Government Code § 84101 - California Law

Current Version

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 158) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 180, Sec. 1. (SB 1027) Effective January 1, 2025. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662, as further amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.

(a)A committee that is a committee by virtue of subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall file a statement of organization. The committee shall file the original of the statement of organization with the Secretary of State and shall also file a copy of the statement of organization with the local filing officer, if any, with whom the committee is required to file an original campaign statement pursuant to Section 84215. The original and copy of the statement of organization shall be filed within 10 days after the committee has qualified as a committee. The Secretary of State shall assign a number to each committee that files a statement of organization and shall notify the committee of the number. The Secretary of State shall send a copy of statements filed

pursuant to this section, with the information specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) redacted, to the county elections official of each county that the Secretary of State deems appropriate. A county elections official who receives a copy of a statement of organization from the Secretary of State pursuant to this section shall send a copy of the statement to the clerk of each city in the county that the county elections official deems appropriate.

(b)In addition to filing the statement of organization as required by subdivision (a), if a committee qualifies as a committee under

subdivision (a) of Section 82013 before the date of an election in connection with which the committee is required to file preelection statements, but after the closing date of the last campaign statement required to be filed before the election pursuant to Section 84200.8 or 84200.9, the committee shall file, by facsimile transmission, online transmission, guaranteed overnight delivery, or personal delivery within 24 hours of qualifying as a committee, the information required to be reported in the statement of organization. The information required by this subdivision shall be filed with the filing officer with whom the committee is required to file an original campaign statement pursuant to Section 84215.

(c)If an independent expenditure committee qualifies as a committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 during the time

period described in Section 82036.5 and makes independent expenditures of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more to support or oppose a candidate or candidates for office, the committee shall file, by facsimile transmission, online transmission, guaranteed overnight delivery, or personal delivery within 24 hours of qualifying as a committee, the information required to be reported in the statement of organization. The information required by this section shall be filed with the filing officer with whom the committee is required to file an original campaign statement pursuant to Section 84215, and shall be filed at all locations required for the candidate or candidates supported or opposed by the independent expenditures. The filings required by this section are in addition to filings that may be required by Section 84204.

(d)For purposes of

this section, in calculating whether two thousand dollars ($2,000) in contributions has been received, payments for a filing fee or for a statement of qualifications to appear in a sample ballot shall not be included if these payments have been made from the candidate’s personal funds.

(e)(1) A committee may redact, or otherwise omit, a bank account number included on the copy of the statement of organization filed with the local filing officer pursuant to subdivision (a). A local filing officer shall not require a committee to disclose a bank account number on the copy of the statement of organization filed with the local filing officer as a condition of accepting that filing.

(2)Notwithstanding Section 81008 or the California Public Records Act

(Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), the Secretary of State shall redact the bank account number on a statement of organization filed with the Secretary of State before making the statement available to the public in any form.

Future Version

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 159) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. (SB 1027) Effective January 1, 2025. Conditionally operative on date prescribed by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662 Sec. 44, and by Stats. 2024, Ch. 180, Sec. 6. Conditionally superseded; see amendment by Stats. 2025, Ch. 278. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.

(a)A committee that is a committee by virtue of subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall file a statement of organization. The committee shall file the original of the statement of organization online or electronically with the Secretary of State and shall also file a copy of the statement of organization with the local filing officer, if any, with whom the committee is required to file an original campaign statement pursuant to Section 84215. The original and copy of the statement of organization shall be filed within 10 days after the committee has qualified as a committee. The Secretary of State shall assign a number to each committee that files a statement of organization and shall notify the committee of the number. The Secretary of State shall

email or send a copy of statements filed pursuant to this section, with the information specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) redacted, to the county elections official of each county that the Secretary of State deems appropriate. A county elections official who receives a copy of a statement of organization from the Secretary of State pursuant to this section shall email or send a copy of the statement to the clerk of each city in the county that the county elections official deems appropriate.

