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HomeGovernment CodeCh. 10§ 90004 Campaign Report Distribution Rules

§ 90004 Campaign Report Distribution Rules

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§ 90004 Campaign Report Distribution Rules

Key Takeaways

  • •The Franchise Tax Board makes reports about money in politics and sends them to important people like the Commission, Secretary of State, and Attorney General.
  • •If the report is about someone running for Attorney General, it also goes to district attorneys in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco.
  • •If the report is about local candidates, it goes to the local filing officer and the district attorney where the candidate lives.
  • •These reports are public, so anyone can see them, and they show if the money reports from campaigns are correct or missing something.

Example

A person runs for mayor in a small town and collects money for their campaign.

The Franchise Tax Board checks if the person reported all the money correctly. They write a report about it and send it to the local filing officer and the town’s district attorney. Everyone can read this report to see if the mayor candidate followed the money rules.

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§ 90004 Campaign Report Distribution Rules

(a) The Franchise Tax Board shall periodically prepare reports, which, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be sent to the Commission, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General. If the reports relate to candidates for or committees supporting or opposing candidates for the office of Attorney General, the reports shall be sent to the Commission, the Secretary of State, and the District Attorneys of the Counties of Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco. If the reports relate to local candidates and their controlled committees, the reports shall be sent to the Commission, the local filing officer with whom the candidate or committee is required to file the originals of campaign reports pursuant to Section 84215, and the district attorney for the candidate’s county of domicile. (b) The Franchise Tax Board shall complete its report of any audit conducted on a random basis pursuant to Section 90001 within two years after the person or entity subject to the audit is selected by the Commission to be audited. (c) The reports of the Franchise Tax Board shall be public documents and shall contain in detail the Franchise Tax Board’s findings with respect to the accuracy and completeness of each report and statement reviewed and its findings with respect to any report or statement that should have been but was not filed. The Secretary of State and the local filing officer shall place the audit reports in the appropriate campaign statement or lobbying files. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 9, Sec. 6. (AB 800) Effective April 3, 2014. Operative July 1, 2014, by Sec. 11 of Ch. 9. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

Key Terms

commissionsecretaryportthe franchise taxattorney generalstatementcampaign financesfranchise tax board

Related Statutes

  • § 90003 Additional Audits Investigations Authority
  • § 8837 Financial Reporting Requirements
  • § 90002 Lobbying And Campaign Audits
  • § 90006 Controller Candidate Audits
  • § 91011 Civil Action Time Limits

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Government Code. Section 90004.
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