State and local agency reports: Legislative Counsel.

Existing law requires the Legislative Counsel to annually prepare, publish, and maintain an electronic list of all reports that state and local agencies are required or requested by law to prepare and file with the Governor or the Legislature. Existing law requires this list to include, for each report, the date on which the report was completed and filed. Existing law requires the Legislative Counsel to update the list of agency reports by removing obsolete reports from the list. Existing law requires the Legislative Counsel to make the list available to the public and to send the list to each Member of the Legislature. Existing law requires state and local agencies to file a printed copy of these reports with the Legislative Counsel. This bill would require the Legislative Counsel to make the list of agency reports available to the public by posting it on an Internet Web site. This bill would authorize state and local agencies to file these reports with the Legislative Counsel electronically. If an electronic report is posted on an Internet Web site, the agency filing the report would be required to provide the Legislative Counsel with a hyperlink whereby the report could be accessed. The bill would require the Legislative Counsel to include the hyperlink provided by the agency on the Internet Web site created to maintain an electronic list of agency reports. The bill would require that the Legislative Counsel's list of agency reports include information regarding the date on which the report was filed with the Legislative Counsel and would no longer require information regarding the completion date of the report. The bill would remove the requirement that the Legislative Counsel delete obsolete reports from the list of agency reports. This bill would remove the requirement that the Legislative Counsel provide the list to each Member of the Legislature, and would instead require that the Legislative Counsel annually provide to each Member of the Legislature a hyperlink whereby the list of reports could be accessed.