BILL NUMBER: AB 2169	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 27, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Montanez

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2006

   An act to repeal  Section 6211   Sections
6211 and 6217  of the Government Code, relating to public
records.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2169, as amended, Montanez  Public records: confidentiality.
   (1) Existing law establishes a program until January 1, 2008,
known as "Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence
and Stalking," which authorizes specified persons to complete an
application containing specified information in person at a
community-based victims' assistance program to be approved by the
Secretary of State for the purpose of enabling state and local
agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing
a program participant's residence address contained in any public
record, including the program participant's voter registration, and
requires the Secretary of State to act as that person's agent for
service of process and to designate a substitute mailing address for
program participants pursuant to specified procedures that state and
local agencies are required to use at the request of a program
participant.  
   Existing law establishes a similar program until January 1, 2008,
entitled the "Address Confidentiality for Reproductive Health Care
Services Providers, Employees, Volunteers, and Patients" to protect
the confidentiality of home address information of reproductive
health care services providers, employees, volunteers, and patients.

   This bill would delete the  sunset provision that repeals
these provisions as of  January 1, 2008  , repeal dates,
thereby extending the operation of these programs indefinitely 
. By extending the duties on local agencies for an additional period
of time, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
  (2) 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, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   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 6211 of the Government Code is repealed.
   SEC. 2.    Section 6217 of the   Government
Code   is repealed.  
   6217.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2008, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2008, deletes or extends
that date. 
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   If the Commission on
State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by
the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for
those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section
17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.