California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 6 - Fair Political Practices Commission
Chapter 9.5 - Ethics
Section 18945.1 - Aggregation of Gifts; "Single" Source

Universal Citation: 2 CA Code of Regs 18945.1

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

For purposes of the gift limits in Sections 86203 and 89503, and the Act's reporting requirements, separate gifts from two or more sources are aggregated as being from a single source in any of the following circumstances:

(a) The separate gifts are from an individual and an entity in which the individual has an ownership interest of more than 50 percent unless the individual did not direct and control the gift from the entity. An individual who has an ownership interest of more than 50 percent is presumed to direct and control the gift from the entity. This presumption may be rebutted if the payment is made by another individual who, in fact, directed and controlled the payment.

(b) The separate gifts are from an individual and an entity and the individual in fact directed and controlled the decision of the entity to make the gift.

(c) The gifts are from two or more entities and the same person or a majority of the same persons directed and controlled the decisions of the entities to make the gifts to the official.

(d) Business entities in a parent-subsidiary relationship, or business entities with the same controlling (more than 50 percent) owner, shall be considered a single source unless the business entities acted independently in their decisions to make the gifts. For purposes of this regulation, a parent-subsidiary relationship exists when one business entity owns more than 50 percent of another business entity.

1. New section filed 1-25-93; operative 1-25-93 (Register 93, No. 5).
2. Change without regulatory effect relocating section filed 11-17-94 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 94, No. 46).
3. Amendment of first paragraph, subsections (c)-(d) and NOTE filed 7-25-95; operative 7-25-95 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 95, No. 30).
4. Amendment of section heading and section filed 1-23-2012. Pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 2, section 18313(e), FPPC has designated an effective date of 1-1-2012. Submitted to OAL for filing pursuant to Fair Political Practices Commission v. Office of Administrative Law, 3 Civil C010924, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, nonpublished decision, April 27, 1992 (FPPC regulations only subject to 1974 Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking requirements and not subject to procedural or substantive review by OAL) (Register 2012, No. 4).

Note: Authority cited: Section 83112, Government Code. Reference: Sections 89501 through 89506, Government Code.

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