BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1436
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1436 (Portantino)
As Amended January 4, 2010
Majority vote
HIGHER EDUCATION 8-0 APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Portantino, Block, Cook, |Ayes:|De Leon, Conway, Ammiano, |
| |Fong, Galgiani, Huber, | |Bradford, Charles |
| |Ma, Ruskin | |Calderon, Coto, Davis, |
| | | |Fuentes, Hall, Harkey, |
| | | |Miller, Nielsen, John A. |
| | | |Perez, Skinner, Solorio, |
| | | |Audra Strickland, |
| | | |Torlakson |
| | | | |
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SUMMARY : Requires public higher education entities, as
specified, to make available on the Internet a live audio
broadcast of each of its meetings that is open to the public.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges (CCC), the Board of Trustees of the California State
University (CSU), the California Postsecondary Education
Committee (CPEC), and the California Student Aid Commission
(CSAC) and its auxiliary (EdFund) to make available on the
Internet a live audio broadcast of each of its meetings that
is open to the public.
2)Requires that notice of these meetings and links to the live
audio broadcasts be easily accessible via each entity's
Internet Web site.
3)Requests the Regents of the University of California (UC)
comply with these provisions.
4)Provides that technical failures do not constitute a violation
of this section so long as the entity exercised due diligence
in making the live audio broadcast available.
FISCAL EFFECT : Minor absorbable costs to CSAC for
implementation. UC, CSU, CCC, CPEC, and EdFund already meet the
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bill's requirements.
COMMENTS : This bill is identical to AB 224 (Portantino) of
2009, which passed the Assembly 75-0. The author amended the
bill in the Senate to address a separate issue.
The California Legislature provides live audio and video
webcasts of its open meetings, including floor sessions and
committee hearings. UC, CSU, CCC, EdFund, and CPEC also audio
webcast their open meetings. Thus, while only CSAC would be
affected by this bill, the author believes this requirement
should be included in statute to ensure that these webcasts
continue and that the links to the webcasts are readily
accessible.
Analysis Prepared by : Sandra Fried / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960
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