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                        AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1
                                    Sponsor:  REPRESENTATIVE ROAE
                                           Printer's No. 1583

     1       Amend Sec. 708, page 29, line 7, by striking out all of said
     2    line and inserting
     3           (26)  (i)  A proposal pertaining to agency procurement or

     4       Amend Sec. 708, page 29, by inserting between lines 15 and 16
     5               (ii)  (A)  This paragraph does not apply to records
     6               or other information created or provided by a
     7               consultant or other person under contract with an
     8               agency and received or retained by the agency or any
     9               other person.
    10                   (B)  If a requester submits a request for a
    11               public record, legislative record or financial record
    12               relating to information created or provided by a
    13               consultant or other person under contract with an
    14               agency, and no public record, legislative record or
    15               financial record of the information exists, the
    16               agency shall create a record by obtaining testimony
    17               under oath from the consultant or other person and
    18               creating a transcript therefrom.
    19                   (C)  The testimony shall include information in
    20               ample detail, which is proportional to the total cost
    21               of the contract, regarding the nature of the work
    22               performed under the contract, the specific tasks
    23               required by the agency under the contract, the
    24               specific tasks performed by the consultant or other
    25               person under the contract, any research or findings
    26               conducted or issued by the consultant or other person
    27               and any recommendations made by the consultant or
    28               other person to the agency.
    29                   (D)  The transcript shall be considered a public
    30               record, legislative record or financial record of the
    31               agency and shall be provided to the requester, in
    32               accordance with this act, and retained by the agency,
    33               in accordance with applicable record retention
    34               schedules.



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