Local government: reorganization: expenditure reporting.

(1) Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act, requires contributions and expenditures for political purposes on boundary changes approved by a local agency formation commission to be disclosed and reported to the commission to the same extent and subject to the same requirements of the Political Reform Act of 1974 as provided for local initiative measures. This bill would revise these provisions to require the expenditures to be disclosed and reported pursuant to the Political Reform Act of 1974. (2) Existing law, for purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974, defines "LAFCO proposal" to mean a proposal, as defined by the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act, that is initiated as a petition for filing with a local agency formation commission. This bill would revise the definition of "LAFCO proposal" to mean a proposal, as defined by the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act, including a proceeding, as defined by that act. (3) 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.