California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1154

Introduced by Assembly Member Gray

February 27, 2015

An act to amend Section 6254 of the Government Code, relating to public records.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1154, as introduced, Gray. The California Public Records Act: applications for licenses and licenses to carry firearms.

Existing law, the California Public Records Act, provides that public records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency that retains those records, and every person has a right to inspect any public record, except as provided. However, existing law provides that nothing in the act shall be construed to require disclosure of information contained in an application for a license to carry a firearm that indicates when or where the applicant is vulnerable to attack or that concerns the applicant’s medical or psychological history or that of members of his or her family. Existing law also provides that the provisions shall not be construed to require disclosure of the home address and telephone number of prosecutors, public defenders, peace officers, judges, court commissioners, and magistrates that are set forth in applications for licenses or in licenses to carry firearms, as specified.

This bill would instead provide that the California Public Records Act shall not be construed to require the disclosure of the home addresses and telephone numbers of applicants that are set forth in applications to carry firearms or of licensees that are set forth in licenses to carry firearms, as specified. This bill would also prohibit this provision from being construed as prohibiting the disclosure of public records relating to the reason an application for a license to carry a firearm was granted or denied, as specified. Because this bill would increase the duties of county sheriffs and the chiefs or other heads of police departments that issue firearms license applications, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

This bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.

This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

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.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 6254 of the Government Code is amended
to read:

6254.  

Except as provided in Sections 6254.7 and 6254.13,
begin insert nothing in end insert this chapter begin delete does not require the disclosure of end delete begin insert shall be
construed to require the disclosure of records that are end insert any of the
begin delete following records end delete begin insert following end insert :

(a) Preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intra-agency
memoranda that are not retained by the public agency in the
ordinary course of business, if the public interest in withholding
those records clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

(b) Records pertaining to pending litigation to which the public
agency is a party, or to claims made pursuant to Division 3.6
(commencing with Section 810), until the pending litigation or
claim has been finally adjudicated or otherwise settled.

(c) Personnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which
would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(d) Contained in or related to any of the following:

(1) Applications filed with any state agency responsible for the
regulation or supervision of the issuance of securities or of financial
institutions, including, but not limited to, banks, savings and loan
associations, industrial loan companies, credit unions, and
insurance companies.

(2) Examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
on behalf of, or for the use of, any state agency referred to in
paragraph (1).

(3) Preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intra-agency
communications prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of, any
state agency referred to in paragraph (1).

(4) Information received in confidence by any state agency
referred to in paragraph (1).

(e) Geological and geophysical data, plant production data, and
similar information relating to utility systems development, or
market or crop reports, that are obtained in confidence from any
person.

(f) Records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by,
or records of intelligence information or security procedures of,
the office of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice,
the Office of Emergency Services and any state or local police
agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other
state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files
compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law
enforcement, or licensing purposes. However, state and local law
enforcement agencies shall disclose the names and addresses of
persons involved in, or witnesses other than confidential informants
to, the incident, the description of any property involved, the date,
time, and location of the incident, all diagrams, statements of the
parties involved in the incident, the statements of all witnesses,
other than confidential informants, to the victims of an incident,
or an authorized representative thereof, an insurance carrier against
which a claim has been or might be made, and any person suffering
bodily injury or property damage or loss, as the result of the
incident caused by arson, burglary, fire, explosion, larceny,
robbery, carjacking, vandalism, vehicle theft, or a crime as defined
by subdivision (b) of Section 13951, unless the disclosure would
endanger the safety of a witness or other person involved in the
investigation, or unless disclosure would endanger the successful
completion of the investigation or a related investigation. However,
nothing in this division shall require the disclosure of that portion
of those investigative files that reflects the analysis or conclusions
of the investigating officer.

Customer lists provided to a state or local police agency by an
alarm or security company at the request of the agency shall be
construed to be records subject to this subdivision.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, state
and local law enforcement agencies shall make public the following
information, except to the extent that disclosure of a particular
item of information would endanger the safety of a person involved
in an investigation or would endanger the successful completion
of the investigation or a related investigation:

(1) The full name and occupation of every individual arrested
by the agency, the individual’s physical description including date
of birth, color of eyes and hair, sex, begin delete height and end delete begin insert height, end insert weight, the
time and date of arrest, the time and date of booking, the location
of the arrest, the factual circumstances surrounding the arrest, the
amount of bail set, the time and manner of release or the location
where the individual is currently being held, and all charges the
individual is being held upon, including any outstanding warrants
from other jurisdictions and parole or probation holds.

