Section 90001 Of Chapter 10. Auditing From California Government Code >> Title 9. >> Chapter 10.
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. Audits and investigations shall be made pursuant to Section
90000 with respect to the reports and statements of:
(a) Each lobbying firm and each lobbyist employer who employs one
or more lobbyists shall be subject to an audit on a random basis with
these lobbying firms or lobbyist employers having a 25-percent
chance of being audited. When a lobbying firm or lobbyist employer is
audited, the individual lobbyists who are employed by the lobbying
firm or the lobbyist employer shall also be audited.
(b) Each statewide, Supreme Court, court of appeal, or Board of
Equalization candidate in a direct primary or general election for
whom it is determined that twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or
more in contributions have been raised or twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000) or more in expenditures have been made, whether by
the candidate or by a committee or committees controlled by the
candidate or whose participation in the direct primary or general
election is primarily in support of his or her candidacy. Each
statewide candidate whose contributions and expenditures are less
than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall be subject to an
audit on a random basis of 10 percent of the number of such
candidates.
(c) Each candidate for the Legislature or superior court judge in
a direct primary or general election shall be subject to audit by
random selection if it is determined that fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000) or more in contributions have been received or fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000) or more in expenditures have been made,
whether by the candidate or by a committee or committees controlled
by the candidate or primarily supporting his or her candidacy. Random
selection shall be made of 25 percent of the Senate districts, 25
percent of the Assembly districts and 25 percent of the judicial
offices contested in an election year.
(d) Each candidate for the Legislature in a special primary or
special runoff election for whom it is determined that fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000) or more in contributions have been raised
or fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or more in expenditures have
been made, whether by the candidate or by a committee or committees
controlled by the candidate or primarily supporting his or her
candidacy.
(e) Each controlled committee of any candidate who is being
audited pursuant to subdivision (b), (c), or (d).
(f) Each committee, other than a committee specified in
subdivision (c) of Section 82013, primarily supporting or opposing a
candidate who is being audited pursuant to subdivision (b), (c), or
(d) if it is determined that the committee has expended more than ten
thousand dollars ($10,000).
(g) Each committee, other than a committee specified in
subdivision (c) of Section 82013, whose participation is primarily in
support of or in opposition to a state measure or state measures if
it is determined that the committee has expended more than ten
thousand dollars ($10,000) on such measure or measures.
(h) Each committee, other than a committee defined in subdivision
(c) of Section 82013, a controlled committee or a committee primarily
supporting or opposing a state candidate or measure, if it is
determined that the committee has raised or expended more than ten
thousand dollars ($10,000) supporting or opposing state candidates or
state measures during any calendar year, except that if the
commission determines from an audit report that a committee is in
substantial compliance with the provisions of the act, the committee
thereafter shall be subject to an audit on a random basis with each
such committee having a 25-percent chance of being audited.
(i) (1) With respect to local candidates and their controlled
committees, the commission shall promulgate regulations which provide
a method of selection for these audits.
(2) With respect to candidates for the Board of Administration of
the Public Employees' Retirement System, the commission shall
promulgate regulations that provide a method for selection of these
audits. The Public Employees' Retirement System shall reimburse the
commission for all reasonable expenses incurred pursuant to this
section.
(j) In accordance with subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (h), the
Fair Political Practices Commission shall select by lot the persons
or districts to be audited on a random basis. For campaign audits the
selection shall be made in public after the last date for filing the
first report or statement following the general or special election
for which the candidate ran, or following the election at which the
measure was adopted or defeated. For lobbying firm and lobbyist
employer audits, the selection shall be made in public in February of
odd-numbered years.