| 1 | 1 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 101Introduced by Senator NielsenDecember 29, 2020 An act to amend Section 1808.4 of the Vehicle Code, relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 101, as introduced, Nielsen. Department of Motor Vehicles: records: confidentiality.Existing law prohibits the disclosure of the home addresses of certain public employees and officials that appear in records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, except to a court, a law enforcement agency, an attorney in a civil or criminal action under certain circumstances, and certain other official entities.This bill would extend that prohibition, subject to those same exceptions, to the disclosure of the home addresses of code enforcement officers and parking control officers, as defined. The bill would also require the department to charge a fee sufficient to cover the reasonable costs for this service commencing with requests for confidentiality made on or after January 1, 2022. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1808.4 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:1808.4. (a) For all All of the following persons, the persons persons shall have their home address that appears in a record of the department is maintained as confidential if the person requests the confidentiality of that information:(1) Attorney General.(2) State Public Defender.(3) A Member of the Legislature.(4) An active or retired judge or court commissioner.(5) A district attorney.(6) A public defender.(7) An attorney employed by the Department of Justice, the office of the State Public Defender, or a county office of the district attorney or public defender.(8) A city attorney, city prosecutor, or an attorney who submits verification from their public employer that the attorney represents the city in matters that routinely place the attorney in personal contact with persons under investigation for, charged with, or convicted of, committing criminal acts, if that attorney is employed by a city attorney or city prosecutor.(9) A nonsworn police dispatcher.(10) A child abuse investigator or social worker, working in child protective services within a social services department.(11) An active or retired peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.(12) An employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, or the Prison Industry Authority specified in Sections 20403 and 20405 of the Government Code.(13) A nonsworn employee of a city police department, a county sheriffs office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, a federal, state, or local detention facility, or a local juvenile hall, camp, ranch, or home, who submits agency verification that, in the normal course of the employees employment, the employee controls or supervises inmates or is required to have a prisoner in the employees care or custody.(14) A county counsel assigned to child abuse cases.(15) An investigator employed by the Department of Justice, a county district attorney, or a county public defender.(16) A member of a city council.(17) A member of a board of supervisors.(18) A federal prosecutor, criminal investigator, or National Park Service Ranger ranger working in this state.(19) An active or retired city enforcement officer engaged in the enforcement of the Vehicle Code or municipal parking ordinances.(20) An employee of a trial court.(21) A psychiatric social worker employed by a county.(22) A police or sheriff department employee designated by the chief of police of the department or the sheriff of the county as being in a sensitive position. A designation pursuant to this paragraph shall, for purposes of this section, remain in effect for three years subject to additional designations that, for purposes of this section, shall remain in effect for additional three-year periods.(23) A state employee in one of the following classifications:(A) Licensing-Registration Examiner, Department of Motor Vehicles.(B) Motor Carrier Specialist I, Department of the California Highway Patrol.(C) Museum Security Officer and Supervising Museum Security Officer.(D) Licensing Program Analyst, State Department of Social Services.(24) A code enforcement officer, as defined in Section 829.5 of the Penal Code.(25) A parking control officer employed by a city, county, city and county, university, college, public hospital, public airport, special district, or other public agency for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing state laws and local ordinances related to parking.(24)(26) (A) The spouse or child of a person listed in paragraphs (1) to (23), (25), inclusive, regardless of the spouses or childs place of residence.(B) The surviving spouse or child of a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, if the peace officer died in the line of duty.(C) The surviving spouse or child of a judge or court commissioner, if the judge or court commissioner died in the performance of their duties.(D) (i) Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) do not apply if the person listed in those subparagraphs was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(ii) For requests made on or after January 1, 2011, the person requesting confidentiality for their spouse or child listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) shall declare, at the time of the request for confidentiality, whether the spouse or child has been convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(iii) Neither the listed persons employer nor the department shall be required to verify, or be responsible for verifying, that a person listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(E) (i) The department shall discontinue holding a home address confidential pursuant to this subdivision for a person specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) who is the child or spouse of a person described in paragraph (4), (9), (11), (13), or (22) if the child or spouse is convicted of a felony in this state or is convicted of an offense in another jurisdiction that, if committed in California, would be a felony.(ii) The department shall comply with this subparagraph upon receiving notice of a disqualifying conviction from the agency that employs or formerly employed the parent or spouse of the convicted person, or as soon as the department otherwise becomes aware of the disqualifying conviction.(b) The department shall charge a person a fee to cover the reasonable costs incurred by the department for requests for confidentiality made under subdivision (a) on or after January 1, 2022.(b)(c) The confidential home address of a person listed in subdivision (a) shall not be disclosed, except to any of the following:(1) A court.(2) A law enforcement agency.(3) The State Board of Equalization.(4) An attorney in a civil or criminal action that demonstrates to a court the need for the home address, if the disclosure is made pursuant to a subpoena.(5) A governmental agency to which, under any law, information is required to be furnished from records maintained by the department.(c)(d) (1) A record of the department containing a confidential home address shall be open to public inspection, as provided in Section 1808, if the address is completely obliterated or otherwise removed from the record.(2) Following termination of office or employment, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection for three years, unless the termination is the result of conviction of a criminal offense. If the termination or separation is the result of the filing of a criminal complaint, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection during the time in which the terminated individual may file an appeal from termination, while an appeal from termination is ongoing, and until the appeal process is exhausted, after which confidentiality shall be at the discretion of the employing agency if the termination or separation is upheld. Upon reinstatement to an office or employment, the protections of this section are available.(3) With respect to a retired peace officer, the peace officers home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the peace officer.(4) The department shall inform a person who requests a confidential home address what agency the individual whose address was requested is employed by or the court at which the judge or court commissioner presides.(5) With respect to a retired judge or court commissioner, the retired judge or court commissioners home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the judge or court commissioner.(d)(e) A violation of subdivision (a) by the disclosure of the confidential home address of a peace officer, as specified in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a), a nonsworn employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, a judge or court commissioner, as specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a), or the spouses or children of these persons, including, but not limited to, the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a), that results in bodily injury to the peace officer, employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, judge or court commissioner, or the spouses or children of these persons is a felony.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which amends Section 1808.4 of the Vehicle Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:The need to protect the privacy of code enforcement officers and parking control officers from the public disclosure of their home addresses outweighs the interest in public disclosure of that information. |
