SECTIONS 11100-11104.5

11100.  The Controller or other State disbursing officer may secureand use a facsimile signature machine and sign or countersign allwarrants or checks issued in pursuance of his duties by placing afacsimile signature thereon with such machine.11101.  The Controller and any other state disbursing officer usingthat machine may secure forgery insurance protecting himself orherself and all funds under his or her control or under the controlof the state agency to which the disbursing officer is attachedagainst forgery resulting from or occasioned by the use of themachine, or which would not have occurred had the machine not been inuse.11102.  The premiums on forgery insurance are a proper chargeagainst appropriations for the support or maintenance of the officerusing the machine or the State agency to which the officer isattached.11104.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, anyrequirement that a state agency send material, information, notices,correspondence, or other communication through the United States mailshall be deemed to include the authority for the state agency tosend that material, information, notice, correspondence, or othercommunication by electronic mail upon the request of the recipient,unless impracticable to do so, or unless contrary to state or federallaw. (b) Any state agency may require that direct costs incurred by theagency involving the electronic transmission of information be paidby the requester pursuant to this section and the California PublicRecords Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7of Title 1). (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit an agencyto act in a manner inconsistent with the standards adopted pursuantto the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing withSection 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1) and the Information PracticesAct of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).