BILL NUMBER: AB 418	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mullin

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2013

   An act to add Section 8547.14 to the Government Code, relating to
state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 418, as introduced, Mullin. California Whistleblower Protection
Act: state agency: Internet.
   The California Whistleblower Protection Act establishes procedures
under which a state employee may report improper governmental
activities or make a protected disclosure to the State Auditor and
prohibits retaliation or reprisal against a state employee for these
acts. The act requires the State Auditor to investigate and report on
improper governmental activities, as defined.
   This bill would require a state agency to post a graphical link,
as specified, to the State Auditor's Internet Web page that contains
information on how to file a complaint under the act. The bill would
require the graphical link to include the phone number that the
public and a state employee may use to make a complaint under the
act.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8547.14 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8547.14.  A state agency shall post a graphical link on the
homepage of its Internet Web site to the State Auditor's Internet Web
page that contains information on how to file a complaint pursuant
to this article. The graphical link shall include the phone number
that the public and a state employee may use to make a complaint
pursuant to this article.