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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 899
PRINTER'S NO. 4074
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
821
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY B. MILLER, PICKETT, PHILLIPS-HILL, ZIMMERMAN,
MILLARD, BAKER, BULLOCK, A. HARRIS, RADER, WARD, GABLER AND
PASHINSKI, MARCH 10, 2017
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled
"An act providing for access to public information, for a
designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency,
local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for
procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial
review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing
penalties; providing for reporting by State-related
institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract
information on the Internet; and making related repeals," in
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;
and, in procedure, further providing for exceptions for
public records.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "personal financial
information" in section 102 of the act of February 14, 2008
(P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, is amended to
read:
Section 102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Personal financial information." An individual's personal
credit, charge or debit card information; bank or other
financial institution account information; bank, credit or
financial statements; account, routing or PIN numbers; account
passwords; forms required to be filed with Federal or State ,
STATE OR LOCAL taxing authorities; employee benefit election
information and other information relating to an individual's
personal finances.
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Section 2. Section 708(c) of the act is amended and
subsection (b) is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 708. Exceptions for public records.
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(b) Exceptions.--Except as provided in subsections (c) and
(d), the following are exempt from access by a requester under
this act:
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(31) An agency's financial institution account numbers,
routing numbers, credit card numbers and account passwords.
(c) Financial records.--The exceptions set forth in
subsection (b) shall not apply to financial records, except that
an agency may redact that portion of a financial record
protected under subsection (b)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (16)
[or], (17) or (31). An agency shall not disclose the identity of
an individual performing an undercover or covert law enforcement
activity.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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