{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-82016","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 82016","heading":"","body":"(a) “Controlled committee” means a committee that is controlled directly or indirectly by a candidate or state measure proponent or that acts jointly with a candidate, controlled committee, or state measure proponent in connection with the making of expenditures. A candidate or state measure proponent controls a committee if the candidate or state measure proponent, the candidate or state measure proponent’s agent, or any other committee the candidate or state measure proponent controls has a significant influence on the actions or decisions of the committee.\n(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a political party committee, as defined in Section 85205, is not a controlled committee.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 9. POLITICAL REFORM [81000. - 91014.]","CHAPTER 2. Definitions [82000. - 82054.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6ec2a4dfc34bc61b68dc3413868f6c010b7d805f891d899c454bf2947820c43b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-82015.5","next":"us-ca/gov-82017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}