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| 3 | 3 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 101Introduced by Senator NielsenDecember 29, 2020 An act to amend Section 1808.4 of the Vehicle Code, relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 101, as introduced, Nielsen. Department of Motor Vehicles: records: confidentiality.Existing law prohibits the disclosure of the home addresses of certain public employees and officials that appear in records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, except to a court, a law enforcement agency, an attorney in a civil or criminal action under certain circumstances, and certain other official entities.This bill would extend that prohibition, subject to those same exceptions, to the disclosure of the home addresses of code enforcement officers and parking control officers, as defined. The bill would also require the department to charge a fee sufficient to cover the reasonable costs for this service commencing with requests for confidentiality made on or after January 1, 2022. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by Senator NielsenDecember 29, 2020 |
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| 20 | 20 | | An act to amend Section 1808.4 of the Vehicle Code, relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles. |
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| 22 | 22 | | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST |
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| 24 | 24 | | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST |
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| 26 | 26 | | SB 101, as introduced, Nielsen. Department of Motor Vehicles: records: confidentiality. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Existing law prohibits the disclosure of the home addresses of certain public employees and officials that appear in records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, except to a court, a law enforcement agency, an attorney in a civil or criminal action under certain circumstances, and certain other official entities.This bill would extend that prohibition, subject to those same exceptions, to the disclosure of the home addresses of code enforcement officers and parking control officers, as defined. The bill would also require the department to charge a fee sufficient to cover the reasonable costs for this service commencing with requests for confidentiality made on or after January 1, 2022. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Existing law prohibits the disclosure of the home addresses of certain public employees and officials that appear in records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, except to a court, a law enforcement agency, an attorney in a civil or criminal action under certain circumstances, and certain other official entities. |
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| 32 | 32 | | This bill would extend that prohibition, subject to those same exceptions, to the disclosure of the home addresses of code enforcement officers and parking control officers, as defined. The bill would also require the department to charge a fee sufficient to cover the reasonable costs for this service commencing with requests for confidentiality made on or after January 1, 2022. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. |
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| 36 | 36 | | This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. |
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| 42 | 42 | | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1808.4 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:1808.4. (a) For all All of the following persons, the persons persons shall have their home address that appears in a record of the department is maintained as confidential if the person requests the confidentiality of that information:(1) Attorney General.(2) State Public Defender.(3) A Member of the Legislature.(4) An active or retired judge or court commissioner.(5) A district attorney.(6) A public defender.(7) An attorney employed by the Department of Justice, the office of the State Public Defender, or a county office of the district attorney or public defender.(8) A city attorney, city prosecutor, or an attorney who submits verification from their public employer that the attorney represents the city in matters that routinely place the attorney in personal contact with persons under investigation for, charged with, or convicted of, committing criminal acts, if that attorney is employed by a city attorney or city prosecutor.(9) A nonsworn police dispatcher.(10) A child abuse investigator or social worker, working in child protective services within a social services department.(11) An active or retired peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.(12) An employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, or the Prison Industry Authority specified in Sections 20403 and 20405 of the Government Code.(13) A nonsworn employee of a city police department, a county sheriffs office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, a federal, state, or local detention facility, or a local juvenile hall, camp, ranch, or home, who submits agency verification that, in the normal course of the employees employment, the employee controls or supervises inmates or is required to have a prisoner in the employees care or custody.(14) A county counsel assigned to child abuse cases.(15) An investigator employed by the Department of Justice, a county district attorney, or a county public defender.(16) A member of a city council.(17) A member of a board of supervisors.(18) A federal prosecutor, criminal investigator, or National Park Service Ranger ranger working in this state.(19) An active or retired city enforcement officer engaged in the enforcement of the Vehicle Code or municipal parking ordinances.(20) An employee of a trial court.(21) A psychiatric social worker employed by a county.(22) A police or sheriff department employee designated by the chief of police of the department or the sheriff of the county as being in a sensitive position. A designation pursuant to this paragraph shall, for purposes of this section, remain in effect for three years subject to additional designations that, for purposes of this section, shall remain in effect for additional three-year periods.(23) A state employee in one of the following classifications:(A) Licensing-Registration Examiner, Department of Motor Vehicles.(B) Motor Carrier Specialist I, Department of the California Highway Patrol.(C) Museum Security Officer and Supervising Museum Security Officer.(D) Licensing Program Analyst, State Department of Social Services.(24) A code enforcement officer, as defined in Section 829.5 of the Penal Code.(25) A parking control officer employed by a city, county, city and county, university, college, public hospital, public airport, special district, or other public agency for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing state laws and local ordinances related to parking.(24)(26) (A) The spouse or child of a person listed in paragraphs (1) to (23), (25), inclusive, regardless of the spouses or childs place of residence.(B) The surviving spouse or child of a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, if the peace officer died in the line of duty.(C) The surviving spouse or child of a judge or court commissioner, if the judge or court commissioner died in the performance of their duties.(D) (i) Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) do not apply if the person listed in those subparagraphs was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(ii) For requests made on or after January 1, 2011, the person requesting confidentiality for their spouse or child listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) shall declare, at the time of the request for confidentiality, whether the spouse or child has been convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(iii) Neither the listed persons employer nor the department shall be required to verify, or be responsible for verifying, that a person listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(E) (i) The department shall discontinue holding a home address confidential pursuant to this subdivision for a person specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) who is the child or spouse of a person described in paragraph (4), (9), (11), (13), or (22) if the child or spouse is convicted of a felony in this state or is convicted of an offense in another jurisdiction that, if committed in California, would be a felony.