BILL NUMBER: AB 1102	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lara

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 8545.2 of the Government Code, relating to
the State Auditor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1102, as introduced, Lara. State Auditor.
   Existing law sets out the authority of the State Auditor generally
in conducting audits of specified entities.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8545.2 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   8545.2.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State
Auditor  shall,  during regular business hours 
shall   ,  have access to and authority to examine
and reproduce, any and all books, accounts, reports, vouchers,
correspondence files, and all other records, bank accounts, and money
or other property, of any agency of the state, whether created by
the California Constitution or otherwise, any local governmental
entity, including any city, county, and school or special district,
and any publicly created entity, for any audit or investigation. Any
officer or employee of any agency or entity having these records or
property in his or her possession, under his or her control, or
otherwise having access to them, shall permit access to, and
examination and reproduction thereof, upon the request of the State
Auditor or his or her authorized representative.
   (b) For the purposes of access to and examination and reproduction
of the records and property described in subdivision (a), an
authorized representative of the State Auditor is an employee or
officer of the state or local governmental agency or publicly created
entity involved and is subject to any limitations on release of the
information as may apply to an employee or officer of the state or
local governmental agency or publicly created entity. For the purpose
of conducting any audit or investigation, the State Auditor or his
or her authorized representative shall have access to the records and
property of any public or private entity or person subject to review
or regulation by the public agency or public entity being audited or
investigated to the same extent that employees or officers of that
agency or public entity have access. No provision of law providing
for the confidentiality of any records or property shall prevent
disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a), unless the provision
specifically refers to and precludes access and examination and
reproduction pursuant to subdivision (a). This subdivision does not
apply to records compiled pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section
8900) or Part 2 (commencing with Section 10200) of Division 2.
   (c) Any officer or person who fails or refuses to permit access
and examination and reproduction, as required by this section, is
guilty of a misdemeanor.