H.B. 122
         GOVERNMENT RECORDS ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS

senate floor Amendments

Amendment 2 February 25, 2009 7:11 pm



Senator Curtis S. Bramble proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 21 through 23b
    House Floor Amendments
    2-18-2009 :
    

             21          .    prohibits a governmental entity's chief administrative officer, the records
             22      committee, and a court from releasing certain protected records via means of a
             23      balancing test H. unless it is determined,
  by a preponderance of the evidence or       by clear and convincing evidence,        as applicable,       that the public

             23a      interest favoring access to the record outweighs the interest favoring restriction of access to the
             23b      record .H ; and

2.    Page 18, Lines 546 through 550e
    House Floor Amendments
    2-18-2009 :
    

             546          Section 5. Section 63G-2-406 is enacted to read:
             547          63G-2-406.
{   Restrictions on   }        Evidentiary standards for       release of certain enforcement and litigation records.

             548          H. [The provisions of Subsections 63G-2-401 (6), 63G-2-403 (11)(b), and 63G-2-404 (8)(a)
             549      do not apply to records that are classified as protected under Subsection 63G-2-305 (9), (10),
             550      (16), (17), (18), (23), (24), or (33).
]
{   Records that are   }        (1) A record that is       classified as protected under      {   Subsections   }        Subsection      

             550a      63G-2-305(9),
{   (10),   } (16), (17), (18), (23), (24), or (33) may be ordered to be disclosed under the

             550b      provisions of Subsections 63G-2-401(6), 63G-2-403(11)(b), and 63G-2-404(8)(a) only if the
             550c      person or party seeking disclosure of the record has established,
  by a preponderance of the evidence, that the public interest favoring access outweighs the interest favoring restriction of access.

    (2) A record that is classified as protected under Subsection 65G-2-305(10) may be ordered to be disclosed under the provisions of Subsections 63G-2-401(6), 63G-2-403(11)(b), and 63G-2-404(8) only if the person or party seeking disclosure of the record has established,  
by clear and convincing

             550d      evidence, that the public interest favoring access outweighs the interest
{   in   } favoring restriction

             550e      of access. .H


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