BILL NUMBER: AB 800	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 304 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 800, as introduced, Gomez. Campaign advertising or
communications.
   The Elections Code defines "campaign advertising or communication"
to mean a communication authorized by a candidate or specified
committee for the purpose of advocating the election or defeat of a
qualified candidate or ballot measure through any broadcasting
station, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, direct
mailing, or any other type of general, public, political advertising.
The Elections Code makes specified provisions of the Civil Code,
relating to libel and slander, fully applicable to any campaign
advertising or communication, as defined.
   This bill would specify that "campaign advertising or
communication" includes a communication authorized by a candidate or
specified committee for the purpose of advocating the election or
defeat of a qualified candidate or ballot measure through Internet
advertising.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 304 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   304.  "Campaign advertising or communication" means a
communication authorized by a candidate or a candidate's controlled
committee, as defined in Section 82016 of the Government Code, or by
a committee making independent expenditures, as defined in Section
82031 of the Government Code, or by a committee formed primarily to
support or oppose a ballot measure, as defined in Section 82047.5 of
the Government Code, for the purpose of advocating the election or
defeat of a qualified candidate or ballot measure through any
broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising
facility, direct mailing,  Internet advertising,  or any
other type of general, public, political advertising.