(2) Subject to the restrictions imposed by Section 841.5 of the
Penal Code, the time, substance, and location of all complaints or
requests for assistance received by the agency and the time and
nature of the response thereto, including, to the extent the
information regarding crimes alleged or committed or any other
incident investigated is recorded, the time, date, and location of
occurrence, the time and date of the report, the name and age of
the victim, the factual circumstances surrounding the crime or
incident, and a general description of any injuries, property, or
weapons involved. The name of a victim of any crime defined by
Section 220, 236.1, 261, 261.5, 262, 264, 264.1, 265, 266, 266a,
266b, 266c, 266e, 266f, 266j, 267, 269, 273a, 273d, 273.5, 285,
286, 288, 288a, 288.2, 288.3 (as added by begin delete Chapter 337 of the
Statutes of 2006), 288.3 (as added by end delete Section 6 of Proposition 83
of the November 7, 2006, statewide general election), 288.5, 288.7,
289, 422.6, 422.7, 422.75, 646.9, or 647.6 of the Penal Code may
be withheld at the victim’s request, or at the request of the victim’s
parent or guardian if the victim is a minor. When a person is the
victim of more than one crime, information disclosing that the
person is a victim of a crime defined in any of the sections of the
Penal Code set forth in this subdivision may be deleted at the
request of the victim, or the victim’s parent or guardian if the
victim is a minor, in making the report of the crime, or of any
crime or incident accompanying the crime, available to the public
in compliance with the requirements of this paragraph.

(3) Subject to the restrictions of Section 841.5 of the Penal Code
and this subdivision, the current address of every individual
arrested by the agency and the current address of the victim of a
crime, where the requester declares under penalty of perjury that
the request is made for a scholarly, journalistic, political, or
governmental purpose, or that the request is made for investigation
purposes by a licensed private investigator as described in Chapter
11.3 (commencing with Section 7512) of Division 3 of the Business
and Professions Code. However, the address of the victim of any
crime defined by Section 220, 236.1, 261, 261.5, 262, 264, 264.1,
265, 266, 266a, 266b, 266c, 266e, 266f, 266j, 267, 269, 273a,
273d, 273.5, 285, 286, 288, 288a, 288.2, 288.3 (as added by
begin delete Chapter 337 of the Statutes of 2006), 288.3 (as added by end delete Section
6 of Proposition 83 of the November 7, 2006, statewide general
election), 288.5, 288.7, 289, 422.6, 422.7, 422.75, 646.9, or 647.6
of the Penal Code shall remain confidential. Address information
obtained pursuant to this paragraph may not be used directly or
indirectly, or furnished to another, to sell a product or service to
any individual or group of individuals, and the requester shall
execute a declaration to that effect under penalty of perjury.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit or limit a
scholarly, journalistic, political, or government use of address
information obtained pursuant to this paragraph.

(g) Test questions, scoring keys, and other examination data
used to administer a licensing examination, examination for
employment, or academic examination, except as provided for in
Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 99150) of Part 65 of Division
14 of Title 3 of the Education Code.

(h) The contents of real estate appraisals or engineering or
feasibility estimates and evaluations made for or by the state or
local agency relative to the acquisition of property, or to
prospective public supply and construction contracts, until all of
the property has been acquired or all of the contract agreement
obtained. However, the law of eminent domain shall not be affected
by this provision.

(i) Information required from any taxpayer in connection with
the collection of local taxes that is received in confidence and the
disclosure of the information to other persons would result in unfair
competitive disadvantage to the person supplying the information.

(j) Library circulation records kept for the purpose of identifying
the borrower of items available in libraries, and library and museum
materials made or acquired and presented solely for reference or
exhibition purposes. The exemption in this subdivision shall not
apply to records of fines imposed on the borrowers.

