04RS HB188

HB188

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HB 188 (BR 253) - M. Weaver, J. Haydon, R. Adams, J. Arnold Jr, A. Arnold, E. Ballard, B. Buckingham, P. Clark, R. Damron, J. Gooch, J. Gray, K. Hall, C. Hoffman, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, R. Rand, S. Riggs, D. Sims, A. Smith, T. Thompson

     AN ACT relating to public records.
     Amend KRS 61.878 to exempt from the Kentucky Open Records Law certain homeland security records pertaining to preventing, protecting against, mitigating, or responding to a terrorist act.

HB 188 - AMENDMENTS


     HCS - Retain original provisions; allow exemption only for those infrastructure records that expose a vulnerability to terrorist acts; require approval of the Office for Security Coordination before an agency may exempt records.

     SCS - Retain provisions of the bill; amend KRS 61.805 to apply the Open Meetings Law to arts organizations receiving $1,000 or more in public funds; amend KRS 61.810 to close public agency meetings during the discussion of a homeland security record; amend KRS 61.815 to conform; amend KRS 61.870 to apply the Open Records Law to arts organizations receiving $1,000 or more in public funds; amend KRS 61.878 to exclude from the Open Records Law under certain circumstances the identity of an individual or a business making a donation to a public agency providing financial support to an institution of education; exclude from the Open Records Law the amount of the donation; exclude from the Open Records Law public or private records having historic, literary, artistic, or commemorative value when accepted by the archivist of a public university, museum, or government depository from a donor or depositor other than a public agency; limit the exclusion by requiring that the donor or depositor request the extent of the nondisclosure in writing; amend KRS 319.082, 327.070, and 342.347 to conform.

     SCA (1/Title, D. Seum) - Make title amendment.

     SFA (1, T. Buford) - Exclude from the Open Records Law those portions of public records that identify an individual donor to a public agency giving financial support to an institution of education, provided that individual has requested nondisclosure of his or her identity in writing.

     SFA (2, T. Shaughnessy) - Delete new language which excludes from the Open Records Law under certain circumstances the identity of an individual or a business making a donation to a public agency providing financial support to an institution of education.

     Jan 6-introduced in House
     Jan 7-to State Government (H)
     Jan 15-posted in committee
     Jan 20-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
     Jan 21-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 22, 2004
     Jan 23-3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute
     Jan 26-received in Senate
     Jan 29-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
     Mar 18-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
     Mar 19-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
     Mar 22-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
     Mar 23-floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
     Mar 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 24, 2004; 3rd reading; floor amendment (1) withdrawn ; floor amendment (2) defeated ; passed 24-13 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
     Mar 25-received in House; to Rules (H)


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