Social security number truncation program.

Existing law requires the county recorder of each county to establish a social security number truncation program in order to create a public record version of each official record, in an electronic format, and requires the social security number contained in the record to be truncated, as specified. Existing law requires these provisions to apply to official records recorded on or after January 1, 1980, as specified. This bill, for each official record recorded before January 1, 1980, would authorize the county recorder to create a copy of that record in an electronic format and truncate any social security number contained in that record. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.