Public records: legislative expenditure information.

(1) Under the California Public Records Act, except for exempt records, every state and local agency, upon request, is required to make records available to any person. This bill would revise the definition of a state agency, for purposes of the act, to include the Assembly and the Senate. The bill would require that any budget, fund, or account of the Senate and Assembly, or other expenditure created in the annual Budget Act, as specified, constitutes a public document for purposes of the act. (2) The Legislative Open Records Act requires, among other things, that legislative records be open to inspection at all times and that any person has a right to inspect any legislative record, except as provided. The bill would repeal the Legislative Open Records Act.