BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 382| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: AB 382 Author: Mullin (D) Amended: 6/19/13 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE GOVERNANCE & FINANCE COMMITTEE : 6-1, 6/26/13 AYES: Wolk, Beall, DeSaulnier, Emmerson, Hernandez, Liu NOES: Knight ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 67-2, 5/16/13 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : State and local government: alternative investments: public access SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill amends the Ralph M. Brown Act (Brown Act) to clarify that proprietary information relating to alternative investments, currently exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act (PRA), is not subject to disclosure under the Brown Act. ANALYSIS : The Brown Act and the PRA establish standards for the open and public operations of the legislative boards of local agencies and the records maintained by those agencies. The Brown Act requires the meetings of local governments' legislative bodies to be "open and public," thereby ensuring people's access to information so they may retain control over the public agencies that serve them. CONTINUED AB 382 Page 2 Private discussions among a majority of a legislative body are prohibited, unless expressly authorized by the Brown Act. Legislative bodies can meet in closed sessions only for specified reasons. This bill amends the Brown Act to clarify that proprietary information relating to alternative investments, currently exempt from disclosure under the PRA, is not subject to disclosure under the Brown Act. Comments This bill clarifies the Brown Act's treatment of proprietary documents relating to alternative investments, exempting them from public disclosure. This bill makes the Brown Act consistent with the PRA, and statutes regarding "trade secrets," which provide an exception to the disclosure of limited proprietary information. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No SUPPORT : (per Senate Governance and Finance Committee analysis of 6/26/13 -- unable to reverify at time of writing) Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association Retired Employees of Los Angeles County State Association of County Retirement Systems ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 67-2, 5/16/13 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hernández, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Medina, Mitchell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez NOES: Mansoor, Olsen AB 382 Page 3 NO VOTE RECORDED: Allen, Donnelly, Grove, Harkey, Holden, Maienschein, Melendez, Morrell, Patterson, Stone, Vacancy AB:k 6/28/13 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****