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Cal. Gov. Code § 81012

General

Known as the Political Reform Act

The act spans §§ 81000–91014 (404 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Huening v. March Fong Eu (1991)

Most recently applied in 192 Cal. App. 4th 110 - Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n v. Bowen (January 2011)

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 331, Sec. 2

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

This title may be amended or repealed by the procedures set forth in this section. If any portion of subdivision (a) is declared invalid, then subdivision (b) shall be the exclusive means of amending or repealing this title.

(a) This title may be amended to further its purposes by statute, passed in each house by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring and signed by the Governor, if at least 8 days before passage in each house, or at least 12 days before passage in each house if the previous form of the bill did not amend this title, the bill in its final form has been printed, distributed to the Members of the Legislature, and published on the internet.

(b) This title may be amended or repealed by a statute that becomes effective only when approved by the electors.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.