Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 551, Sec. 1. (SB 760) Effective January 1, 2026. Superseded pursuant to Sec. 2 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 551; see amendment by Stats. 2025, Ch. 551.
purchased, if any; and a description of the specific purpose or event for which the payment or payments were made. Once the five-thousand-dollar ($5,000) aggregate threshold from a single source has been reached for a calendar year, all payments for the calendar year made by that source shall be disclosed within 30 days after the date the threshold was reached or the payment was made, whichever occurs later. Within 30 days after receipt of the report, state agencies, including the Public Utilities Commission, shall forward a copy of these reports to the Fair Political Practices Commission, and local agencies shall forward a copy of these reports to the officer with whom elected officers of that agency file their campaign statements.
the following:
if the payment results from an officer or member of the Public Utilities Commission making a public appeal for payment by any of the following means:
(A) Television.
(B) Radio.
(C) Billboard.
(D) A public message on an online platform.
(E) A public speech, unless the speech is given at an event that the officer or member knows is being held for the purpose of raising funds for the recipient organization and any of the following apply:
(ii) The officer or member consents to be featured in a solicitation.
(iii) The officer or member publicly solicits contributions to the recipient organization.
decisionmaking capacity within the organization, such as a board member or executive officer position.
(ii) Salaried employment at the organization.
(iii) Status as a founding member of the organization.
(iv) A position on an honorary or advisory board of the organization.
(B) The behesting officer or member of the Public Utilities Commission knows, within two years of the payment, that a specific payment was made in response to the officer or member’s public appeal.
payment was made in response to their public appeal, the deadline described in subdivision (a) shall commence on the date that the officer or member first learns that the payment was made in response to that public appeal.
Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 551, Sec. 1.5. (SB 760) Effective January 1, 2026. Operative pursuant to Sec. 2 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 551.
the payment or payments were made. Once the five-thousand-dollar ($5,000) aggregate threshold from a single source has been reached for a calendar year, all payments for the calendar year made by that source shall be disclosed within 30 days after the date the threshold was reached or the payment was made, whichever occurs later. Within 30 days after receipt of the report, state agencies, including the Public Utilities Commission, shall forward a copy of these reports to the Fair Political Practices Commission, and local agencies shall forward a copy of these reports to the officer with whom elected officers of that agency file their campaign reports.
satisfies each of the following:
report is not required if the payment results from an officer or member of the Public Utilities Commission making a public appeal for payment by any of the following means:
(A) Television.
(B) Radio.
(C) Billboard.
(D) A public message on an online platform.
(E) A public speech, unless the speech is given at an event that the officer or member knows is being held for the purpose of raising funds for the recipient organization and any of the following apply:
(ii) The officer or member consents to be
featured in a solicitation.
(iii) The officer or member publicly solicits contributions to the recipient organization.
(ii) Salaried employment at the organization.
(iii) Status as a founding member of the organization.
(iv) A position on an honorary or advisory board of the organization.
(B) The behesting officer or member of the Public Utilities Commission knows, within two years of the payment, that a specific payment was made in response to the officer or member’s public appeal.
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