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2005 California Government Code Sections 9795 Article 6. Reports to the Legislature
GOVERNMENT CODESECTION 9795
9795. (a) (1) Any report required or requested by law to be submitted by a state or local agency to the members of either house of the Legislature generally, shall instead be submitted to the Legislative Counsel, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly. Each report shall include a summary of its contents, not to exceed one page in length, a copy of which shall be provided to each member of the appropriate house or houses of the Legislature by the Legislative Counsel within two working days of its receipt. Notice of receipt of the report shall also be recorded in the journal of the appropriate house or houses of the Legislature by the secretary or clerk of that house. (2) In addition to and as part of the information made available to the public in electronic form pursuant to Section 10248, the Legislative Counsel shall make available a list of the reports submitted by state and local agencies, as specified in paragraph (1). If the Legislative Counsel receives a request from a member of the public for a report contained in the list, the Legislative Counsel is not required to provide a copy of the report and may refer the requester to the state or local agency, as the case may be, that authored the report. (b) (1) A local agency shall be deemed to have complied with paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) if the agency submits to the Legislative Counsel, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly each one hard copy of the report required or requested. (2) A state agency shall be deemed to have complied with paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) if the agency submits to the Legislative Counsel, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly each one hard copy and one electronic copy of the report required or requested. (c) This section shall not apply to reports required or requested by law to be directed to a committee or other specified entity within the Legislature. (d) No report shall be distributed to a Member of the Legislature unless specifically requested by that member. (e) Compliance with subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be full compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 10242.5. (f) A state agency report and summary subject to this section shall include an Internet Web site where the report can be downloaded and telephone number to call to order a hard copy of the report. A report submitted by a state agency subject to this section shall also be posted at the agency's Internet Web site. (g) For purposes of this section, "report" includes any study or audit.
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