Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session
contributions by state contractors and their officers and substantial owners to candidates for state office or their authorized committees.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits any corporation or cooperative, and any individual who is an
officer or substantial owner of a corporation or cooperative, that offers to enter or
enters into a contract with any state agency from making a political contribution to
a candidate for state office, during the period beginning on the date on which the
contract is amended and ending on the date on which all obligations under the
contract are executed in full. The bill defines a "substantial owner" as an individual
who, alone or in combination with his or her immediate family, owns or controls more
than 15 percent of the equity in a corporation or cooperative. The prohibition also
applies to the personal campaign and authorized support committees of a candidate
for state office.
Currently, a corporation or cooperative is prohibited from making political
contributions in most cases. Current law does not address contributions by officers
or substantial owners.
Violators of the prohibition created by the bill are subject to a forfeiture (civil
penalty) of treble the amount or value of any unlawful contribution. Intentional
violators are guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than $1,000 or
imprisoned for not more than six months or both.