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Levine Act
noun1 shorthand reference to a California law that prohibits public officials from soliciting contributions from people with business pending before the government; covers elected and appointed officials who oversee prescribed set of licensing, permitting and contracting matters; rules have been periodically amended since the regulations were enacted in 1982; named for Assemblyman Mel Levine, who sponsored the original bill, an amendment to the Political Reform Act of 1974
Should it opt to investigate the contribution for Levine Act violations, the commission’s final determination would likely hinge on whether Barnhart’s contract with the district meets any of the law’s exemptions.— KUSI News
The 2022 bill extended that prohibition to local elected officials, including members of city councils, school boards, water boards and county boards of supervisors, who had previously been exempt from the Levine Act.— Los Angeles Times