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                                                                  AB 1365
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          Date of Hearing:   May 15, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                 AB 1365 (John Perez) - As Amended:  April 24, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                               
          AccountabilityVote:12 - 1 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes various statutory changes related to reports  
          filed by state and local agencies with Legislative Counsel, and  
          to the website for reports maintained by Legislative Counsel.  
          Specifically, this bill:

          1)Authorizes state and local agencies to file these reports with  
            the Legislative Counsel electronically.

          2)Requires Legislative Counsel to make the list of agency  
            reports available to the public by posting it on an website.

          3)Requires Legislative Counsel's list of agency reports to  
            include information regarding the date on which the report was  
            filed rather than requiring the completion date of the report.

          4)Directs state and local agencies filing electronic copies of  
            reports with Legislative Counsel to also include a hyperlink  
            whereby the report may be accessed if posted online.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Costs associated with this legislation should minor and  
          absorbable within existing resources. 

           COMMENTS 

           Purpose  . The intent of this legislation is to allow the public  
          to access the various reports submitted to the Legislature by  
          state agencies. 









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          The author contends that with advances in technology and the  
          transition to paperless government practices, allowing those  
          state and local agencies and Legislative Counsel to provide  
          electronic copies and links to the completed report saves time,  
          money and resources.  


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081