(ii) The department shall comply with this subparagraph upon receiving notice of a disqualifying conviction from the agency that employs or formerly employed the parent or spouse of the convicted person, or as soon as the department otherwise becomes aware of the disqualifying conviction.(b) The department shall charge a person a fee to cover the reasonable costs incurred by the department for requests for confidentiality made under subdivision (a) on or after January 1, 2022.(b)(c) The confidential home address of a person listed in subdivision (a) shall not be disclosed, except to any of the following:(1) A court.(2) A law enforcement agency.(3) The State Board of Equalization.(4) An attorney in a civil or criminal action that demonstrates to a court the need for the home address, if the disclosure is made pursuant to a subpoena.(5) A governmental agency to which, under any law, information is required to be furnished from records maintained by the department.(c)(d) (1) A record of the department containing a confidential home address shall be open to public inspection, as provided in Section 1808, if the address is completely obliterated or otherwise removed from the record.(2) Following termination of office or employment, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection for three years, unless the termination is the result of conviction of a criminal offense. If the termination or separation is the result of the filing of a criminal complaint, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection during the time in which the terminated individual may file an appeal from termination, while an appeal from termination is ongoing, and until the appeal process is exhausted, after which confidentiality shall be at the discretion of the employing agency if the termination or separation is upheld. Upon reinstatement to an office or employment, the protections of this section are available.(3) With respect to a retired peace officer, the peace officers home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the peace officer.(4) The department shall inform a person who requests a confidential home address what agency the individual whose address was requested is employed by or the court at which the judge or court commissioner presides.(5) With respect to a retired judge or court commissioner, the retired judge or court commissioners home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the judge or court commissioner.(d)(e) A violation of subdivision (a) by the disclosure of the confidential home address of a peace officer, as specified in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a), a nonsworn employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, a judge or court commissioner, as specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a), or the spouses or children of these persons, including, but not limited to, the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a), that results in bodily injury to the peace officer, employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, judge or court commissioner, or the spouses or children of these persons is a felony.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which amends Section 1808.4 of the Vehicle Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:The need to protect the privacy of code enforcement officers and parking control officers from the public disclosure of their home addresses outweighs the interest in public disclosure of that information. |
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| 44 | 44 | | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 1. Section 1808.4 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:1808.4. (a) For all All of the following persons, the persons persons shall have their home address that appears in a record of the department is maintained as confidential if the person requests the confidentiality of that information:(1) Attorney General.(2) State Public Defender.(3) A Member of the Legislature.(4) An active or retired judge or court commissioner.(5) A district attorney.(6) A public defender.(7) An attorney employed by the Department of Justice, the office of the State Public Defender, or a county office of the district attorney or public defender.(8) A city attorney, city prosecutor, or an attorney who submits verification from their public employer that the attorney represents the city in matters that routinely place the attorney in personal contact with persons under investigation for, charged with, or convicted of, committing criminal acts, if that attorney is employed by a city attorney or city prosecutor.(9) A nonsworn police dispatcher.(10) A child abuse investigator or social worker, working in child protective services within a social services department.(11) An active or retired peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.(12) An employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, or the Prison Industry Authority specified in Sections 20403 and 20405 of the Government Code.(13) A nonsworn employee of a city police department, a county sheriffs office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, a federal, state, or local detention facility, or a local juvenile hall, camp, ranch, or home, who submits agency verification that, in the normal course of the employees employment, the employee controls or supervises inmates or is required to have a prisoner in the employees care or custody.(14) A county counsel assigned to child abuse cases.(15) An investigator employed by the Department of Justice, a county district attorney, or a county public defender.(16) A member of a city council.(17) A member of a board of supervisors.(18) A federal prosecutor, criminal investigator, or National Park Service Ranger ranger working in this state.(19) An active or retired city enforcement officer engaged in the enforcement of the Vehicle Code or municipal parking ordinances.(20) An employee of a trial court.(21) A psychiatric social worker employed by a county.(22) A police or sheriff department employee designated by the chief of police of the department or the sheriff of the county as being in a sensitive position. A designation pursuant to this paragraph shall, for purposes of this section, remain in effect for three years subject to additional designations that, for purposes of this section, shall remain in effect for additional three-year periods.(23) A state employee in one of the following classifications:(A) Licensing-Registration Examiner, Department of Motor Vehicles.(B) Motor Carrier Specialist I, Department of the California Highway Patrol.(C) Museum Security Officer and Supervising Museum Security Officer.(D) Licensing Program Analyst, State Department of Social Services.(24) A code enforcement officer, as defined in Section 829.5 of the Penal Code.(25) A parking control officer employed by a city, county, city and county, university, college, public hospital, public airport, special district, or other public agency for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing state laws and local ordinances related to parking.(24)(26) (A) The spouse or child of a person listed in paragraphs (1) to (23), (25), inclusive, regardless of the spouses or childs place of residence.(B) The surviving spouse or child of a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, if the peace officer died in the line of duty.(C) The surviving spouse or child of a judge or court commissioner, if the judge or court commissioner died in the performance of their duties.(D) (i) Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) do not apply if the person listed in those subparagraphs was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(ii) For requests made on or after January 1, 2011, the person requesting confidentiality for their spouse or child listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) shall declare, at the time of the request for confidentiality, whether the spouse or child has been convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(iii) Neither the listed persons employer nor the department shall be required to verify, or be responsible for verifying, that a person listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(E) (i) The department shall discontinue holding a home address confidential pursuant to this subdivision for a person specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) who is the child or spouse of a person described in paragraph (4), (9), (11), (13), or (22) if the child or spouse is convicted of a felony in this state or is convicted of an offense in another jurisdiction that, if committed in California, would be a felony.