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Dal & <br />BEST BEST & KRIEaGER � <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />To: PUBLIC AGENCY CLIENTS <br />From: BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP <br />Date: SEPTEMBER 11. 2018 <br />Fie: WHEN ARE "NON -FILERS" SUBJECT TO THE POLITICAL REFORM <br />ACT <br />The Political Reform Act's sweeping core provision prohibits any and all public <br />officials, officers, employees and agency consultants from making, participating in <br />making, or attempting to influence a governmental decision if that decision will have a <br />reasonably foreseeable, material financial effect on one or more of the official's <br />economic interests. (Gov't Code §§ 87100, 87103.) <br />In addition to this general prohibition, the Act imposes reporting requirements <br />and gift receipt limits on individuals whose positions are specified in Government Code <br />section 87200---"statutory filers" ---and those enumerated in an agency's Conflict of <br />Interest Code under Section 87302---"code filers." These two categories of filers are <br />meant to sweep within the Act's reporting requirements and gift limit provisions <br />individuals whose positions within an agency might foreseeably be involved in making, <br />participating in making or with the ability to influence a governmental decision that might <br />affect one or more of their economic interests. (See Gov't Code § 87302.) <br />A person whose position is subject to the Act, either as a "statutory filer" or a <br />"code filer", is required to (1) file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700), upon <br />assuming office and thereafter annually, (2) report and limit the receipt of "gifts," and, <br />_i_ <br />This product provided under the Public Policy & Ethics Group Program <br />93939.0020E\31423076.1 <br />