Article 6. Reports To The Legislature of California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 6.
(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 as a printed
copy to the Secretary of the Senate, as an electronic copy to the
Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and as an electronic or printed copy to
the Legislative Counsel. Each report shall include a summary of its
contents, not to exceed one page in length. If the report is
submitted by a state agency, that agency shall also provide an
electronic copy of the summary directly to each member of the
appropriate house or houses of the Legislature. 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, or to the California State Library as the final
repository of public information.
(b) No report shall be distributed to a Member of the Legislature
unless specifically requested by that Member.
(c) Compliance with subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be full
compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 10242.5.
(d) 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.
(e) For purposes of this section, "report" includes any study or
audit.