(a) All reports and statements filed under this title shall be signed under penalty of perjury and verified by the filer. The verification shall state that the filer has used all reasonable diligence in its preparation, and that to the best of the filer’s knowledge it is true and complete.

(b) A report or statement filed by a committee which qualifies under subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall be signed and verified by the treasurer, and a report or statement filed by any other person shall be signed and verified by the filer. If the filer is an entity other than an individual, the report or statement shall be signed and verified by a responsible officer of the entity or by an attorney or a certified public accountant acting as agent for the entity. Every person who signs and verifies any report or statement required to be filed under this title which contains material matter which that person knows to be false is guilty of perjury.

Terms Used In California Government Code 81004

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Digital signature: means an electronic identifier, created by computer, intended by the party using it to have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature. See California Government Code 16.5
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10

(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person required to file a report or statement by paper with the Secretary of State may instead file the paper report or statement by email with the Secretary of State, or by other digital means as prescribed by the Secretary of State.

(2) A report or statement filed by email pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be signed using a digital signature that conforms with the requirements of Section 16.5.

(3) A report or statement filed with the Secretary of State by email that meets the requirements in this subdivision is the original report or statement for audit and other legal purposes.

(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 128) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 328, Sec. 1. (AB 2172) Effective January 1, 2023. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 2018, Ch. 662. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.)

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