BILL NUMBER: AB 2853	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gatto

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act relating to public records.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2853, as introduced, Gatto. Public records.
   The California Public Records Act defines the term "public record,"
for purposes of that act, to mean any writing containing information
relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned,
used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical
form or characteristics.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to
subsequently amend this bill to include provisions that would clarify
that the term "public record," for purposes of that act, includes
those writings kept on the private cellular phone or other electronic
device of an elected official, official, or employee or a public
agency if those records relate to the public's business.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to subsequently
amend this bill to include provisions that would clarify that the
term "public record," for purposes of the California Public Records
Act, includes those writings kept on the private cellular phone or
other electronic device of an elected official, official, or employee
or a public agency if those records relate to the public's business.