BILL NUMBER: AB 1625	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Klehs

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Section 7550.7 to the Government Code, relating to
state reports.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1625, as introduced, Klehs.   State government: reports:
perjury.
   Existing law generally sets out the requirements for the
submission of written reports by public agencies to the Legislature,
the Governor, and state legislative and executive entities.
   This bill would additionally require any of these written reports
required to be submitted by any state agency, board, or commission to
include a signed statement by the head of the agency or chair of the
board or commission, with specified exceptions, declaring under
penalty of perjury that the contents of the report are accurate to
the best of his or her knowledge. By expanding the scope of a crime,
this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 7550.7 is added to the  Government Code , to
read:
   7550.7.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every
written report, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of
Section 7550.5, required to be submitted to the Legislature by any
state agency, board, or commission, shall include a signed statement
by the head of that agency, or chair of the board of commission, as
described in subdivision (b), declaring under penalty of perjury that
the contents of the report are accurate to the best of his or her
knowledge. (b) This section shall only apply to those individuals
appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. It shall not
be construed to apply to any elected official of the state, or any
official whose duties are prescribed by the California Constitution.

  SEC. 2.
  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of
Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs
that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be
incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction,
eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime
or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.