BILL NUMBER: AB 1625	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 11, 2005

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 amended, 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,  or specified
officers of certain boards,  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)  (1)    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.  
   (2) With respect to the Franchise Tax Board, the signed statement
described in paragraph (1) shall be made by the executive officer of
that board, and with respect to the Board of Equalization, the
statement shall be made by the executive director of that board.

   (b)  This section   Paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a)  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.