BILL NUMBER: AB 1365	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member John A. Pérez

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Sections 9795 and 10242.5 of the Government Code,
relating to agency reports.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1365, as introduced, John A. Pérez. State and local agency
reports: submission to Legislative Counsel.
   Existing law requires the Legislative Counsel to annually prepare,
publish, and maintain an electronic list of all reports that state
and local agencies are required or requested by law to prepare and
file with the Governor or the Legislature. Existing law requires
state and local agencies to file a printed copy of these reports with
the Legislative Counsel.
   This bill would authorize state and local agencies to file these
reports with the Legislative Counsel electronically.
   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 9795 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   9795.  (a) (1) Any report required or requested by law to be
submitted by a state or local agency to the Members of either house
of the Legislature generally, shall instead be submitted as a printed
copy to  both the Legislative Counsel and  the
Secretary of the Senate,  and  as an electronic copy
to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly  , and as an electronic or
printed copy to the Legislative Counsel  . Each report shall
include a summary of its contents, not to exceed one page in length.
If the report is submitted by a state agency, that agency shall also
provide an electronic copy of the summary directly to each member of
the appropriate house or houses of the Legislature. Notice of receipt
of the report shall also be recorded in the journal of the
appropriate house or houses of the Legislature by the secretary or
clerk of that house.
   (2) In addition to and as part of the information made available
to the public in electronic form pursuant to Section 10248, the
Legislative Counsel shall make available a list of the reports
submitted by state and local agencies, as specified in paragraph (1).
If the Legislative Counsel receives a request from a member of the
public for a report contained in the list, the Legislative Counsel is
not required to provide a copy of the report and may refer the
requester to the state or local agency, as the case may be, that
authored the report, or to the California State Library as the final
repository of public information.
   (b) No report shall be distributed to a Member of the Legislature
unless specifically requested by that member.
   (c) Compliance with subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be full
compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 10242.5.
   (d) A state agency report and summary subject to this section
shall include an Internet Web site where the report can be downloaded
and telephone number to call to order a hard copy of the report. A
report submitted by a state agency subject to this section shall also
be posted at the agency's Internet Web site.
   (e) For purposes of this section, "report" includes any study or
audit.
  SEC. 2.  Section 10242.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   10242.5.  (a) The Legislative Counsel shall annually prepare,
publish, and maintain an electronic list of all reports that state
and local agencies are required or requested by law to prepare and
file with the Governor or the Legislature, or both, in the future or
within the preceding year. The list shall include all of the
following information:
   (1) The name of the agency that is required or requested to
prepare and file the report.
   (2) A brief description of the subject of the report.
   (3) The date on which the report is to be completed and filed.
   (4) The date on which the report was completed and filed.
   (b) Each list by the Legislative Counsel prepared pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall be sent to each Member of the Legislature and
shall be available to the public. The Legislative Counsel may charge
a member of the public a fee that does not exceed the direct cost of
printing the list.
   (c) Each state and local agency that is required or requested by
law to prepare a report described in subdivision (a) shall file a
printed  or electronic  copy of the report with the
Legislative Counsel.
   (d) As used in this section:
   (1) "Agency" includes any city, county, special district,
department, board, bureau, or commission, including any task force or
other similar body that is created by statute or resolution. "Agency"
does not include the University of California.
   (2) "Report" includes any study or audit.
   (e) (1) The Legislative Counsel shall update the list required by
subdivision (a) by removing obsolete or duplicate reports from the
list. The Legislative Counsel shall also remove reports from the list
as directed by Section 4 of  the act adding this subdivision
  Chapter 7 of the Statutes of 2010  , or a
subsequent statute that further requires the Legislative Counsel to
remove reports included in the list.
   (2) For purposes of this subdivision, "obsolete report" means a
report that has not been completed and filed and for which the date
that the report was required to be completed and filed was four or
more years after the initial report is submitted.