Political Reform Act of 1974: electronic filing.

Existing law authorizes the Counties of Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, and Stanislaus to participate in a pilot program to permit the electronic filing of statements of economic interests. Existing law authorizes the pilot program from January 1, 2009, to January 1, 2012, inclusive, for the reporting years of 2008 to 2011, inclusive, and requires a county participating in the pilot program to submit a report to the Fair Political Practices Commission containing specified information regarding the electronic filing process no later than July 1, 2011. The Fair Political Practices Commission is then required to transmit these reports to the Legislative Analyst's Office, which is required to provide a report evaluating the program to the Legislature no later than March 1, 2012. Existing law prohibits certain elected officials from participating in the pilot program, as prescribed. This bill would limit the reporting years included in the pilot program to 2008 to 2010, inclusive. This bill would also change the date on which the Legislative Analyst must report to the Legislature regarding the pilot program from March 1, 2012, to February 1, 2012. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.