(k) Records, the disclosure of which is exempted or prohibited
pursuant to federal or state law, including, but not limited to,
provisions of the Evidence Code relating to privilege.

(l) Correspondence of and to the Governor or employees of the
Governor’s office or in the custody of or maintained by the
Governor’s Legal Affairs Secretary. However, public records shall
not be transferred to the custody of the Governor’s Legal Affairs
Secretary to evade the disclosure provisions of this chapter.

(m) In the custody of or maintained by the Legislative Counsel,
except those records in the public database maintained by the
Legislative Counsel that are described in Section 10248.

(n) Statements of personal worth or personal financial data
required by a licensing agency and filed by an applicant with the
licensing agency to establish his or her personal qualification for
the license, certificate, or permit applied for.

(o) Financial data contained in applications for financing under
Division 27 (commencing with Section 44500) of the Health and
Safety Code, where an authorized officer of the California Pollution
Control Financing Authority determines that disclosure of the
financial data would be competitively injurious to the applicant
and the data is required in order to obtain guarantees from the
United States Small Business Administration. The California
Pollution Control Financing Authority shall adopt rules for review
of individual requests for confidentiality under this section and for
making available to the public those portions of an application that
are subject to disclosure under this chapter.

(p) Records of state agencies related to activities governed by
Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512), Chapter 10.5
(commencing with Section 3525), and Chapter 12 (commencing
with Section 3560) of Division 4, that reveal a state agency’s
deliberative processes, impressions, evaluations, opinions,
recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work products,
theories, or strategy, or that provide instruction, advice, or training
to employees who do not have full collective bargaining and
representation rights under these chapters. Nothing in this
subdivision shall be construed to limit the disclosure duties of a
state agency with respect to any other records relating to the
activities governed by the employee relations acts referred to in
this subdivision.

(q) (1) Records of state agencies related to activities governed
by Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 14081), Article 2.8
(commencing with Section 14087.5), and Article 2.91
(commencing with Section 14089) of Chapter 7 of Part 3 of
Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, that reveal the
special negotiator’s deliberative processes, discussions,
communications, or any other portion of the negotiations with
providers of health care services, impressions, opinions,
recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work product,
theories, or strategy, or that provide instruction, advice, or training
to employees.

(2) Except for the portion of a contract containing the rates of
payment, contracts for inpatient services entered into pursuant to
these articles, on or after April 1, 1984, shall be open to inspection
one year after they are fully executed. If a contract for inpatient
services that is entered into prior to April 1, 1984, is amended on
or after April 1, 1984, the amendment, except for any portion
containing the rates of payment, shall be open to inspection one
year after it is fully executed. If the California Medical Assistance
Commission enters into contracts with health care providers for
other than inpatient hospital services, those contracts shall be open
to inspection one year after they are fully executed.

(3) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to
inspection under this subdivision, the portion of the contract or
amendment containing the rates of payment shall be open to
inspection.

(4) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or
amendment shall be open to inspection by the Joint Legislative
Audit Committee and the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The
committee and that office shall maintain the confidentiality of the
contracts and amendments until the time a contract or amendment
is fully open to inspection by the public.

(r) Records of Native American graves, cemeteries, and sacred
places and records of Native American places, features, and objects
described in Sections 5097.9 and 5097.993 of the Public Resources
Code maintained by, or in the possession of, the Native American
Heritage Commission, another state agency, or a local agency.

(s) A final accreditation report of the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Hospitals that has been transmitted to the State
Department of Health Care Services pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 1282 of the Health and Safety Code.

(t) Records of a local hospital district, formed pursuant to
Division 23 (commencing with Section 32000) of the Health and
Safety Code, or the records of a municipal hospital, formed
pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 37600) or Article
8 (commencing with Section 37650) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of
Division 3 of Title 4 of this code, that relate to any contract with
an insurer or nonprofit hospital service plan for inpatient or
outpatient services for alternative rates pursuant to Section 10133
of the Insurance Code. However, the record shall be open to
inspection within one year after the contract is fully executed.