(ii) The department shall comply with this subparagraph upon receiving notice of a disqualifying conviction from the agency that employs or formerly employed the parent or spouse of the convicted person, or as soon as the department otherwise becomes aware of the disqualifying conviction.(b) The department shall charge a person a fee to cover the reasonable costs incurred by the department for requests for confidentiality made under subdivision (a) on or after January 1, 2022.(b)(c) The confidential home address of a person listed in subdivision (a) shall not be disclosed, except to any of the following:(1) A court.(2) A law enforcement agency.(3) The State Board of Equalization.(4) An attorney in a civil or criminal action that demonstrates to a court the need for the home address, if the disclosure is made pursuant to a subpoena.(5) A governmental agency to which, under any law, information is required to be furnished from records maintained by the department.(c)(d) (1) A record of the department containing a confidential home address shall be open to public inspection, as provided in Section 1808, if the address is completely obliterated or otherwise removed from the record.(2) Following termination of office or employment, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection for three years, unless the termination is the result of conviction of a criminal offense. If the termination or separation is the result of the filing of a criminal complaint, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection during the time in which the terminated individual may file an appeal from termination, while an appeal from termination is ongoing, and until the appeal process is exhausted, after which confidentiality shall be at the discretion of the employing agency if the termination or separation is upheld. Upon reinstatement to an office or employment, the protections of this section are available.(3) With respect to a retired peace officer, the peace officers home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the peace officer.(4) The department shall inform a person who requests a confidential home address what agency the individual whose address was requested is employed by or the court at which the judge or court commissioner presides.(5) With respect to a retired judge or court commissioner, the retired judge or court commissioners home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the judge or court commissioner.(d)(e) A violation of subdivision (a) by the disclosure of the confidential home address of a peace officer, as specified in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a), a nonsworn employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, a judge or court commissioner, as specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a), or the spouses or children of these persons, including, but not limited to, the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a), that results in bodily injury to the peace officer, employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, judge or court commissioner, or the spouses or children of these persons is a felony. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 1808.4. (a) For all All of the following persons, the persons persons shall have their home address that appears in a record of the department is maintained as confidential if the person requests the confidentiality of that information:(1) Attorney General.(2) State Public Defender.(3) A Member of the Legislature.(4) An active or retired judge or court commissioner.(5) A district attorney.(6) A public defender.(7) An attorney employed by the Department of Justice, the office of the State Public Defender, or a county office of the district attorney or public defender.(8) A city attorney, city prosecutor, or an attorney who submits verification from their public employer that the attorney represents the city in matters that routinely place the attorney in personal contact with persons under investigation for, charged with, or convicted of, committing criminal acts, if that attorney is employed by a city attorney or city prosecutor.(9) A nonsworn police dispatcher.(10) A child abuse investigator or social worker, working in child protective services within a social services department.(11) An active or retired peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.(12) An employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, or the Prison Industry Authority specified in Sections 20403 and 20405 of the Government Code.(13) A nonsworn employee of a city police department, a county sheriffs office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, a federal, state, or local detention facility, or a local juvenile hall, camp, ranch, or home, who submits agency verification that, in the normal course of the employees employment, the employee controls or supervises inmates or is required to have a prisoner in the employees care or custody.(14) A county counsel assigned to child abuse cases.(15) An investigator employed by the Department of Justice, a county district attorney, or a county public defender.(16) A member of a city council.(17) A member of a board of supervisors.(18) A federal prosecutor, criminal investigator, or National Park Service Ranger ranger working in this state.(19) An active or retired city enforcement officer engaged in the enforcement of the Vehicle Code or municipal parking ordinances.(20) An employee of a trial court.(21) A psychiatric social worker employed by a county.(22) A police or sheriff department employee designated by the chief of police of the department or the sheriff of the county as being in a sensitive position. A designation pursuant to this paragraph shall, for purposes of this section, remain in effect for three years subject to additional designations that, for purposes of this section, shall remain in effect for additional three-year periods.(23) A state employee in one of the following classifications:(A) Licensing-Registration Examiner, Department of Motor Vehicles.(B) Motor Carrier Specialist I, Department of the California Highway Patrol.(C) Museum Security Officer and Supervising Museum Security Officer.(D) Licensing Program Analyst, State Department of Social Services.(24) A code enforcement officer, as defined in Section 829.5 of the Penal Code.(25) A parking control officer employed by a city, county, city and county, university, college, public hospital, public airport, special district, or other public agency for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing state laws and local ordinances related to parking.(24)(26) (A) The spouse or child of a person listed in paragraphs (1) to (23), (25), inclusive, regardless of the spouses or childs place of residence.(B) The surviving spouse or child of a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, if the peace officer died in the line of duty.(C) The surviving spouse or child of a judge or court commissioner, if the judge or court commissioner died in the performance of their duties.(D) (i) Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) do not apply if the person listed in those subparagraphs was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(ii) For requests made on or after January 1, 2011, the person requesting confidentiality for their spouse or child listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) shall declare, at the time of the request for confidentiality, whether the spouse or child has been convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(iii) Neither the listed persons employer nor the department shall be required to verify, or be responsible for verifying, that a person listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(E) (i) The department shall discontinue holding a home address confidential pursuant to this subdivision for a person specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) who is the child or spouse of a person described in paragraph (4), (9), (11), (13), or (22) if the child or spouse is convicted of a felony in this state or is convicted of an offense in another jurisdiction that, if committed in California, would be a felony.(ii) The department shall comply with this subparagraph upon receiving notice of a disqualifying conviction from the agency that employs or formerly employed the parent or spouse of the convicted person, or as soon as the department otherwise becomes aware of the disqualifying conviction.(b) The department shall charge a person a fee to cover the reasonable costs incurred by the department for requests for confidentiality made under subdivision (a) on or after January 1, 2022.