CHAPTER 2. Definitions [82000. - 82054.]
Chapter 2 added June 4, 1974, by initiative Proposition 9.
§§ 82000–82054 · 78 sections
- § 82000 Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, the definitions set forth in this chapter shall govern the interpretation of this title.
- § 82001 “Adjusting an amount for cost-of-living changes” means adjusting the amount received the previous year by an amount determined at the beginning of each fiscal…
- § 82002 (a) “Administrative action” means any of the following: (1) The proposal, drafting, development, consideration, amendment, enactment, or defeat by any state…
- § 82003 “Agency” means any state agency or local government agency.
- § 82004 “Agency official” means any member, officer, employee, or consultant of any state agency who as part of that person’s official responsibilities participates in…
- § 82004.2 “Arrangement for prospective employment” means an agreement pursuant to which a prospective employer’s offer of employment has been accepted by the prospective…
- § 82004.5 “Behested payment” means a payment that is made at the behest of a committee, an elected officer, a member of the Public Utilities Commission, or an agent…
- § 82005 “Business entity” means any organization or enterprise operated for profit, including but not limited to a proprietorship, partnership, firm, business trust,…
- § 82006 “Campaign statement” means an itemized report which is prepared on a form prescribed by the Commission and which provides the information required by Chapter 4… see note
- § 82007 (a) “Candidate” means any of the following: (1) Anyone who is listed on a ballot or is qualified to have write-in votes cast on their behalf counted by…
- § 82008 “City” means a general law or a chartered city.
- § 82009.5 “Clerk” refers to the city or county clerk unless the city council or board of supervisors has designated any other agency to perform the specified function.
- § 82010 “Closing date” means the date through which any report or statement filed under this title is required to be complete.
- § 82011 “Code reviewing body” means all of the following: (a) The commission, with respect to the conflict of interest code of a state agency other than an agency in…
- § 82012 “Commission” means the Fair Political Practices Commission.
- § 82013 “Committee” means any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following: (a) Receives contributions totaling two thousand…
- § 82014 “Conflict of Interest Code” means a set of rules and regulations adopted by an agency pursuant to Chapter 7 of this title.
- § 82015 (a) “Contribution” means a payment, a forgiveness of a loan, a payment of a loan by a third party, or an enforceable promise to make a payment, except to the… see note
- § 82015.5 (a) To determine when contributions are aggregated under this title, “entity” means any person other than an individual, and “majority owned” means ownership…
- § 82016 (a) “Controlled committee” means a committee that is controlled directly or indirectly by a candidate or state measure proponent or that acts jointly with a…
- § 82017 “County” includes a city and county.
- § 82018 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), “cumulative amount” means the amount of contributions received or expenditures made in the calendar… see note
- § 82019 (a) “Designated employee” means any officer, employee, member, or consultant of any agency whose position with the agency: (1) Is exempt from the state civil…
- § 82020 “Elected officer” means any person who holds an elective office or has been elected to an elective office but has not yet taken office. A person who is…
- § 82021 “Elected state officer” means any person who holds an elective state office or has been elected to an elective state office but has not yet taken office. A…
- § 82022 “Election” means any primary, general, special or recall election held in this state. The primary and general or special elections are separate elections for…
- § 82022.5 “Election-related activities” include, but are not limited to, the following with respect to candidate-based elections: (a) Communications that contain express… see note
- § 82023 “Elective office” means any state, regional, county, municipal, district or judicial office that is filled at an election. “Elective office” also includes…
- § 82024 “Elective state office” means the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Controller, Secretary of State, Treasurer,…
- § 82025 (a) “Expenditure” means a payment, a forgiveness of a loan, a payment of a loan by a third party, or an enforceable promise to make a payment, unless it is… see note
- § 82025.3 (a) “External manager” means either of the following: (1) A person who is seeking to be, or is, retained by a state public retirement system in California or…
- § 82025.5 “Fair market value” means the estimated fair market value of goods, services, facilities or anything of value other than money. Whenever the amount of goods,…
- § 82026 “Filer” means the person filing or required to file any statement or report under this title.
- § 82027 “Filing officer” means the office or officer with whom any statement or report is required to be filed under this title. If copies of a statement or report are…
- § 82027.5 (a) “General purpose committee” means all committees pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 82013, and any committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of…
- § 82028 (a) “Gift” means, except as provided in subdivision (b), any payment that confers a personal benefit on the recipient, to the extent that consideration of…
- § 82029 “Immediate family” means the spouse and dependent children.
