SECTIONS 85700-85802 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 85700-85802

85700. (a) A candidate or committee shall return not later than 60
days of receipt by the candidate or committee any contribution of one
hundred dollars ($100) or more for which the candidate or committee
does not have on file in the records of the candidate or committee
the name, address, occupation, and employer of the contributor.
(b) A candidate or committee may return a contribution pursuant to
subdivision (a) after the date that the candidate or committee has
reported the contribution under any provision of this title.

85701. Any candidate or committee that receives a contribution in
violation of Section 84301 shall pay to the General Fund of the state
the amount of the contribution.

85702. An elected state officer or candidate for elected state
office may not accept a contribution from a lobbyist, and a lobbyist
may not make a contribution to an elected state officer or candidate
for elected state office, if that lobbyist is registered to lobby the
governmental agency for which the candidate is seeking election or
the governmental agency of the elected state officer.

85703. (a) Nothing in this act shall nullify contribution
limitations or prohibitions of any local jurisdiction that apply to
elections for local elective office, except that these limitations
and prohibitions may not conflict with the provisions of Section
85312.
(b) Limitations and prohibitions imposed by a local jurisdiction
on payments for a member communication, as defined in subdivision
(c), that conflict with Section 85312 and which are thereby
prohibited by subdivision (a) include, but are not limited to, any of
the following:
(1) Source restrictions on payments for member communications that
are not expressly made applicable to member communications by a
state statute or by a regulation adopted by the commission pursuant
to Section 83112.
(2) Limitations on payments to a political party committee for a
member communication that are not expressly made applicable to member
communications by a state statute or by a regulation adopted by the
commission pursuant to Section 83112.
(3) Limitations on the scope of payments considered directly
related to the making of a member communication, including costs
associated with the formulation, design, production, and distribution
of the communication such as surveys, list acquisition, and
consulting fees that are not expressly made applicable to member
communications by a state statute or by a regulation adopted by the
commission pursuant to Section 83112.
(c) For purposes of this section, "member communication" means a
communication, within the meaning of Section 85312, to members,
employees, shareholders, or families of members, employees, or
shareholders of an organization, including a communication by a
political party to its members who are registered with that party.

85704. A person may not make any contribution to a committee on the
condition or with the agreement that it will be contributed to any
particular candidate unless the contribution is fully disclosed
pursuant to Section 84302.

85802. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the
state to the Fair Political Practices Commission the sum of five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) annually above and beyond the
appropriations established for the commission in the fiscal year
immediately prior to the effective date of this act, adjusted for
cost-of-living changes, for expenditures to support the operations of
the commission pursuant to this act. If any provision of this act is
successfully challenged, any attorney's fees and costs shall be paid
from the General Fund and the commission's budget shall not be
reduced accordingly.