The Political Reform Act (Government Code Sections 81000, et seq.) requires state and local government agencies to adopt and promulgate Conflict of Interest Codes. The Fair Political Practices Commission has adopted a regulation (2 Cal. Code of Regs. § 18730) which contains the terms of a standard Conflict of Interest Code which can be incorporated by reference into an agency's code. After public notice, it may be amended by the Fair Political Practices Commission to conform to amendments in the Political Reform Act. Therefore, the terms of California Code of Regulations, title 2, Section 18730, and any amendments to it duly adopted by the Fair Political Practices Commission, are incorporated herein by reference. This regulation and the attached Appendices designating officials and employees and establishing disclosure categories, shall constitute the Conflict of Interest Code of the Office of the Secretary for the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA).
Designated employees shall file their statements with the agency, which will make the statements available for public inspection and reproduction. (Gov. Code § 81008). Upon receipt of the statement for Agency Secretary, the agency shall make and retain a copy and forward the original of each statement to the Fair Political Practices Commission. Statements for all other designated employees will be retained by CalEPA.
Appendix A
Disclosure Categories
Category 1
Every person in this Category must report: All interests in real property in the State of California, as well as investments, business positions in business entities, and all sources of income, including receipt of loans, gifts, and travel payments.
Category 2
Every person in this Category must report: Investments and business positions in business entities, and all sources of income, including receipt of loans, gifts, and travel payments from, entities that are subject to the regulatory authority of CaIEPA and its boards, departments and office; and all sources of income, including receipt of loans, gifts, and travel payments, from nonprofit, trade and professional organizations that appear before or participate in other types of proceedings formally or informally with CalEPA and its boards, departments and office.
Category 3
Every person in this Category must report: Investments, and business positions in business entities, and all sources of income, including receipt of loans, gifts, and travel payments from, sources of the type that provide services, supplies, materials, machinery or equipment of the type utilized by CalEPA and its boards, departments and office.
Appendix B
List of Designated Positions
Position | Disclosure Category | |
Agency Secretary | 1 | |
Agency Information Officer | 1 | |
Air Pollution Specialists | 1 | |
Air Resources Supervisors | 1 | |
Associate Business Management Analysts | 3 | |
Associate Governmental Progam Analysts (Facility Services) | 3 | |
Assistant Secretaries | 1 | |
Business Services Officers | 4 | |
Career Executive Assignment (CEA) Positions | 1 | |
Counsels | 1 | |
Deputy Secretaries | 1 | |
Environmental Program Managers | 2 | |
Environmental Scientists (All Levels) | 2 | |
Exempt Positions (Other) | 2 | |
Integrated Waste Management Specialists | 3 | |
Staff Information Systems Analysts | 3 | |
Staff Programmer Analysts | 3 | |
Staff Services Managers (Facility Services) | 3 | |
Undersecretary | 1 | |
Consultants/New Positions | * | |
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* Consultants/New Positions shall be included in the list of designated employees and shall disclose pursuant to the broadest disclosure category in the code subject to the following limitation: | ||
The Agency Secretary may determine in writing that a particular consultant, although a "designated position," is hired to perform a range of duties that are limited in scope and, thus, is not required to fully comply with the disclosure requirements in this section. Such written determination shall include a description of the consultant's or new position's duties and, based upon that description, a statement of the extent of disclosure requirements. The Agency Secretary's determination is a public record and shall be retained for public inspection in the same manner and location as this Conflict of Interest Code. |
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 27, § 10010
2. Repealer of section and new section and Appendix filed 7-23-2002; operative 8-22-2002. Approved by Fair Political Practices Commission 5-16-2002 (Register 2002, No. 30).
3. Repealer and new section and Appendix A and Appendix B filed 12-17-2009; operative 1-16-2010. Approved by Fair Political Practices Commission 11-16-2009 (Register 2009, No. 51).
4. Amendment of general provisions and Appendices A and B filed 10-28-2015; operative 11-27-2015 pursuant to Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, section 18750(l). Approved by the Fair Political Practices Commission 9-24-2015 and submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, section 18750(k) (Register 2015, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 87300 and 87306, Government Code. Reference: Sections 87300, 87301, 87302 and 87500, Government Code; and Section of Title 218730 of Title 2, Division 6 of California Code of Regulations.
2. Repealer of section and new section and Appendix filed 7-23-2002; operative 8-22-2002. Approved by Fair Political Practices Commission 5-16-2002 (Register 2002, No. 30).
3. Repealer and new section and Appendix A and Appendix B filed 12-17-2009; operative 1-16-2010. Approved by Fair Political Practices Commission 11-16-2009 (Register 2009, No. 51).
4. Amendment of general provisions and Appendices A and B filed 10-28-2015; operative 11/27/2015 pursuant to Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, section 18750(l). Approved by the Fair Political Practices Commission 9-24-2015 and submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, section 18750(k) (Register 2015, No. 44).