(b)In addition to filing the statement of organization as required by subdivision (a), if a committee qualifies as a committee under subdivision (a) of Section 82013 within 16 days before the date of an election in connection with which the committee is required to file preelection statements, the committee shall file, within 24 hours

of qualifying as a committee, an original statement of organization online or electronically with the Secretary of State, and a copy with the local filing officer, if any, with whom the committee is required to file an original campaign statement pursuant to Section 84215 by email, fax, online transmission, guaranteed overnight delivery, or personal delivery.

(c)If an independent expenditure committee qualifies as a committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 during the time period described in Section 82036.5 and makes independent expenditures of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more to support or oppose a candidate or candidates for office, the committee shall file, within 24 hours of qualifying as a committee, the original of its statement of organization online or electronically with the Secretary of State. The committee

shall also file a copy of the statement of organization with the local filing officer with whom the committee is required to file an original campaign statement pursuant to Section 84215, and at all locations required for the candidate or candidates supported or opposed by the independent expenditures, by email, facsimile transmission, guaranteed overnight delivery, or personal delivery. The filings required by this section are in addition to filings that may be required by Section 84204.

(d)For purposes of this section, in calculating whether two thousand dollars ($2,000) in contributions has been received, payments for a filing fee or for a statement of qualifications to appear in a sample ballot shall not be included if these payments have been made from the candidate’s personal funds.

(e)(1) For purposes of this subdivision, “authorized person” means a person, other than the treasurer, who is authorized to obtain the bank records of the committee from the financial institution where the campaign bank account is maintained.

(2)A committee may redact, or otherwise omit, a bank account number and the name of an authorized person included on the copy of the statement of organization filed with the local filing officer pursuant to subdivision (a). A local filing officer shall not require a committee to disclose a bank account number or the name of an authorized person on the copy of the statement of organization filed with the local filing officer as a condition of accepting that filing.

(3)Notwithstanding Section 81008 or the

California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), the Secretary of State shall redact the bank account number and the name of an authorized person on a statement of organization filed with the Secretary of State before making the statement available to the public in any form.

Future Version

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 180, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 278, Sec. 13. (AB 808) Effective January 1, 2026. Conditionally operative pursuant to Sec. 78 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 278. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.

(a)A committee that is a committee by virtue of subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall register online or electronically with the Secretary of State within 10 days after the committee has qualified as a committee. The Secretary of State shall assign a number to each committee that registers and shall notify the committee of the number. The Secretary of State shall make available to the local filing officer, as designated by the filer on their registration, the information filed pursuant to this

subdivision.

(b)In addition to registering as required by subdivision (a), if a committee qualifies as a committee under subdivision (a) of Section 82013 within 16 days before the date of an election in connection with which the committee is required to file preelection reports, the committee shall register, within 24 hours of qualifying as a committee, online or electronically with the Secretary of State. Within 24 hours, the Secretary of State shall make available to the local filing officer designated by the filer on their registration the information filed pursuant to this subdivision.

(c)If an independent expenditure committee qualifies as a committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 during the time period described in Section 82036.5 and makes

independent expenditures of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more to support or oppose a candidate or candidates for office, the committee shall

register, within 24 hours of qualifying as a committee, online or electronically with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall make the information filed available to the local filing officer designated by the filer on their registration and the filing officers designated by the filer on their registration for the candidate or candidates supported or opposed by the independent expenditures within 24 hours of a registration filed pursuant to this subdivision. The filings required by this section are in addition to filings that may be required by Section 84204.

(d)For purposes of this section, in calculating whether two thousand dollars ($2,000) in contributions has been received, payments for a filing fee or for a statement of qualifications to appear in a state or county voter information guide shall not be

included if these payments have been made from the candidate’s personal funds.

(2)The Secretary of State shall not include a bank account number or the name of an authorized person on or with any

registration information provided to the local filing officer pursuant to this section.

(3)Notwithstanding Section 81008 or the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), the Secretary of State shall not provide to the public the bank account number or the name of an authorized person provided by a committee when registering.