Plain English Breakdown
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California Public Records Act: agency response time.
AB 1821, as amended, Pacheco.
What This Bill Does
- AB 1821, as amended, Pacheco.
- California Public Records Act: methods of submission, fees, and agency response time.
- Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires each state or local agency, upon a request for a copy of records that reasonably describes an identifiable record or records, to make the records promptly available to any person upon payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable, except with respect to public records exempt from disclosure by express provisions of law.
- This bill would require an agency to designate a physical office location and a specified email address for the submission of requests, and authorize an agency to designate other reasonable methods for the submission of requests, including submission to a physical mailing address, subject to certain requirements, including that the agency accept upon receipt any request that is submitted at the designated physical office location or through the designated email address during the agency’s normal business hours.
Limits and Unknowns
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