Amended in Senate August 24, 2015

Amended in Assembly April 27, 2015

Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 410


Introduced by Assembly Member Obernolte

(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Lackey)

February 19, 2015


An act to add Section 9796 to the Government Code, relating to state government.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 410, as amended, Obernolte. Reports submitted to legislative committees.

Existing law requires a 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, to be submitted in a specified manner, including, but not limited to, a requirement that a report submitted by a state agency be posted on the state agency’s Internet Web site.

This bill would require a state agency to post on its Internet Web site any report it is required by law to submit to a committee of the Legislaturebegin insert, as specifiedend insert. The bill would specify that a “report” includes a study or audit, or a budget change proposal that has been approved by the Department of Finance and submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Assembly Committee on Budget, or the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 9796 is added to the Government Code,
2to read:

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9796.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertA state agency shall post on its Internet Web site
4any report the state agency is required by law to submit to a
5committee of the Legislature.begin delete Forend delete

6begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insert(1)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertForend insert purposes of this section, “report” includes a study
7or audit, or a budget change proposal that has been approved by
8the Department of Finance and submitted to the Joint Legislative
9Budget Committee, the Assembly Committee on Budget, or the
10Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.

begin insert

11(2) For purposes of a report that is a budget change proposal
12approved by the Department of Finance as described in this
13section, the report is deemed a report of Department of Finance
14instead of the submitting state agency and shall be posted on the
15Department of Finance’s Internet Web site.

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