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Holy crap! No way am I voting for this one. The Fair political practices commission is going to administer it? That worthless agency has stood idly by as some of the most corrupt PAC's and politicians have violated whatever portions of the election code they needed to attain office, and then levy some small token fine afterwards.
Torpedo this bill, and tar and feather the author
Quote:Assembly Bill No. 583
CHAPTER 735
An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 20600) to Division
20 of the Elections Code, to add and repeal Chapter 12 (commencing with
Section 91015) of Title 9 of, and to repeal Sections 85300 and 86102 of,
the Government Code, and to add and repeal Article 8.6 (commencing with
Section 18798) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974.
[Approved by Governor September 30, 2008. Filed with
Secretary of State September 30, 2008.]
legislative counsel
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AB 583, Hancock. Political Reform Act of 1974: California Fair Elections
Act of 2008.
(1) Under the Political Reform Act of 1974 a public officer is prohibited
from expending or accepting any public moneys for the purpose of seeking
elective office.
This bill would repeal that prohibition and would enact the California
Fair Elections Act of 2008, which would authorize eligible candidates for
Secretary of State to obtain public funds according to specified procedures
and requirements, provided that certain thresholds are attained. The bill
would impose primary responsibility for the administration of the provisions
of the bill on the Fair Political Practices Commission. This bill would create
the Fair Elections Fund and, commencing January 1, 2011, would transfer
funds from the Fair Elections Fund to the Fair Political Practices Commission
for the purpose of the public financing provisions of the act. The bill would
also establish nonrefundable fees to be imposed on lobbyists, lobbying firms,
and lobbyist employers. The fees collected are to be deposited, in part, in
the Fair Elections Fund. The bill would make funding for the administrative
and enforcement costs of the act available from the Fair Elections Fund.
The bill would require that the available funds, for each 4-year election
cycle, would be no more than 10% of the total amount deposited in the Fair
Elections Fund during the 4-year election cycle. The bill would repeal
specified provisions on January 1, 2019.
(2) Existing law, relating to the administration of personal income taxes,
authorizes individual taxpayers to contribute amounts in excess of their tax
liability for the support of specified funds or accounts.
This bill would additionally allow taxpayers to designate on their tax
returns that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be transferred
to the Voters Fair Elections Fund, which would be created by this bill. The
bill would provide that all moneys contributed to the fund pursuant to these
provisions, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be allocated to the
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