SECTIONS 11094-11099 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 11094-11099

11094. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this
article, to reduce the excessive flow of unsolicited state agency
reports which, after being written, printed, and distributed at
significant public expense, are received without having been
requested by legislative offices, state agency offices, and other
recipients who often shelve, destroy, or otherwise dispose of the
unsolicited material often, again, at significant public expense.
(b) In enacting this article, it is not the intent of the
Legislature to reduce the free flow of information between state
government and the public but, rather, to reduce the use of state
government publications for other than required informational
purposes and to effect a reduction in the escalating public expense
of writing, printing, and distributing unsolicited state agency
reports.

11096. (a) No state agency shall distribute a state publication, as
defined in Section 14902, except in response to a specific request
therefor, or to the subjects of a mailing list or distribution list
who have previously requested the automatic receipt of reports of
this type, or pursuant to Sections 14900, 14901, 14903, 14904,
14905.1, and 14907. This section shall not apply to the following
publications:
(1) Public information pamphlets.
(2) Copies of legislative bills.
(3) Copies of statutes, laws, and regulations.
(4) Any information disseminated to the press.
(5) Publications which are applications, instructions, or
guidelines for complying with any state or federal law, regulation,
or policy.
(6) Directories.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a state
agency from distributing an abstract which contains a description of
any reports submitted to the Legislature, and of any other
information that is available upon request.

11097. Beginning with the 1984-85 fiscal year, each state agency
shall include in its budget request a listing of state publications,
as defined in Section 14902, which were added by legislative mandate
or otherwise during the previous fiscal year.

11098. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when funding for
any legislatively mandated publication is discontinued in the Budget
Act, the statutory mandate for that publication shall be
automatically suspended.

11099. Each state agency that publishes or distributes a state
publication, as defined in Section 14902, shall file a copy of the
publication with the Joint Committee on Rules if it has published or
distributed more than 1000 copies of the publication in the preceding
12 months. This section shall not apply to any of the following
publications:
(a) Copies of legislative bills.
(b) Copies of statutes, laws, and regulations.
(c) Any information disseminated solely to the press.
(d) Publications that are applications, instructions, or
guidelines for complying with any state or federal law, regulation,
or policy.