HB 1659

Present law requires candidates for elections to qualify by filing nominating petitions. Such petitions must include the candidate's address. This bill clarifies that the address on a nominating petition for the office of judge, chancellor, district at torney general, and public defender are confidential and not open to public inspection. EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION MATERIALS Present law provides that certain records or information of a state, county, municipal, or other public employee or former employee, or applicant to such position, in the possession of a governmental entity or any person in its capacity as an employer mu st be treated as confidential and not open to public inspection. However, present law requires all records, employment applications, credentials, and similar documents obtained by any person in conjunction with an employment search for a director of schools or any chief public administrative officer, during business h ours, to be open for personal inspection by any citizen of this state, and those in charge of such records must not refuse such right of inspection to any citizen, unless otherwise provided by state law. For the purposes of this provision, a "person"" inc lu des a natural person, or a corporation, firm, company, association, or other business entity. This bill provides that, except as provided in the prior paragraph, the application materials submitted by an individual when seeking employment with a governmental entity must be treated as confidential and not open to public inspection."