(u) (1) Information contained in applications for licenses to
carry firearms issued pursuant to Section 26150, 26155, 26170,
or 26215 of the Penal Code by the sheriff of a county or the chief
or other head of a municipal police department that indicates when
or where the applicant is vulnerable to attack or that concerns the
applicant’s medical or psychological history or that of members
of his or her family.

(2) The home begin delete address end delete begin insert addresses end insert and telephone begin delete number of
prosecutors, public defenders, peace officers, judges, court
commissioners, and magistrates end delete begin insert numbers of applicants end insert that are set
forth in applications for licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant
to Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215 of the Penal Code by
the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal
police department.

(3) The home begin delete address end delete begin insert addresses end insert and telephone begin delete number of
prosecutors, public defenders, peace officers, judges, court
commissioners, and magistrates end delete begin insert numbers of licensees end insert that are set
forth in licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to Section 26150,
26155, 26170, or 26215 of the Penal Code by the sheriff of a
county or the chief or other head of a municipal police department.

begin insert

(4) This section shall not be construed as prohibiting the
disclosure of public records relating to the reason an application
for a license to carry a firearm pursuant to Section 26150, 26155,
26170, or 26215 of the Penal Code was granted or denied.

end insert

(v) (1) Records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
begin delete and the State Department of Health Care Services end delete begin insert that are end insert related
to activities governed by Part 6.3 (commencing with Section
12695), Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 12700), Part 6.6
(commencing with Section 12739.5), or Part 6.7 (commencing
with Section 12739.70) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, begin delete or
Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15810) or Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 15870) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code, end delete and that reveal any of the following:

(A) The deliberative processes, discussions, communications,
or any other portion of the negotiations with entities contracting
or seeking to contract with the begin delete board or the department, end delete begin insert board, end insert
entities with which the board begin delete or the department end delete is considering a
contract, or entities with which the board or department is
considering or enters into any other arrangement under which the
board begin delete or the department end delete provides, receives, or arranges services
or reimbursement.

(B) The impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting
minutes, research, work product, theories, or strategy of the board
or its begin delete staff or the department or its end delete staff, or records that provide
instructions, advice, or training to their employees.

(2) (A) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the
rates of payment, contracts entered into pursuant to Part 6.3
(commencing with Section 12695), Part 6.5 (commencing with
Section 12700), Part 6.6 (commencing with Section 12739.5), or
Part 6.7 (commencing with Section 12739.70) of Division 2 of the
Insurance Code, begin delete or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15810)
or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 15870) of Part 3.3 of
Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, end delete on or after July
1, 1991, shall be open to inspection one year after their effective
dates.

(B) If a contract that is entered into prior to July 1, 1991, is
amended on or after July 1, 1991, the amendment, except for any
portion containing the rates of payment, shall be open to inspection
one year after the effective date of the amendment.

(3) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to
inspection pursuant to this subdivision, the portion of the contract
or amendment containing the rates of payment shall be open to
inspection.

(4) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or
amendments to a contract shall be open to inspection by the Joint
Legislative Audit Committee. The committee shall maintain the
confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto, until the
contracts or amendments to the contracts are open to inspection
pursuant to paragraph (3).

(w) (1) Records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
related to activities governed by Chapter 8 (commencing with
Section 10700) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, and
that reveal the deliberative processes, discussions, communications,
or any other portion of the negotiations with health plans, or the
impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes,
research, work product, theories, or strategy of the board or its
staff, or records that provide instructions, advice, or training to
employees.

(2) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the rates
of payment, contracts for health coverage entered into pursuant to
Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 10700) of Part 2 of Division
2 of the Insurance Code, on or after January 1, 1993, shall be open
to inspection one year after they have been fully executed.

(3) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or
amendments to a contract shall be open to inspection by the Joint
Legislative Audit Committee. The committee shall maintain the
confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto, until the
contracts or amendments to the contracts are open to inspection
pursuant to paragraph (2).

(x) Financial data contained in applications for registration, or
registration renewal, as a service contractor filed with the Director
of Consumer Affairs pursuant to Chapter 20 (commencing with
Section 9800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code,
for the purpose of establishing the service contractor’s net worth,
or financial data regarding the funded accounts held in escrow for
service contracts held in force in this state by a service contractor.

