California Government Code 7921.010 – (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state or …
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state or local agency shall sell, exchange, furnish, or otherwise provide a public record subject to disclosure pursuant to this division to a private entity in a manner that prevents a state or local agency from providing the record directly pursuant to this division.
(b) Nothing in this section requires a state or local agency to use the State Printer to print public records.
Terms Used In California Government Code 7921.010
- County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
- public records: includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. See California Government Code 7920.530
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
(c) Nothing in this section prevents the destruction of a public record pursuant to law.
(d) This section shall not apply to contracts entered into before January 1, 1996, between the County of Santa Clara and a private entity, for the provision of public records subject to disclosure under this division.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)