BILL NUMBER: AB 1625	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 13, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2005
	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, Klehs  State government: reports: declarations.
   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 or commissions, declaring, subject to a
misdemeanor penalty, that the contents of the report are true,
accurate, and complete to the best of his or her knowledge. By
creating a new 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.


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 or commission, as
described in subdivision (b), declaring that the contents of the
report are true, accurate, and complete to the best of his or her
knowledge.
   (2) In the case of a board or commission whose chair is subject to
paragraph (1), as described in subdivision (b), if the board or
commission has an executive officer or executive director, the signed
statement described in paragraph (1) shall be made by the executive
officer or executive director.
   (3) 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) 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.
   (c) Any person who declares as true any material matter pursuant
to this section that he or she knows to be false is guilty of a
misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars
($5,000), by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months,
or by both that fine and imprisonment.
  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.