(y) (1) Records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
begin delete and the State Department of Health Care Services end delete related to
activities governed by Part 6.2 (commencing with Section 12693)
or Part 6.4 (commencing with Section 12699.50) of Division 2 of
the Insurance begin delete Code or Sections 14005.26 and 14005.27 of, or
Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 15850) of Part 3.3 of Division
9 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, if the records reveal end delete begin insert Code,
and that reveal end insert any of the following:

(A) The deliberative processes, discussions, communications,
or any other portion of the negotiations with entities contracting
or seeking to contract with the begin delete board or the department, end delete begin insert board, end insert
entities with which the board begin delete or department end delete is considering a
contract, or entities with which the board begin delete or department end delete is
considering or enters into any other arrangement under which the
board begin delete or department end delete provides, receives, or arranges services or
reimbursement.

(B) The impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting
minutes, research, work product, theories, or strategy of the board
or its staff, or begin delete the department or its staff, or end delete records that provide
instructions, advice, or training to employees.

(2) (A) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the
rates of payment, contracts entered into pursuant to Part 6.2
(commencing with Section 12693) or Part 6.4 (commencing with
Section 12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, on or after
January 1, 1998, begin delete or Sections 14005.26 and 14005.27 of, or Chapter
3 (commencing with Section 15850) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of,
the Welfare and Institutions Code end delete shall be open to inspection one
year after their effective dates.

(B) If a contract entered into pursuant to Part 6.2 (commencing
with Section 12693) or Part 6.4 (commencing with Section
12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code or Sections
14005.26 and 14005.27 of, or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
15850) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of, the Welfare and Institutions
Code, is amended, the amendment shall be open to inspection one
year after the effective date of the amendment.

(3) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to
inspection pursuant to this subdivision, the portion of the contract
or amendment containing the rates of payment shall be open to
inspection.

(4) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or
amendments to a contract shall be open to inspection by the Joint
Legislative Audit Committee. The committee shall maintain the
confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto until the
contract or amendments to a contract are open to inspection
pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3).

(5) The exemption from disclosure provided pursuant to this
subdivision for the contracts, deliberative processes, discussions,
communications, negotiations, impressions, opinions,
recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work product,
theories, or strategy of the board or its begin delete staff, or the department or
its staff, end delete begin insert staff end insert shall also apply to the contracts, deliberative
processes, discussions, communications, negotiations, impressions,
opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work
product, theories, or strategy of applicants pursuant to Part 6.4
(commencing with Section 12699.50) of Division 2 of the
Insurance begin delete Code or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 15850)
of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions end delete Code.

(z) Records obtained pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision
(f) of Section 2891.1 of the Public Utilities Code.

(aa) A document prepared by or for a state or local agency that
assesses its vulnerability to terrorist attack or other criminal acts
intended to disrupt the public agency’s operations and that is for
distribution or consideration in a closed session.

(ab) Critical infrastructure information, as defined in Section
131(3) of Title 6 of the United States Code, that is voluntarily
submitted to the begin delete California Emergency Management Agency end delete begin insert Office
of Emergency Services end insert for use by that office, including the identity
of the person who or entity that voluntarily submitted the
information. As used in this subdivision, “voluntarily submitted”
means submitted in the absence of the office exercising any legal
authority to compel access to or submission of critical infrastructure
information. This subdivision shall not affect the status of
information in the possession of any other state or local
governmental agency.

(ac) All information provided to the Secretary of State by a
person for the purpose of registration in the Advance Health Care
Directive Registry, except that those records shall be released at
the request of a health care provider, a public guardian, or the
registrant’s legal representative.

(ad) The following records of the State Compensation Insurance
Fund:

(1) Records related to claims pursuant to Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 3200) of Division 4 of the Labor Code,
to the extent that confidential medical information or other
individually identifiable information would be disclosed.

(2) Records related to the discussions, communications, or any
other portion of the negotiations with entities contracting or seeking
to contract with the fund, and any related deliberations.

(3) Records related to the impressions, opinions,
recommendations, meeting minutes of meetings or sessions that
are lawfully closed to the public, research, work product, theories,
or strategy of the fund or its staff, on the development of rates,
contracting strategy, underwriting, or competitive strategy pursuant
to the powers granted to the fund in Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code.

