Mark Stone
- Democratic
Author
The California Public Records Act requires that public records, as defined, be open to inspection at all times during the office hours of a state or local agency and that every person has a right to inspect any public record, with specified exceptions. Existing law provides that the act shall not be construed to require the disclosure of specified information concerning utility customers of local agencies, except for certain purposes. This bill would remove requests for usage rates of industrial, institutional, and commercial water users from that exception to required disclosure. By increasing the duties of local officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires local agencies, for the purpose of ensuring public access to the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies, to comply with a statutory enactment that amends or enacts laws relating to public records or open meetings and contains findings demonstrating that the enactment furthers the constitutional requirements relating to this purpose. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. 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.
Motion to reconsider made by Senator Wieckowski.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Wieckowski.
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5165.)
Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 15. Noes 20. Page 5165.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 973.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 14).
From printer. May be heard in committee April 10.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1520 | HTML |
| 03/10/15 - Introduced | |
| 06/23/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/02/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/04/16 - Amended Senate |
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