- § 82030 (a) “Income” means, except as provided in subdivision (b), a payment received, including, but not limited to, any salary, wage, advance, dividend, interest,…
- § 82030.5 (a) For purposes of this title, “earned income” means, except as provided in subdivision (b), income from wages, salaries, professional fees, and other amounts…
- § 82031 “Independent expenditure” means an expenditure made by any person, including a payment of public moneys by a state or local governmental agency, in connection…
- § 82032 “Influencing legislative or administrative action” means promoting, supporting, influencing, modifying, opposing or delaying any legislative or administrative…
- § 82033 “Interest in real property” includes any leasehold, beneficial or ownership interest, or an option to acquire such an interest in real property located in the…
- § 82034 (a) “Investment” means any financial interest in or security issued by a business entity, including, but not limited to, common stock, preferred stock, rights,…
- § 82035 “Jurisdiction” means the state with respect to a state agency and, with respect to a local government agency, the region, county, city, district or other…
- § 82035.5 “LAFCO proposal” means a proposal, as defined in Section 56069, including a proceeding, as defined by Section 56067.
- § 82036 “Late contribution” means any of the following: (a) A contribution, including a loan, that totals in the aggregate one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more and is…
- § 82036.5 “Late independent expenditure” means an independent expenditure that totals in the aggregate one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more and is made for or against a…
- § 82037 “Legislative action” means the drafting, introduction, consideration, modification, enactment, or defeat of any bill, resolution, amendment, report,…
- § 82038 “Legislative official” means any employee or consultant of the Legislature whose duties are not solely secretarial, clerical or manual.
- § 82038.3 (a) “Lobbying coalition” means a group of 10 or more persons formed primarily to influence legislative or administrative action, whose members make payments to…
- § 82038.5 (a) “Lobbying firm” means any business entity, including an individual contract lobbyist, which meets either of the following criteria: (1) The business entity…
- § 82039 (a) “Lobbyist” means either of the following: (1) Any individual who receives two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more in economic consideration in a calendar…
- § 82039.5 “Lobbyist employer” means any person, other than a lobbying firm, who: (a) Employs one or more lobbyists for economic consideration, other than reimbursement…
- § 82041 “Local government agency” means a county, city or district of any kind including school district, or any other local or regional political subdivision, or any…
- § 82041.3 “Made at the behest of” means made under the control or at the direction of, in cooperation, consultation, coordination, or concert with, at the request or…
- § 82041.5 “Mass mailing” means over two hundred substantially similar pieces of mail, but does not include a form letter or other mail which is sent in response to an…
- § 82042 “Mayor” of a city includes mayor of a city and county.
- § 82043 “Measure” means any constitutional amendment or other proposition which is submitted to a popular vote at an election by action of a legislative body, or which…
- § 82044 “Payment” means a payment, distribution, transfer, loan, advance, deposit, gift or other rendering of money, property, services or anything else of value,…
- § 82045 “Payment to influence legislative or administrative action” means any of the following types of payment: (a) Direct or indirect payment to a lobbyist whether…
- § 82046 (a) “Period covered” by a statement or report required to be filed by this title, other than a campaign report, means, unless a different period is specified,… see note
- § 82047 “Person” means an individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, company, corporation, limited liability company,…
- § 82047.3 (a) “Placement agent” means an individual directly or indirectly hired, engaged, or retained by, or serving for the benefit of or on behalf of, an external…
- § 82047.5 “Primarily formed committee” means a committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 which is formed or exists primarily to support or oppose any of the…
- § 82047.6 (a) “Principal officer” means the individual primarily responsible for approving the political activities of a committee, including, but not limited to, the…
- § 82047.7 “Proponent of a state ballot measure” means “proponent” as defined in Section 9001 of the Elections Code.
- § 82048 (a) (1) “Public official” means every member, officer, employee, or consultant of a state or local government agency. (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of…
- § 82048.3 “Slate mailer” means a mass mailing which supports or opposes a total of four or more candidates or ballot measures.
- § 82048.4 (a) “Slate mailer organization” means, except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who, directly or indirectly, does all of the following: (1) Is…
- § 82048.5 “Special district” means any agency of the state established for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries.…
- § 82048.7 (a) “Sponsored committee” means a committee, other than a candidate controlled committee, that has one or more sponsors. Any person, except a candidate or…
- § 82048.8 “Spouse” includes registered domestic partners recognized by state law.
- § 82049 “State agency” means every state office, department, division, bureau, board and commission, and the Legislature.
- § 82050 “State candidate” means a candidate who seeks nomination or election to any elective state office.
- § 82051 “State measure” means any measure which is submitted or is intended to be submitted to the voters of the state.
- § 82052 “Statewide candidate” means a candidate who seeks election to any statewide elective office.
- § 82053 “Statewide elective office” means the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Controller, Secretary of State,…
- § 82054 “Statewide petition” means a petition to qualify a proposed state measure.