(4) Records obtained to provide workers’ compensation
insurance under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11770) of
Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, including, but not
limited to, any medical claims information, policyholder
begin delete information end delete begin insert information, end insert provided that nothing in this paragraph
shall be interpreted to prevent an insurance agent or broker from
obtaining proprietary information or other information authorized
by law to be obtained by the agent or broker, and information on
rates, pricing, and claims handling received from brokers.

(5) (A) Records that are trade secrets pursuant to Section
6276.44, or Article 11 (commencing with Section 1060) of Chapter
4 of Division 8 of the Evidence Code, begin delete including end delete begin insert including, end insert without
limitation, instructions, advice, or training provided by the State
Compensation Insurance Fund to its board members, officers, and
employees regarding the fund’s special investigation unit, internal
audit unit, and informational security, marketing, rating, pricing,
underwriting, claims handling, audits, and collections.

(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the portions of records
containing trade secrets shall be available for review by the Joint
Legislative Audit Committee, the begin delete Bureau of State Audits, end delete
begin insert California State Auditor’s Office, end insert Division of Workers’
Compensation, and the Department of Insurance to ensure
compliance with applicable law.

(6) (A) Internal audits containing proprietary information and
the following records that are related to an internal audit:

(i) Personal papers and correspondence of any person providing
assistance to the fund when that person has requested in writing
that his or her papers and correspondence be kept private and
confidential. Those papers and correspondence shall become public
records if the written request is withdrawn, or upon order of the
fund.

(ii) Papers, correspondence, memoranda, or any substantive
information pertaining to any audit not completed or an internal
audit that contains proprietary information.

(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the portions of records
containing proprietary information, or any information specified
in subparagraph (A) shall be available for review by the Joint
Legislative Audit Committee, the begin delete Bureau of State Audits, end delete
begin insert California State Auditor’s Office, end insert Division of Workers’
Compensation, and the Department of Insurance to ensure
compliance with applicable law.

(7) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), contracts
entered into pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code shall be open
to inspection one year after the contract has been fully executed.

(B) If a contract entered into pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing
with Section 11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code
is amended, the amendment shall be open to inspection one year
after the amendment has been fully executed.

(C) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to
inspection pursuant to this subdivision, the portion of the contract
or amendment containing the rates of payment shall be open to
inspection.

(D) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or
amendments to a contract shall be open to inspection by the Joint
Legislative Audit Committee. The committee shall maintain the
confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto until the
contract or amendments to a contract are open to inspection
pursuant to this paragraph.

(E) This paragraph is not intended to apply to documents related
to contracts with public entities that are not otherwise expressly
confidential as to that public entity.

(F) For purposes of this paragraph, “fully executed” means the
point in time when all of the necessary parties to the contract have
signed the contract.

This section shall not prevent any agency from opening its
records concerning the administration of the agency to public
inspection, unless disclosure is otherwise prohibited by law.

This section shall not prevent any health facility from disclosing
to a certified bargaining agent relevant financing information
pursuant to Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29
U.S.C. Sec. 158).

SEC. 2.  

The Legislature finds and declares that this act imposes
a limitation on the public’s right of access to the meetings of public
bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the
meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution.
Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes
the following finding to demonstrate the interest protected by this
limitation and the need for protecting the interest:

In order to prevent crimes against applicants for licenses to carry
firearms and persons who are licensed to carry firearms, it is
necessary that this act take effect.

SEC. 3.  

The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of
this act, which amends Section 6254 of the Government Code,
furthers, within the meaning of paragraph (7) of subdivision (b)
of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution, the purposes
of that constitutional section as it relates to the right of public
access to the meetings of local public bodies or the writings of
local public officials and local agencies. Pursuant to paragraph (7)
of subdivision (b) of Section 3 of Article I of the California
Constitution, the Legislature makes the following findings:

The limitations imposed by this act establish a necessary balance
between the right of the people to access information contained in
public records and the legitimate security interests of people
applying for, and holding, a license to carry firearms.

SEC. 4.  

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district under this act would result from a legislative mandate that
is within the scope of paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section
3 of Article I of the California Constitution.