(b)(c) The confidential home address of a person listed in subdivision (a) shall not be disclosed, except to any of the following:(1) A court.(2) A law enforcement agency.(3) The State Board of Equalization.(4) An attorney in a civil or criminal action that demonstrates to a court the need for the home address, if the disclosure is made pursuant to a subpoena.(5) A governmental agency to which, under any law, information is required to be furnished from records maintained by the department.(c)(d) (1) A record of the department containing a confidential home address shall be open to public inspection, as provided in Section 1808, if the address is completely obliterated or otherwise removed from the record.(2) Following termination of office or employment, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection for three years, unless the termination is the result of conviction of a criminal offense. If the termination or separation is the result of the filing of a criminal complaint, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection during the time in which the terminated individual may file an appeal from termination, while an appeal from termination is ongoing, and until the appeal process is exhausted, after which confidentiality shall be at the discretion of the employing agency if the termination or separation is upheld. Upon reinstatement to an office or employment, the protections of this section are available.(3) With respect to a retired peace officer, the peace officers home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the peace officer.(4) The department shall inform a person who requests a confidential home address what agency the individual whose address was requested is employed by or the court at which the judge or court commissioner presides.(5) With respect to a retired judge or court commissioner, the retired judge or court commissioners home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the judge or court commissioner.(d)(e) A violation of subdivision (a) by the disclosure of the confidential home address of a peace officer, as specified in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a), a nonsworn employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, a judge or court commissioner, as specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a), or the spouses or children of these persons, including, but not limited to, the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a), that results in bodily injury to the peace officer, employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, judge or court commissioner, or the spouses or children of these persons is a felony. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 1808.4. (a) For all All of the following persons, the persons persons shall have their home address that appears in a record of the department is maintained as confidential if the person requests the confidentiality of that information:(1) Attorney General.(2) State Public Defender.(3) A Member of the Legislature.(4) An active or retired judge or court commissioner.(5) A district attorney.(6) A public defender.(7) An attorney employed by the Department of Justice, the office of the State Public Defender, or a county office of the district attorney or public defender.(8) A city attorney, city prosecutor, or an attorney who submits verification from their public employer that the attorney represents the city in matters that routinely place the attorney in personal contact with persons under investigation for, charged with, or convicted of, committing criminal acts, if that attorney is employed by a city attorney or city prosecutor.(9) A nonsworn police dispatcher.(10) A child abuse investigator or social worker, working in child protective services within a social services department.(11) An active or retired peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.(12) An employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, or the Prison Industry Authority specified in Sections 20403 and 20405 of the Government Code.(13) A nonsworn employee of a city police department, a county sheriffs office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, a federal, state, or local detention facility, or a local juvenile hall, camp, ranch, or home, who submits agency verification that, in the normal course of the employees employment, the employee controls or supervises inmates or is required to have a prisoner in the employees care or custody.(14) A county counsel assigned to child abuse cases.(15) An investigator employed by the Department of Justice, a county district attorney, or a county public defender.(16) A member of a city council.(17) A member of a board of supervisors.(18) A federal prosecutor, criminal investigator, or National Park Service Ranger ranger working in this state.(19) An active or retired city enforcement officer engaged in the enforcement of the Vehicle Code or municipal parking ordinances.(20) An employee of a trial court.(21) A psychiatric social worker employed by a county.(22) A police or sheriff department employee designated by the chief of police of the department or the sheriff of the county as being in a sensitive position. A designation pursuant to this paragraph shall, for purposes of this section, remain in effect for three years subject to additional designations that, for purposes of this section, shall remain in effect for additional three-year periods.(23) A state employee in one of the following classifications:(A) Licensing-Registration Examiner, Department of Motor Vehicles.(B) Motor Carrier Specialist I, Department of the California Highway Patrol.(C) Museum Security Officer and Supervising Museum Security Officer.(D) Licensing Program Analyst, State Department of Social Services.(24) A code enforcement officer, as defined in Section 829.5 of the Penal Code.(25) A parking control officer employed by a city, county, city and county, university, college, public hospital, public airport, special district, or other public agency for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing state laws and local ordinances related to parking.(24)(26) (A) The spouse or child of a person listed in paragraphs (1) to (23), (25), inclusive, regardless of the spouses or childs place of residence.(B) The surviving spouse or child of a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, if the peace officer died in the line of duty.(C) The surviving spouse or child of a judge or court commissioner, if the judge or court commissioner died in the performance of their duties.(D) (i) Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) do not apply if the person listed in those subparagraphs was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(ii) For requests made on or after January 1, 2011, the person requesting confidentiality for their spouse or child listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) shall declare, at the time of the request for confidentiality, whether the spouse or child has been convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(iii) Neither the listed persons employer nor the department shall be required to verify, or be responsible for verifying, that a person listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(E) (i) The department shall discontinue holding a home address confidential pursuant to this subdivision for a person specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) who is the child or spouse of a person described in paragraph (4), (9), (11), (13), or (22) if the child or spouse is convicted of a felony in this state or is convicted of an offense in another jurisdiction that, if committed in California, would be a felony.(ii) The department shall comply with this subparagraph upon receiving notice of a disqualifying conviction from the agency that employs or formerly employed the parent or spouse of the convicted person, or as soon as the department otherwise becomes aware of the disqualifying conviction.(b) The department shall charge a person a fee to cover the reasonable costs incurred by the department for requests for confidentiality made under subdivision (a) on or after January 1, 2022.(b)(c) The confidential home address of a person listed in subdivision (a) shall not be disclosed, except to any of the following:(1) A court.(2) A law enforcement agency.(3) The State Board of Equalization.(4) An attorney in a civil or criminal action that demonstrates to a court the need for the home address, if the disclosure is made pursuant to a subpoena.(5) A governmental agency to which, under any law, information is required to be furnished from records maintained by the department.(c)(d) (1) A record of the department containing a confidential home address shall be open to public inspection, as provided in Section 1808, if the address is completely obliterated or otherwise removed from the record.