TITLE 1. GENERAL 100-7931.000›DIVISION 10. ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS 7920.000-7931.000›PART 3. PROCEDURES AND RELATED MATTERS 7922.500-7922.725›CHAPTER 2. Agency Regulations, Guidelines, Systems, and Similar Matters 7922.630-7922.725›ARTICLE 2. Internet Resources 7922.680
§ 7922.680
California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California
If a local agency, except a school district, maintains an internet resource, including, but not limited to, an internet website, internet web page, or internet web portal, which the local agency describes or titles as “open data,” and the local agency voluntarily posts a public record on that internet resource, the local agency shall post the public record in an open format that meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Retrievable, downloadable, indexable, and electronically searchable by commonly used internet search applications.
(b) Platform independent and machine readable.
(c) Available to the public free of charge and without any restriction that would impede the reuse or redistribution of the public record.
(d) Retains the data definitions and structure present when the data was compiled, if applicable.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)
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