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                                    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  :     State Association of County Retirement Systems


           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.
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          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  :   (Verified  6/28/13)

          State Association of County Retirement Systems (source)
          Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association
          Retired Employees of Los Angeles County


           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, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway,  
            Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,  
            Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,  
            Hagman, Hall, Roger Hern�ndez, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine,  
            Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Medina, Mitchell, Mullin,  
            Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez,  
            Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Ting, Torres,  
            Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada,  
            John A. P�rez
          NOES:  Mansoor, Olsen
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Allen, Donnelly, Grove, Harkey, Holden,  







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            Maienschein, Melendez, Morrell, Patterson, Stone, Vacancy


          AB:k  7/1/13   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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