(2) Following termination of office or employment, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection for three years, unless the termination is the result of conviction of a criminal offense. If the termination or separation is the result of the filing of a criminal complaint, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection during the time in which the terminated individual may file an appeal from termination, while an appeal from termination is ongoing, and until the appeal process is exhausted, after which confidentiality shall be at the discretion of the employing agency if the termination or separation is upheld. Upon reinstatement to an office or employment, the protections of this section are available.(3) With respect to a retired peace officer, the peace officers home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the peace officer.(4) The department shall inform a person who requests a confidential home address what agency the individual whose address was requested is employed by or the court at which the judge or court commissioner presides.(5) With respect to a retired judge or court commissioner, the retired judge or court commissioners home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the judge or court commissioner.(d)(e) A violation of subdivision (a) by the disclosure of the confidential home address of a peace officer, as specified in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a), a nonsworn employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, a judge or court commissioner, as specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a), or the spouses or children of these persons, including, but not limited to, the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a), that results in bodily injury to the peace officer, employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, judge or court commissioner, or the spouses or children of these persons is a felony. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 1808.4. (a) For all All of the following persons, the persons persons shall have their home address that appears in a record of the department is maintained as confidential if the person requests the confidentiality of that information:(1) Attorney General.(2) State Public Defender.(3) A Member of the Legislature.(4) An active or retired judge or court commissioner.(5) A district attorney.(6) A public defender.(7) An attorney employed by the Department of Justice, the office of the State Public Defender, or a county office of the district attorney or public defender.(8) A city attorney, city prosecutor, or an attorney who submits verification from their public employer that the attorney represents the city in matters that routinely place the attorney in personal contact with persons under investigation for, charged with, or convicted of, committing criminal acts, if that attorney is employed by a city attorney or city prosecutor.(9) A nonsworn police dispatcher.(10) A child abuse investigator or social worker, working in child protective services within a social services department.(11) An active or retired peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.(12) An employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, or the Prison Industry Authority specified in Sections 20403 and 20405 of the Government Code.(13) A nonsworn employee of a city police department, a county sheriffs office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, a federal, state, or local detention facility, or a local juvenile hall, camp, ranch, or home, who submits agency verification that, in the normal course of the employees employment, the employee controls or supervises inmates or is required to have a prisoner in the employees care or custody.(14) A county counsel assigned to child abuse cases.(15) An investigator employed by the Department of Justice, a county district attorney, or a county public defender.(16) A member of a city council.(17) A member of a board of supervisors.(18) A federal prosecutor, criminal investigator, or National Park Service Ranger ranger working in this state.(19) An active or retired city enforcement officer engaged in the enforcement of the Vehicle Code or municipal parking ordinances.(20) An employee of a trial court.(21) A psychiatric social worker employed by a county.(22) A police or sheriff department employee designated by the chief of police of the department or the sheriff of the county as being in a sensitive position. A designation pursuant to this paragraph shall, for purposes of this section, remain in effect for three years subject to additional designations that, for purposes of this section, shall remain in effect for additional three-year periods.(23) A state employee in one of the following classifications:(A) Licensing-Registration Examiner, Department of Motor Vehicles.(B) Motor Carrier Specialist I, Department of the California Highway Patrol.(C) Museum Security Officer and Supervising Museum Security Officer.(D) Licensing Program Analyst, State Department of Social Services.(24) A code enforcement officer, as defined in Section 829.5 of the Penal Code.(25) A parking control officer employed by a city, county, city and county, university, college, public hospital, public airport, special district, or other public agency for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing state laws and local ordinances related to parking.(24)(26) (A) The spouse or child of a person listed in paragraphs (1) to (23), (25), inclusive, regardless of the spouses or childs place of residence.(B) The surviving spouse or child of a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, if the peace officer died in the line of duty.(C) The surviving spouse or child of a judge or court commissioner, if the judge or court commissioner died in the performance of their duties.(D) (i) Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) do not apply if the person listed in those subparagraphs was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(ii) For requests made on or after January 1, 2011, the person requesting confidentiality for their spouse or child listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) shall declare, at the time of the request for confidentiality, whether the spouse or child has been convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(iii) Neither the listed persons employer nor the department shall be required to verify, or be responsible for verifying, that a person listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation.(E) (i) The department shall discontinue holding a home address confidential pursuant to this subdivision for a person specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) who is the child or spouse of a person described in paragraph (4), (9), (11), (13), or (22) if the child or spouse is convicted of a felony in this state or is convicted of an offense in another jurisdiction that, if committed in California, would be a felony.(ii) The department shall comply with this subparagraph upon receiving notice of a disqualifying conviction from the agency that employs or formerly employed the parent or spouse of the convicted person, or as soon as the department otherwise becomes aware of the disqualifying conviction.(b) The department shall charge a person a fee to cover the reasonable costs incurred by the department for requests for confidentiality made under subdivision (a) on or after January 1, 2022.(b)(c) The confidential home address of a person listed in subdivision (a) shall not be disclosed, except to any of the following:(1) A court.(2) A law enforcement agency.(3) The State Board of Equalization.(4) An attorney in a civil or criminal action that demonstrates to a court the need for the home address, if the disclosure is made pursuant to a subpoena.(5) A governmental agency to which, under any law, information is required to be furnished from records maintained by the department.(c)(d) (1) A record of the department containing a confidential home address shall be open to public inspection, as provided in Section 1808, if the address is completely obliterated or otherwise removed from the record.(2) Following termination of office or employment, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection for three years, unless the termination is the result of conviction of a criminal offense. If the termination or separation is the result of the filing of a criminal complaint, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection during the time in which the terminated individual may file an appeal from termination, while an appeal from termination is ongoing, and until the appeal process is exhausted, after which confidentiality shall be at the discretion of the employing agency if the termination or separation is upheld. Upon reinstatement to an office or employment, the protections of this section are available.