Bill Text: GA HB261 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Disclosure; certain public records exempt; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-01 - Effective Date [HB261 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB261-Comm_Sub.html
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21 1133S
House
Bill 261 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)
By:
Representatives Atwood of the
179th,
Wilkinson of the
52nd,
Lindsey of the
54th,
Jerguson of the
22nd,
Brockway of the
101st,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to when public disclosure of public records is not required and disclosure of
exempting legal authority, so as to provide an exemption for certain public
records from disclosure; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when
public disclosure of public records is not required and disclosure of exempting
legal authority, is amended by revising subparagraph (A) of paragraph (15) of
subsection (a) as follows:
"(A)
Records, the disclosure of which would compromise security against sabotage or
criminal or terrorist acts and the nondisclosure of which is necessary for the
protection of life, safety, or public property, which shall be limited to the
following:
(i)
Security plans and vulnerability assessments for any public utility, technology
infrastructure, building, facility, function, or activity in effect at the time
of the request for disclosure or pertaining to a plan or assessment in effect at
such time;
(ii)
Any plan for protection against terrorist or other attacks, which plan depends
for its effectiveness in whole or in part upon a lack of general public
knowledge of its details;
(iii)
Any document relating to the existence, nature, location, or function of
security devices designed to protect against terrorist or other attacks, which
devices depend for their effectiveness in whole or in part upon a lack of
general public knowledge;
and
(iv)
Any plan, blueprint, or other material which if made public could compromise
security against sabotage, criminal, or terroristic
acts;
and
(v)
Records of any government sponsored programs concerning training relative to
governmental security measures which would identify persons being trained or
instructors or would reveal information described in divisions (i) through (iv)
of this subparagraph."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
