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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments (Senators Wiener (Chair), Allen, Cervantes, Choi, and Umberg)</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 86112.3 of the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Political Reform Act of 1974: gifts.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Under the Political Reform Act of 1974, lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers who send any written or printed invitation to an elected state officer, candidate for elective state office, legislative official or agency official, are required to include on the invitation or on a letter attached to the invitation a statement that “Attendance at this event by a public official will constitute acceptance of a reportable gift.” The statement must be typed, printed, or handwritten at least as large and readable as 8-point Roman boldface type, in a color or print that contrasts with the background so as to be easily legible.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would increase the minimum text size of the required statement to 10-point Roman boldface type.</html:p>
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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
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vote of each house of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements.
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<html:p>This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Section 86112.3 of the
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is amended to read:
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(a)
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Each person filing a report pursuant to this article who sends any written or printed invitation to an elected state officer, candidate for elective state office, legislative official or agency official, shall include on the invitation or on a letter attached to the invitation the following typed, printed, or handwritten statement that is at least as large and readable as 10-point Roman boldface type, in a color or print that contrasts with the background so as to be easily legible:
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<html:p>Attendance at this
event by a public official will constitute acceptance of a reportable gift.</html:p>
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(b)
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The notice specified in subdivision (a) shall not be required to appear on any invitation wherein attendance at the event described in the invitation will not constitute acceptance of a reportable gift by an elected state officer, candidate for elective state office, legislative official or agency official, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 87207.
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(c)
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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.
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<html:p>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. </html:p>
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