(3) With respect to a retired peace officer, the peace officers home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the peace officer.(4) The department shall inform a person who requests a confidential home address what agency the individual whose address was requested is employed by or the court at which the judge or court commissioner presides.(5) With respect to a retired judge or court commissioner, the retired judge or court commissioners home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the judge or court commissioner.(d)(e) A violation of subdivision (a) by the disclosure of the confidential home address of a peace officer, as specified in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a), a nonsworn employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, a judge or court commissioner, as specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a), or the spouses or children of these persons, including, but not limited to, the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a), that results in bodily injury to the peace officer, employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, judge or court commissioner, or the spouses or children of these persons is a felony. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 1808.4. (a) For all All of the following persons, the persons persons shall have their home address that appears in a record of the department is maintained as confidential if the person requests the confidentiality of that information: |
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| 63 | 63 | | |
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| 64 | 64 | | (1) Attorney General. |
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| 65 | 65 | | |
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| 66 | 66 | | (2) State Public Defender. |
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| 67 | 67 | | |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) A Member of the Legislature. |
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| 69 | 69 | | |
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| 70 | 70 | | (4) An active or retired judge or court commissioner. |
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| 71 | 71 | | |
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| 72 | 72 | | (5) A district attorney. |
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| 73 | 73 | | |
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| 74 | 74 | | (6) A public defender. |
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| 75 | 75 | | |
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| 76 | 76 | | (7) An attorney employed by the Department of Justice, the office of the State Public Defender, or a county office of the district attorney or public defender. |
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| 77 | 77 | | |
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| 78 | 78 | | (8) A city attorney, city prosecutor, or an attorney who submits verification from their public employer that the attorney represents the city in matters that routinely place the attorney in personal contact with persons under investigation for, charged with, or convicted of, committing criminal acts, if that attorney is employed by a city attorney or city prosecutor. |
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| 79 | 79 | | |
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| 80 | 80 | | (9) A nonsworn police dispatcher. |
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| 81 | 81 | | |
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| 82 | 82 | | (10) A child abuse investigator or social worker, working in child protective services within a social services department. |
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| 83 | 83 | | |
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| 84 | 84 | | (11) An active or retired peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code. |
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| 85 | 85 | | |
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| 86 | 86 | | (12) An employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, or the Prison Industry Authority specified in Sections 20403 and 20405 of the Government Code. |
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| 88 | 88 | | (13) A nonsworn employee of a city police department, a county sheriffs office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, a federal, state, or local detention facility, or a local juvenile hall, camp, ranch, or home, who submits agency verification that, in the normal course of the employees employment, the employee controls or supervises inmates or is required to have a prisoner in the employees care or custody. |
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| 90 | 90 | | (14) A county counsel assigned to child abuse cases. |
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| 91 | 91 | | |
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| 92 | 92 | | (15) An investigator employed by the Department of Justice, a county district attorney, or a county public defender. |
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| 93 | 93 | | |
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| 94 | 94 | | (16) A member of a city council. |
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| 96 | 96 | | (17) A member of a board of supervisors. |
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| 98 | 98 | | (18) A federal prosecutor, criminal investigator, or National Park Service Ranger ranger working in this state. |
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| 99 | 99 | | |
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| 100 | 100 | | (19) An active or retired city enforcement officer engaged in the enforcement of the Vehicle Code or municipal parking ordinances. |
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| 101 | 101 | | |
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| 102 | 102 | | (20) An employee of a trial court. |
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| 103 | 103 | | |
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| 104 | 104 | | (21) A psychiatric social worker employed by a county. |
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| 106 | 106 | | (22) A police or sheriff department employee designated by the chief of police of the department or the sheriff of the county as being in a sensitive position. A designation pursuant to this paragraph shall, for purposes of this section, remain in effect for three years subject to additional designations that, for purposes of this section, shall remain in effect for additional three-year periods. |
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| 108 | 108 | | (23) A state employee in one of the following classifications: |
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| 110 | 110 | | (A) Licensing-Registration Examiner, Department of Motor Vehicles. |
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| 111 | 111 | | |
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| 112 | 112 | | (B) Motor Carrier Specialist I, Department of the California Highway Patrol. |
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| 113 | 113 | | |
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| 114 | 114 | | (C) Museum Security Officer and Supervising Museum Security Officer. |
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| 115 | 115 | | |
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| 116 | 116 | | (D) Licensing Program Analyst, State Department of Social Services. |
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| 117 | 117 | | |
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| 118 | 118 | | (24) A code enforcement officer, as defined in Section 829.5 of the Penal Code. |
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| 119 | 119 | | |
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| 120 | 120 | | (25) A parking control officer employed by a city, county, city and county, university, college, public hospital, public airport, special district, or other public agency for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing state laws and local ordinances related to parking. |
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| 122 | 122 | | (24) |
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| 123 | 123 | | |
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| 124 | 124 | | |
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| 125 | 125 | | |
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| 126 | 126 | | (26) (A) The spouse or child of a person listed in paragraphs (1) to (23), (25), inclusive, regardless of the spouses or childs place of residence. |
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| 128 | 128 | | (B) The surviving spouse or child of a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, if the peace officer died in the line of duty. |
