BILL NUMBER: AB 1993	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 11, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Audra Strickland

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1993, as amended, Audra Strickland.  State government:
reports:   Reports:  declarations.
   Existing law sets out the requirements for the submission of
written reports to the Legislature.
   This bill would require any entity  , except as specified,
 submitting a written report to the Legislature, a Member
of the Legislature, or a committee of the Legislature to include a
signed statement by the head of the entity submitting the written
report declaring that the factual contents of the written report are
true, accurate, and complete to the best of his or her knowledge.

   This bill would also make any person who declares as true any
material matter pursuant to these provisions that he or she knows to
be false liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $20,000. 

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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 law, any entity
submitting a written report to the Legislature, a Member of the
Legislature, or a committee of the Legislature shall include a signed
statement by the head of the entity submitting the written report
declaring that the factual contents of the written report are true,
accurate, and complete 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 State Board of Equalization, the
statement shall be made by the executive director of that board.

   (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), paragraph 
    (b)     Paragraph  (1) of subdivision
(a) shall apply to the head of every entity submitting a written
report, including, but not limited to, elected officials of state
government, and any state official whose duties are prescribed by the
California Constitution. 
   (2) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall not apply to the
Department of Justice or the Attorney General. 
   (c) For purposes of this section, a "written report" is either of
the following:
   (1) A document required by statute to be prepared and submitted to
the Legislature, a Member of the Legislature, or a committee of the
Legislature.
   (2) A document, summary, or statement requested by a Member of the
Legislature.
   (d) The declaration in the signed statement as to the truth,
accuracy, and completeness of the factual contents of the written
report shall not apply to any forecasts, predictions,
recommendations, or opinions contained in the written report.

   (e) Any person who declares as true any material matter pursuant
to this section that he or she knows to be false shall be liable for
a civil penalty not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). The
civil penalties provided for in this section shall be exclusively
assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the
people of the State of California in any court of competent
jurisdiction by the Attorney General.