BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



                                                                  SB 1009
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          Date of Hearing:   July 2, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                  SB 1009 (Liu) - As Introduced:  February 13, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              
          AccountabilityVote:13-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill allows the Secretary of State (SOS) to determine if  
          governors' records are appropriate for preservation in the State  
          Archives.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor ongoing savings to the SOS from reduced storage costs.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . While current law requires transfer of a governor's  
          public records to the Archives and requires the SOS to make  
          records available to the public unless restrictions exist, it  
          does not explicitly authorize the SOS to determine if such  
          records are appropriate for preservation in the Archives. This  
          bill is sponsored by the SOS to allow the SOS to appraise and  
          manage governors' records that are transferred to the Archives  
          when governors leave office. It would apply to records already  
          at the Archives as well as those transferred from governors in  
          the future. 

          According to the SOS, the Archives is running out of storage  
          space and could reach storage capacity in the next four to six  
          years. The SOS indicates that records from the last three  
          governors alone exceed 10,000 cubic feet; nearly 10% of the  
          total records held by the Archives.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 










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