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84 California Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2001)

handle is hein.sag/sagca0084 and id is 1 raw text is: ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINIONS Opinion No. 00-710-January 9, 2001 Requested by: SECRETARY OF STATE Opinion by: BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General Jonathan R. Davis, Deputy THE HONORABLE BILL JONES, SECRETARY OF STATE, has requested an opinion on the following question: Is the Secretary of State required to make available on the Internet the names and addresses, including the street name, building number, city, state, and zip code, and telephone numbers of persons identified in campaign and lobbying disclosure statements filed electronically with the Secretary of State? CONCLUSION The Secretary of State is required to make available on the Internet the names and addresses, including the street name, building number, city, state, and zip code, and telephone numbers of persons identified in campaign and lobbying disclosure statements filed electronically with the Secretary of State except for a person's street name and building number listed on a campaign disclosure statement. ANALYSIS The Online Disclosure Act of 1997 (Gov. Code, §§ 84600-84610; Act)' provides for the electronic filing of campaign statements and lobbying disclosure reports with the Secretary of State. It directs the Secretary of State to develop a system to make the data filed available on the Internet in an easily understood format that provides the greatest public access. (§ 84602, subd. (d).) The question presented for resolution is whether a person's name and address, including street name, building number, city, state, and zip code, and telephone number are subject to the Act's Internet disclosure requirements. We conclude that they are, except for the street names and building numbers listed on campaign disclosure statements. The Act applies to both campaign disclosure requirements (§ 84602, subd. (a)) and lobbying disclosure reports (§ 84604, subd. (a) (4)). Section 84602 states in relevant part: To implement the Legislature's intent, the Secretary of State, notwithstanding any other provision of this title or any other provision of the Government Code, shall do all of the following: 1 All references hereafter to the Government Code are by section number only. (Matthew Bender & Co., Inc.) January 2001 I