Bill Text: CA AB2401 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2401 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Secure electronic communications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-17 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2401 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2401-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2401	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blumenfield

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Chapter 3.35 (commencing with Section 6220) to
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to
communications.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2401, as introduced, Blumenfield. Secure electronic
communications.
   Existing law provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any requirement that a state agency send material, information,
notices, correspondence, or other communication through the United
States mail shall be deemed to include the authority for the state
agency to send that material, information, notice, correspondence, or
other communication by electronic mail upon the request of the
recipient, unless impracticable to do so, or unless contrary to state
or federal law.
    This bill would authorize a business, a government agency,
government official, or a person acting with official government
authority to communicate with a person in writing by the use of a
secure electronic delivery service, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 3.35 (commencing with Section 6220) is added to
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 3.35.  SECURE ELECTRONIC DELIVERY SERVICE


   6220.  (a) A law requiring a business, a government agency,
government official, or a person acting with official government
authority to communicate with a person in writing, including, but not
limited to, by mail or electronic mail, may be satisfied by the use
of a secure electronic delivery service.
   (b) A secure electronic delivery service shall do all of the
following:
   (1) Allow information to be provided, sent, delivered, or
otherwise communicated by or from an entity, a government agency,
government official, or a person acting with official government
authority to a person in the form of an electronic record.
   (2)  Use security methods such as passwords, encryption, and
matching an electronic address to a person's physical United States
postal address, or other security methods that are consistent with
applicable law or industry standards.
   (3) Operate pursuant to the applicable requirements of the federal
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C.
Sec. 7001 et seq.) or the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (
Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3
of the Civil Code).