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SB 0025 - Records Committees

Tracking Level: Monitor
Sponsor: Wayne Harper (R)
Last Action: 3/25/2019 - Governor Signed in Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
Senate Committee:
House Committee: Government Operations
Assigned To:
GRAMA / Transparency / Open MeetingsNext Bill
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

An increasing number of GRAMA appeals come before the State Records Committee (SRC) each year. To help balance the workload of the SRC, the Government Operations Interim Committee recommends SB 25 to create a seven-member Records Management Committee (RMC) that will take over some of the responsibilities of the SRC.

 

Members of the RMC include the Division of State History director or designee, the Division of Archives and Records Services director or designee, and five governor-appointed members, including one member of the Utah Bar with GRAMA experience, a public finance expert, a professional records manager from the private sector, a member recommended by ULCT to represent political subdivisions, and a news media representative. The RMC will take over records retention schedule approvals and will make record management recommendations to government entities.


Membership of the SRC changes, but the ULCT retains its charge to recommend one person representing cities and towns to serve on the SRC. The Division of State History director or designee and the governor's designee are removed from the SRC and the seven-member SRC is restructured to include a professional records manager from the private sector, a person experienced with electronic records and databases, the Division of Archives and Records Services director or designee, two citizens, and one person from the media.



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