{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-82031","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 82031","heading":"","body":"“Independent expenditure” means an expenditure made by any person, including a payment of public moneys by a state or local governmental agency, in connection with a communication which expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or the qualification, passage or defeat of a clearly identified measure, or taken as a whole and in context, unambiguously urges a particular result in an election but which is not made to or at the behest of the affected candidate or 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":"5686a990fc3572a3160e0eae623e3463bb689d676120502a8f168780cea720d8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-82030.5","next":"us-ca/gov-82032"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}