§ 87500.3. — 87500.3. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 211, Sec. 5.)

California § 87500.3.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code GOV: Government Code - GOV
• Title 9.: TITLE 9. POLITICAL REFORM
• Ch. 7.: CHAPTER 7. Conflicts of Interest
• Art. 5.: ARTICLE 5. Filing

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(a)
The Commission may develop and operate an online system for filing statements of economic interests required by Article 2 (commencing with Section 87200) and Article 3 (commencing with Section 87300). Consistent with Section 87500.4, the online system shall enable a filer to comply with the requirements of this chapter relating to the filing of statements of economic interests and shall include, but not be limited to, both of the following:
(1)
A means or method whereby a filer may electronically file, free of charge, a statement of economic interests that includes an electronic transmission that is submitted under penalty of perjury in conformity with Section 81004 of this
code and subdivision (b) of Section 1633.11 of the Civil Code.
(2)
Security safeguards that include firewalls, data encryption, secure authentication, and all necessary hardware and software and industry best practices to ensure that the security and integrity of the data and information contained in each statement of economic interests are not jeopardized or compromised.
(b)
(1)
A system developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall issue to a person who electronically files the person’s statement of economic interests, or an amendment to a statement of economic interests, an electronic confirmation that notifies the filer that the filer’s statement of economic interests or amendment was received. The confirmation shall include the date and the time that the statement
of economic interests or amendment was received and the method by which the filer may view and print the data received.
(2)
A paper copy retained by the filer of a statement of economic interests or amendment that was electronically filed and the confirmation issued pursuant to paragraph (1) that shows that the filer timely filed the filer’s statement of economic interests or amendment shall create a rebuttable presumption that the filer filed the filer’s statement of economic interests or amendment on time.
(c)
If the Commission develops an online system pursuant to subdivision (a), it shall conduct public hearings to receive input on the implementation of that system, maintain ongoing coordination among affected state and local agencies
as necessary, and continue to develop and provide updated and ongoing training and assistance programs for state and local filing officers and filers regarding use of the online system for filing statements of economic interests.
(d)
(1)
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Commission may make all the data filed on the system operated pursuant to subdivision (a) available on the Commission’s internet website in an easily understood format that provides the greatest public access, and shall provide assistance to those seeking public access to the information.
(2)
Notwithstanding Section 81008 or the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), the Commission shall redact
the following private information from the data that is made available on the internet pursuant to this subdivision:
(A)
The signature, telephone number, email address, and mailing address of the filer.
(B)
At the request of the filer, the street name and building number of the filer’s personal residence address, under either of the following circumstances:
(i)
The filer identifies a business entity on their statement of economic interest, and the business entity’s address is the same as the filer’s personal residence address.
(ii)
The filer reports
income from renting space to a tenant at the filer’s personal residence, and the tenant’s address is the same as the filer’s personal residence address.
(C)
(i)
At the request of a filer who is a current elected official or a former elected official who is filing because they have left office, and if the Commission determines the current or former elected official has a reasonable privacy concern related to a family member’s name or other personally identifiable information:
(I)
The family member’s name.
(II)
The family member’s address.
(III)
The address of an entity that employs the family member.
(IV)
The name of an entity that includes the family member’s name or address in the entity’s name.
(ii)
The Commission may adopt regulations that define “family member” and “reasonable privacy concern” for purposes of this subparagraph (C).

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 211, Sec. 5. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2025.