paragraph (1) for judicial office on or before December 31, 1996.  
(c)   A No  member of a state board or commission or designated employee of a state or local government agency shall not  accept gifts from any single source in any calendar year with a total value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) if the member or employee would be required to report the receipt of income or gifts from that source on the member’s  his or her  statement of economic interests.  
(d)   This section does shall  not apply to a person in the person’s  his or her  capacity as judge. This section does shall  not apply to a person in the person’s  his or her  capacity as a part-time member of the governing board of any public institution of higher education unless that position is an elective office.  
(e)   This section does shall  not prohibit or limit the following:  
(1)   Payments, advances, or reimbursements for travel and related lodging and subsistence permitted by Section 89506.  
(2)   Wedding gifts and gifts exchanged between individuals on birthdays, holidays, and other similar occasions, provided that the gifts exchanged are not substantially disproportionate in value.  
(f)   Beginning on January 1, 1993, the commission shall adjust the gift limitation in this section on January 1 of each odd-numbered year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index, rounded to the nearest ten dollars ($10).  
(g)   The limitations in this section are in addition to the limitations on gifts in Section 86203.  
SEC. 3.
 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.
Notwithstanding Section 17580 of the Government Code, unless otherwise specified, the provisions of this act shall become operative on the same date that the act takes effect pursuant to the California Constitution.
SEC. 4.
 The Legislature finds and declares that the provisions of this act further the purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974 within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 81012 of the Government Code.