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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY D. COSTA, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, DENLINGER, EVERETT, GOODMAN, HARHAI, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KULA, MUNDY, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, REICHLEY, ROSS, SABATINA, VULAKOVICH, YOUNGBLOOD AND DALEY, JULY 18, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 18, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled |
2 | "An act providing for access to public information, for a |
3 | designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency, |
4 | local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for |
5 | procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial |
6 | review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing |
7 | penalties; providing for reporting by State-related |
8 | institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract |
9 | information on the Internet; and making related repeals," |
10 | further providing for exceptions for public records. |
11 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
12 | hereby enacts as follows: |
13 | Section 1. Section 708(b)(6) of the act of February 14, 2008 |
14 | (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, is amended to |
15 | read: |
16 | Section 708. Exceptions for public records. |
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18 | (b) Exceptions.--Except as provided in subsections (c) and |
19 | (d), the following are exempt from access by a requester under |
20 | this act: |
21 | * * * |
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1 | (6) (i) The following personal identification |
2 | information: |
3 | (A) A record containing all or part of a |
4 | person's Social Security number, driver's license |
5 | number, personal financial information, home, |
6 | cellular or personal telephone numbers, personal e- |
7 | mail addresses, employee number or other confidential |
8 | personal identification number. |
9 | (B) A spouse's name, marital status or |
10 | beneficiary or dependent information. |
11 | (C) The home address of a law enforcement |
12 | officer [or], judge or any individual employed by a |
13 | public school district as defined in section 102 of |
14 | the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as |
15 | the Public School Code of 1949. |
16 | (ii) Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the |
17 | release of the name, position, salary, actual |
18 | compensation or other payments or expenses, employment |
19 | contract, employment-related contract or agreement and |
20 | length of service of a public official or an agency |
21 | employee. |
22 | (iii) An agency may redact the name or other |
23 | identifying information relating to an individual |
24 | performing an undercover or covert law enforcement |
25 | activity from a record. |
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27 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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