BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



                                                                  AB 1414
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          Date of Hearing:   May 15, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

            AB 1414 (Committee on Accountability) - As Introduced:  March  
                                      20, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                               
          AccountabilityVote:14 - 1 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the California Department of Food and  
          Agriculture (CDFA) to post the annual weights and measures  
          report on its Internet Web site.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          There are no significant costs associated with this legislation.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . CDFA's Division of Measurement Standards has been  
          preparing an annual weights and measures report since 2002.   
          This bill simply seeks to improve governmental transparency by  
          requiring CDFA to post its annual weights and measures report on  
          its internet website.

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