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SB 0108 - Modifications to Government Records Provisions

Tracking Level: Watch
Sponsor: Wayne Harper (R)
Last Action: 3/26/2019 - Governor Signed in Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
Senate Committee: Government Operations and Political Subdivisions
House Committee: Government Operations
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

This bill clarifies that a governmental entity (1) need only provide a requested record to an individual once, (2) does not need to provide a requested record if the record is published and available to the public online or in a publication, and (3) does not need to provide a record that is accessible only by computer or other electronic device and contains private, controlled, or protected records that cannot be readily segregated. The bill also states that single record requests may not be submitted to multiple governmental entities. 

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