Among the 37 bills vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday was a measure to require that the Fair Political Practices Commission post online gifts that interest groups report giving to lawmakers and staff.
Assembly Bill 2007, by Assemblyman Anthony Adams, R-Hesperia, was introduced after dozens of lawmakers incurred fines for failing to report gifts interest groups claimed to have given them. Some legislators said they did not report the items because they had never been notified of the gift value.
Gift reports from lobbyist employers are already posted on the secretary of state's website. The FPPC opposed the measure, arguing that requiring that staff collect and post the information would cost the agency an additional $90,000 a year.
Schwarzenegger wrote in a veto message that the measure was unnecessary.
"Requiring the Fair Political Practices Commission to extrapolate this information and host it on their website is duplicative and costly," he wrote.
Click here for a full list of bills signed and vetoed last night. Schwarzenegger has until Thursday to act on more than 500 more bills approved by the Legislature.
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