PUBLIC RECORDS. OPEN MEETINGS. STATE REIMBURSEMENT TO LOCAL AGENCIES. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

• Requires local government agencies, including cities, counties, and school districts, to comply with specified state laws providing for public access to meetings of local government bodies and records of government officials.
• Eliminates requirement that the State reimburse local government agencies for compliance with these specified laws.

Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact:

• Reduced state payments to local governments in the tens of millions of dollars annually.
• Potential increased local government costs of tens of millions of dollars annually from possible additional state requirements on local governments to make information available to the public.

FINAL VOTES CAST BY THE LEGISLATURE ON SCA 3 (PROPOSITION 42)
(Resolution Chapter 123, Statutes of 2013)