PRINTER'S NO. 1544
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1277
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HICKERNELL, BAKER, BOBACK, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE,
CUTLER, DeLUCA, FEE, GOODMAN, GREINER, HAHN, JAMES, LAWRENCE,
McCARTER, MENTZER, MILLARD, B. MILLER, D. MILLER, O'NEILL,
PETRARCA, PICKETT, REESE, ROEBUCK, RYAN, SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG,
SCHWEYER, SOLOMON, WARD AND ZIMMERMAN, APRIL 24, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 24, 2017
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
access, further providing for requests; and, in procedure,
further providing for redaction.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 506(c) and 706 of the act of February
14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, are
amended to read:
Section 506. Requests.
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(c) Agency discretion.--An agency may exercise its
discretion to make any otherwise exempt record accessible for
inspection and copying under this chapter, if all of the
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