Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds: disclosures.

Under existing law, any expenditure of campaign funds that confers a substantial personal benefit on any individual or individuals with authority to approve the expenditure of campaign funds held by the committee, must be directly related to a political, legislative, or governmental purpose of the committee. This bill would allow campaign funds to be used to pay or reimburse airline travel expenses related to an emotional support animal belonging to and traveling with an individual whose airline travel may be paid for or reimbursed by campaign funds, as specified. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.