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H.B. 226

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GOVERNMENT RECORDS ACCESS AND

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MANAGEMENT ACT REQUIREMENTS

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REGARDING ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION

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PROGRAM

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2005 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Craig W. Buttars

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             9      LONG TITLE
             10      General Description:
             11          This bill modifies the Government Records Access and Management Act to classify
             12      Department of Agriculture and Food records relating to the National Animal
             13      Identification System or state programs for the identification, tracing, or control of
             14      livestock diseases as H. [ private ] protected .H records.
             15      Highlighted Provisions:
             16          This bill:
             17          .    modifies the Government Records Access and Management Act to provide H. [ private ]
             17a      protected .H
             18      record classification to Department of Agriculture and Food records relating to:
             19              .    the National Animal Identification System; and
             20              .    state programs providing for the identification, tracing, or control of livestock
             21      diseases.
             22      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             23          None
             24      Other Special Clauses:
             25          None
             26      Utah Code Sections Affected:


             27      AMENDS:


             28          63-2-304, as last amended by Chapters 223, 299 and 358, Laws of Utah 2004
             29     
             30      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             31          Section 1. Section 63-2-304 is amended to read:
             32           63-2-304. Protected records.
             33          The following records are protected if properly classified by a governmental entity:
             34          (1) trade secrets as defined in Section 13-24-2 if the person submitting the trade secret
             35      has provided the governmental entity with the information specified in Section 63-2-308 ;
             36          (2) commercial information or nonindividual financial information obtained from a
             37      person if:
             38          (a) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in unfair
             39      competitive injury to the person submitting the information or would impair the ability of the
             40      governmental entity to obtain necessary information in the future;
             41          (b) the person submitting the information has a greater interest in prohibiting access
             42      than the public in obtaining access; and
             43          (c) the person submitting the information has provided the governmental entity with
             44      the information specified in Section 63-2-308 ;
             45          (3) commercial or financial information acquired or prepared by a governmental entity
             46      to the extent that disclosure would lead to financial speculations in currencies, securities, or
             47      commodities that will interfere with a planned transaction by the governmental entity or cause
             48      substantial financial injury to the governmental entity or state economy;
             49          (4) records the disclosure of which could cause commercial injury to, or confer a
             50      competitive advantage upon a potential or actual competitor of, a commercial project entity as
             51      defined in Subsection 11-13-103 (4);
             52          (5) test questions and answers to be used in future license, certification, registration,
             53      employment, or academic examinations;
             54          (6) records the disclosure of which would impair governmental procurement
             55      proceedings or give an unfair advantage to any person proposing to enter into a contract or
             56      agreement with a governmental entity, except that this Subsection (6) does not restrict the right
             57      of a person to see bids submitted to or by a governmental entity after bidding has closed;
             58          (7) records that would identify real property or the appraisal or estimated value of real


             59      or personal property, including intellectual property, under consideration for public acquisition
             60      before any rights to the property are acquired unless:
             61          (a) public interest in obtaining access to the information outweighs the governmental
             62      entity's need to acquire the property on the best terms possible;
             63          (b) the information has already been disclosed to persons not employed by or under a
             64      duty of confidentiality to the entity;
             65          (c) in the case of records that would identify property, potential sellers of the described
             66      property have already learned of the governmental entity's plans to acquire the property;
             67          (d) in the case of records that would identify the appraisal or estimated value of
             68      property, the potential sellers have already learned of the governmental entity's estimated value
             69      of the property; or
             70          (e) the property under consideration for public acquisition is a single family residence
             71      and the governmental entity seeking to acquire the property has initiated negotiations to acquire
             72      the property as required under Section 78-34-4.5 ;
             73          (8) records prepared in contemplation of sale, exchange, lease, rental, or other
             74      compensated transaction of real or personal property including intellectual property, which, if
             75      disclosed prior to completion of the transaction, would reveal the appraisal or estimated value
             76      of the subject property, unless:
             77          (a) the public interest in access outweighs the interests in restricting access, including
             78      the governmental entity's interest in maximizing the financial benefit of the transaction; or
             79          (b) when prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity, appraisals or estimates of
             80      the value of the subject property have already been disclosed to persons not employed by or
             81      under a duty of confidentiality to the entity;
             82          (9) records created or maintained for civil, criminal, or administrative enforcement
             83      purposes or audit purposes, or for discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes, if
             84      release of the records:
             85          (a) reasonably could be expected to interfere with investigations undertaken for
             86      enforcement, discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes;
             87          (b) reasonably could be expected to interfere with audits, disciplinary, or enforcement
             88      proceedings;
             89          (c) would create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial


