BILL NUMBER: AB 1195	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  272
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 8, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eggman
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Garcia)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Bonilla, Rendon, and Skinner)
   (Coauthors: Senators De León and Lara)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 6254.30 to the Government Code, relating to
public records.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1195, Eggman. Public records: crime victims.
   The California Public Records Act requires state and local
agencies to make public records available for inspection, subject to
certain exceptions. The act specifically requires state and local law
enforcement agencies to disclose certain information regarding an
incident to a victim, or the victim's authorized representative,
unless certain conditions exist.
   This bill would prohibit a state or local law enforcement agency
from requiring a victim of an incident, or the victim's authorized
representative, to show proof of the victim's legal presence in this
country to obtain the information required to be disclosed by that
law enforcement agency, as specified. For identification purposes,
the bill would require a state or local law enforcement agency, if it
requires identification, to accept certain forms of identification
for a victim of an incident, or the victim's authorized
representative, to obtain that information.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 6254.30 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   6254.30.  A state or local law enforcement agency shall not
require a victim of an incident, or an authorized representative
thereof, to show proof of the victim's legal presence in the United
States in order to obtain the information required to be disclosed by
that law enforcement agency pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section
6254. However, if, for identification purposes, a state or local law
enforcement agency requires identification in order for a victim of
an incident, or an authorized representative thereof, to obtain that
information, the agency shall, at a minimum, accept a current driver'
s license or identification card issued by any state in the United
States, a current passport issued by the United States or a foreign
government with which the United States has a diplomatic
relationship, or a current Matricula Consular card.