Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to establish a standardized electronic format and protocol for the exchange of electronic data for the purposes of meeting environmental data reporting or other usage requirements, as provided.
This bill would require any biological resources data, as defined, submitted to a regional, local, or state public agency to be posted on that public agency's internet website and made publicly available within 2 weeks of submission to the public agency, as provided.
To the extent that this bill imposes additional duties on local public agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.