Cal. GOV § 10291
This is the official text of Cal. GOV § 10291, part of California’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of state and local government, including public employment and public records.
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Official statutory text
As used in this article:
(a) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(b) “Legal material” means all of the following, whether or not in effect:
(1) The California Constitution.
(2) The statutes of this state.
(3) The California Codes.
(c) “Official publisher” for electronic legal material means the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
(d) “Publish” means to display, present, or release to the public, or cause to be displayed, presented, or released to the public, by the official publisher.
(e) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(f) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(a) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(b) “Legal material” means all of the following, whether or not in effect:
(1) The California Constitution.
(2) The statutes of this state.
(3) The California Codes.
(c) “Official publisher” for electronic legal material means the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
(d) “Publish” means to display, present, or release to the public, or cause to be displayed, presented, or released to the public, by the official publisher.
(e) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(f) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
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