BILL NUMBER: AB 1215	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act relating to open government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1215, as introduced, Ting. Open government.
   Existing law requires, with specified exceptions, that all
meetings of state and local government entities be open and public
and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. Existing
law also requires that public records be open to inspection at all
times during the office hours of a state or local government entity
and that every person has a right to inspect any public record,
except as specifically provided.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to strengthen the state's commitment to an open and
transparent government.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to strengthen the state's commitment to an open and
transparent government.