TO:	Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB331 by Carona (Relating to access to certain information under the public information law concerning public officers and employees.), As Introduced

Current law allows employees, officials, and former employees or officials of a governmental body to choose whether or not to allow public access to personal information. The bill would amend the Government Code to allow public officers or employees to submit a written application to a public information officer to request personal information, such as the likeness of the individual, times of arrival or departure to and from work, a description of the individual’s automobile, or the individual’s parking location to be withheld from public disclosure if public access to the personal information would compromise the safety of the individual.