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7 California Political Treasurer s Association
1127-11`s Street, Suite 210
Sacramento, CA 95814
January 1, 2020
Tom Diebert
Vice President & COO
NetFile, Inc.
2707-A Aurora Road
Mariposa, CA 95338
Dear Tom:
One of the goals of the California Political Treasurer's Association (CPTA) is to promote the concept of paperless electronic filing for Campaign Disclosure statements in California at all levels.
As such, we would like to acknowledge NetFile, Inc. and their contributions over the years to the local Agency filing community, specifically County and City Agencies in California.
Our members have worked with several of these Agencies and applaud NetFile's efforts in making their Agency system work within the confines of Assembly Bill 2452 which allows local governments to electronically file Campaign Statements in California in a true paperless fashion. We know the first ever paperless filing in CA took place on January 22, 2013 through a CPTA treasurer filing to a NetFile Agency system. Since then we have seen NetFile being adopted by several local government Agencies in CA today.
As such, we recommend that all local government Agencies in CA go to a paperless filing system for their Campaign Disclosure filings. From the prospective of the CPTA, we recommend those Agencies use NetFile as their preferred solution.
NetFile's background in Campaign Disclosure gives them the unique advantage of having expertise nowhere else available for the local government filing community. The fact that NetFile accounts for over 70% of all filings made to the Secretary of State of CA gives them a distinctive advantage in Campaign Disclosure expertise not found anywhere else. All of the treasurers agree that any filings made to local governments that use the NetFile system, makes the process easy and results in the ultimate level of transparency.
We applaud NetFile's efforts in promoting paperless electronic filing in CA and endorse them as the solution of choice for California local government Agencies.
Sincerely,
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Laura Ann Stephen
Vice President, Legislative Affairs