BILL NUMBER: AB 435	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 25, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 28, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Gallagher, Olsen, and Steinorth)
   (Coauthor: Senator Anderson)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2015

   An act to add Sections 12805.4 and 12812.4 to the Government Code,
relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 435, as amended, Chang. California Environmental Protection
Agency: Natural Resources Agency: Web casts of public meetings and
workshops.
   Existing law establishes the California Environmental Protection
Agency and the Natural Resources Agency as agencies in the state
government. Existing law, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act,
generally requires that all meetings of a state body be open and
public.
   This bill would require that each department, board, and
commission of the Natural Resources Agency and each department,
board, and office of the California Environmental Protection Agency
Web cast all onsite public meetings, in a manner that enables
listeners and viewers to ask questions and provide public comment by
telephone or electronic communication commensurate with those
attending the meeting. The bill would require the agencies to make
the recording of a Web cast available online for no less than 3 years
for subsequent viewing by interested members of the public.
   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 12805.4 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   12805.4.  (a) For purposes of this section,  "Web
  the following terms have the following meaning: 

   (1) "Nonagency site" means a location other than agency
headquarters or state government buildings or facilities where the
primary operations of the agency or any of its departments, boards,
or commissions take place. 
    (2)     "Web  cast" means a media
presentation distributed over the Internet using live streaming media
technology to distribute content to listeners and viewers.
   (b) Each department, board, and commission of the Natural
Resources Agency shall Web cast all public meetings in a manner that
enables listeners and viewers to ask questions and provide public
comment by telephone or electronic communication commensurate with
those persons attending the meeting. The agency shall make the
recording of a Web cast available online for no less than three years
for subsequent viewing by interested members of the public.
   (c) The requirements of subdivision (b) do not apply to a
conservancy or the California Science Center. This subdivision does
not limit the authority of the agency to Web cast meetings of a
conservancy or the California Science Center.
   (d) The requirements of subdivision (b) do not apply to public
meetings held at nonagency sites. This subdivision does not limit the
authority of the agency to Web cast meetings of any department,
board, or commission held at a nonagency site.
  SEC. 2.  Section 12812.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   12812.4.  (a) For purposes of this section,  "Web
  the following terms have the following meaning: 

   (1) "Nonagency site" means a location other than agency
headquarters or state government buildings or facilities where the
primary operations of the agency or any of its departments, boards,
or offices take place. 
    (2)     "Web  cast" means a media
presentation distributed over the Internet using live streaming media
technology to distribute content to listeners and viewers.
   (b) Each department, board, and office of the California
Environmental Protection Agency shall Web cast all public meetings in
a manner that enables listeners and viewers to ask questions and
provide public comment by telephone or electronic communication
commensurate with those persons attending the meeting. The agency
shall make the recording of a Web cast available online for no less
than three years for subsequent viewing by interested members of the
public.
   (c) The deputy secretary for external affairs shall be responsible
for implementation of this section.
   (d) The requirements of subdivision (b) do not apply to public
meetings held at nonagency sites. This subdivision does not limit the
authority of the agency to Web cast meetings of any department,
board, or  commission   office  held at a
nonagency site.