Bill Text: GA HB875 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Natural Resources, Department of; privacy of certain records and personal information; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-29 - House Conference Committee Lost [HB875 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB875-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Natural Resources, Department of; privacy of certain records and personal information; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-29 - House Conference Committee Lost [HB875 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB875-Comm_Sub.html
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The House Committee on Game, Fish and Parks offers the following
substitute to HB
875:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 27-1-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
ownership and custody of wildlife, preservation of hunting and fishing
opportunities, promotion and right to hunt, trap, or fish, local regulation, and
general offenses, so as to provide for privacy of certain records and personal
information maintained by the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to Title
27; to amend Code Section 52-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to numbering of vessels generally, so as to provide for privacy of
certain records and personal information maintained by the department pursuant
to Title 52; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 27-1-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ownership
and custody of wildlife, preservation of hunting and fishing opportunities,
promotion and right to hunt, trap, or fish, local regulation, and general
offenses, is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:
"(k)
Records maintained by the department concerning individuals applying for, or in
possession of, any license, registration, permit, stamp, or permission issued by
the department under this title that reveal an individual's photograph or
digitized image, social security number, date of birth, driver's identification
number, home address, home telephone number, personal e-mail address, personal
mobile telephone number, personal text number, medical or disability
information, bank account numbers, account or identification number issued or
used by any federal or state governmental agency or private financial
institution, employment history, height, weight, race, or other physical
details, signature, biometric identifiers, and any credit records or reports are
exempt from any law of this state requiring that such records be open for public
inspection; provided, however, that such records may be provided to public or
private entities performing activities under an agreement with the department
and such records shall remain exempt from public inspection. Such records shall
also be provided, upon request, to any judge, law enforcement agency, or
prosecuting official for use in the investigation or prosecution of alleged
criminal or unlawful activity, and such records may be provided to other
governmental entities for official use. Individuals applying for any license,
registration, permit, stamp, or permission issued by the department under this
title related to a business may indicate on the application that the department
may reveal the address, telephone number, and e-mail address given for the
business, even if these are the same as the individual's home address, telephone
number, personal e-mail address, personal mobile telephone number, or personal
text number."
SECTION
2.
Code
Section 52-7-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to numbering
of vessels generally, is amended by revising subsection (g) as
follows:
"(g)
All records of the department made or kept pursuant to this Code section shall
be public
records;
provided, however, that the records maintained by the department concerning
individuals applying for, or in possession of, any license, registration,
permit, stamp, or permission issued by the department under this title that
reveal an individual's photograph or digitized image, social security number,
date of birth, driver's identification number, home address, home telephone
number, personal e-mail address, personal mobile telephone number, personal text
number, medical or disability information, bank account numbers, account or
identification number issued or used by any federal or state governmental agency
or private financial institution, employment history, height, weight, race, or
other physical details, signature, biometric identifiers, and any credit records
or reports are exempt from any law of this state requiring that such records be
open for public inspection; provided, however, that such records may be provided
to public or private entities performing activities under an agreement with the
department and such records shall remain exempt from public inspection. Such
records shall also be provided, upon request, to any judge, law enforcement
agency, or prosecuting official for use in the investigation or prosecution of
alleged criminal or unlawful activity, and such records may be provided to other
governmental entities for official use. Individuals applying for any license,
registration, permit, stamp, or permission issued by the department under this
title related to a business may indicate on the application that the department
may reveal the address, telephone number, and e-mail address given for the
business, even if these are the same as the individual's home address, telephone
number, personal e-mail address, personal mobile telephone number, or personal
text number."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.