§ 27.3515 — Disclosure of Behested Payments

§27.3515 Disclosure of Behested Payments

(a) A City Official who is an elected High Level Filer shall file a Fair Political Practices Commission Form 803 Behested Payment Report if any person makes one or more payments totaling $5,000 or more for a legislative, governmental, or charitable purpose at the behest of the official. A payment is made at the behest of an official if it is requested, solicited, or suggested by the official, or otherwise made in cooperation, consultation, coordination with, or at the consent of, the official. (b) The City Official shall file the Form 803 with the City Clerk within thirty calendar days following the date on which a payment causes the total payments made by that person at the behest of the official to reach or exceed $5,000 in the same calendar year. (c) Once a person has reached the $5,000 threshold during a calendar year, each subsequent behested payment by that person in any amount during the same calendar year must be reported to the City Clerk on a Form 803 within thirty calendar days. (d) A payment behested by a City Official includes a payment behested by his or her agent or employee on behalf of the official. (e) This section shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the provisions of California Government Code section 82015(b)(2)(B)(iii) and title 2, section 18215.3 of the California Code of Regulations.

(“Disclosure of Behested Payments” added 10-15-2013 by O-20302 N.S.; effective 11-14-2013.)