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| 129 | 129 | | |
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| 130 | 130 | | (C) The surviving spouse or child of a judge or court commissioner, if the judge or court commissioner died in the performance of their duties. |
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| 131 | 131 | | |
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| 132 | 132 | | (D) (i) Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) do not apply if the person listed in those subparagraphs was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation. |
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| 134 | 134 | | (ii) For requests made on or after January 1, 2011, the person requesting confidentiality for their spouse or child listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) shall declare, at the time of the request for confidentiality, whether the spouse or child has been convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation. |
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| 136 | 136 | | (iii) Neither the listed persons employer nor the department shall be required to verify, or be responsible for verifying, that a person listed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) was convicted of a crime and is on active parole or probation. |
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| 137 | 137 | | |
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| 138 | 138 | | (E) (i) The department shall discontinue holding a home address confidential pursuant to this subdivision for a person specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) who is the child or spouse of a person described in paragraph (4), (9), (11), (13), or (22) if the child or spouse is convicted of a felony in this state or is convicted of an offense in another jurisdiction that, if committed in California, would be a felony. |
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| 140 | 140 | | (ii) The department shall comply with this subparagraph upon receiving notice of a disqualifying conviction from the agency that employs or formerly employed the parent or spouse of the convicted person, or as soon as the department otherwise becomes aware of the disqualifying conviction. |
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| 141 | 141 | | |
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| 142 | 142 | | (b) The department shall charge a person a fee to cover the reasonable costs incurred by the department for requests for confidentiality made under subdivision (a) on or after January 1, 2022. |
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| 143 | 143 | | |
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| 144 | 144 | | (b) |
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| 145 | 145 | | |
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| 146 | 146 | | |
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| 147 | 147 | | |
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| 148 | 148 | | (c) The confidential home address of a person listed in subdivision (a) shall not be disclosed, except to any of the following: |
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| 149 | 149 | | |
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| 150 | 150 | | (1) A court. |
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| 151 | 151 | | |
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| 152 | 152 | | (2) A law enforcement agency. |
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| 153 | 153 | | |
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| 154 | 154 | | (3) The State Board of Equalization. |
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| 155 | 155 | | |
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| 156 | 156 | | (4) An attorney in a civil or criminal action that demonstrates to a court the need for the home address, if the disclosure is made pursuant to a subpoena. |
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| 157 | 157 | | |
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| 158 | 158 | | (5) A governmental agency to which, under any law, information is required to be furnished from records maintained by the department. |
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| 160 | 160 | | (c) |
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| 164 | 164 | | (d) (1) A record of the department containing a confidential home address shall be open to public inspection, as provided in Section 1808, if the address is completely obliterated or otherwise removed from the record. |
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| 166 | 166 | | (2) Following termination of office or employment, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection for three years, unless the termination is the result of conviction of a criminal offense. If the termination or separation is the result of the filing of a criminal complaint, a confidential home address shall be withheld from public inspection during the time in which the terminated individual may file an appeal from termination, while an appeal from termination is ongoing, and until the appeal process is exhausted, after which confidentiality shall be at the discretion of the employing agency if the termination or separation is upheld. Upon reinstatement to an office or employment, the protections of this section are available. |
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| 168 | 168 | | (3) With respect to a retired peace officer, the peace officers home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the peace officer. |
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| 170 | 170 | | (4) The department shall inform a person who requests a confidential home address what agency the individual whose address was requested is employed by or the court at which the judge or court commissioner presides. |
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| 172 | 172 | | (5) With respect to a retired judge or court commissioner, the retired judge or court commissioners home address shall be withheld from public inspection permanently upon request of confidentiality at the time the information would otherwise be opened. The home address of the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a) shall be withheld from public inspection for three years following the death of the judge or court commissioner. |
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| 174 | 174 | | (d) |
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| 178 | 178 | | (e) A violation of subdivision (a) by the disclosure of the confidential home address of a peace officer, as specified in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a), a nonsworn employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, a judge or court commissioner, as specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a), or the spouses or children of these persons, including, but not limited to, the surviving spouse or child listed in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (24) (26) of subdivision (a), that results in bodily injury to the peace officer, employee of the city police department or county sheriffs office, judge or court commissioner, or the spouses or children of these persons is a felony. |
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| 180 | 180 | | SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which amends Section 1808.4 of the Vehicle Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:The need to protect the privacy of code enforcement officers and parking control officers from the public disclosure of their home addresses outweighs the interest in public disclosure of that information. |
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| 182 | 182 | | SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which amends Section 1808.4 of the Vehicle Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:The need to protect the privacy of code enforcement officers and parking control officers from the public disclosure of their home addresses outweighs the interest in public disclosure of that information. |
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| 184 | 184 | | SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which amends Section 1808.4 of the Vehicle Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest: |
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| 186 | 186 | | ### SEC. 2. |
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| 188 | 188 | | The need to protect the privacy of code enforcement officers and parking control officers from the public disclosure of their home addresses outweighs the interest in public disclosure of that information. |
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