AB 1004 — Exemption for Confidential Tribal Financial Information

The California Public Records Act (CPRA) grants the public a broad right to obtain disclosable records in the possession of a local or state agency.

AB 1004 makes any record containing financial information provided by an Indian tribe to an agency confidential, if such information was provided as a condition of or requirement for receiving financial assistance, and not a public record subject to inspection or disclosure under the CPRA. Agreements or contracts between agencies and tribes related to financial assistance must contain a provision stating that the financial information disclosed shall remain confidential, shall not be a public record, and shall not be open to public inspection.

AB 1004 adds Tribal financial information to the list of records exempted under the CPRA.

(AB 1004 amends Section 7922.535 of the Government Code.)