             90      hearing;
             91          (d) reasonably could be expected to disclose the identity of a source who is not
             92      generally known outside of government and, in the case of a record compiled in the course of
             93      an investigation, disclose information furnished by a source not generally known outside of
             94      government if disclosure would compromise the source; or
             95          (e) reasonably could be expected to disclose investigative or audit techniques,
             96      procedures, policies, or orders not generally known outside of government if disclosure would
             97      interfere with enforcement or audit efforts;
             98          (10) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the life or safety of an
             99      individual;
             100          (11) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the security of governmental
             101      property, governmental programs, or governmental recordkeeping systems from damage, theft,
             102      or other appropriation or use contrary to law or public policy;
             103          (12) records that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the security or safety of a correctional
             104      facility, or records relating to incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole, that would interfere
             105      with the control and supervision of an offender's incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole;
             106          (13) records that, if disclosed, would reveal recommendations made to the Board of
             107      Pardons and Parole by an employee of or contractor for the Department of Corrections, the
             108      Board of Pardons and Parole, or the Department of Human Services that are based on the
             109      employee's or contractor's supervision, diagnosis, or treatment of any person within the board's
             110      jurisdiction;
             111          (14) records and audit workpapers that identify audit, collection, and operational
             112      procedures and methods used by the State Tax Commission, if disclosure would interfere with
             113      audits or collections;
             114          (15) records of a governmental audit agency relating to an ongoing or planned audit
             115      until the final audit is released;
             116          (16) records prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity solely in anticipation of
             117      litigation that are not available under the rules of discovery;
             118          (17) records disclosing an attorney's work product, including the mental impressions or
             119      legal theories of an attorney or other representative of a governmental entity concerning
             120      litigation;


             121          (18) records of communications between a governmental entity and an attorney
             122      representing, retained, or employed by the governmental entity if the communications would be
             123      privileged as provided in Section 78-24-8 ;
             124          (19) personal files of a legislator, including personal correspondence to or from a
             125      member of the Legislature, provided that correspondence that gives notice of legislative action
             126      or policy may not be classified as protected under this section;
             127          (20) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Research and
             128      General Counsel, that, if disclosed, would reveal a particular legislator's contemplated
             129      legislation or contemplated course of action before the legislator has elected to support the
             130      legislation or course of action, or made the legislation or course of action public; and
             131          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (20)(a), the form to request legislation submitted to the
             132      Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel is a public document unless a legislator
             133      asks that the records requesting the legislation be maintained as protected records until such
             134      time as the legislator elects to make the legislation or course of action public;
             135          (21) research requests from legislators to the Office of Legislative Research and
             136      General Counsel or the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and research findings prepared
             137      in response to these requests;
             138          (22) drafts, unless otherwise classified as public;
             139          (23) records concerning a governmental entity's strategy about collective bargaining or
             140      pending litigation;
             141          (24) records of investigations of loss occurrences and analyses of loss occurrences that
             142      may be covered by the Risk Management Fund, the Employers' Reinsurance Fund, the
             143      Uninsured Employers' Fund, or similar divisions in other governmental entities;
             144          (25) records, other than personnel evaluations, that contain a personal recommendation
             145      concerning an individual if disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
             146      personal privacy, or disclosure is not in the public interest;
             147          (26) records that reveal the location of historic, prehistoric, paleontological, or
             148      biological resources that if known would jeopardize the security of those resources or of
             149      valuable historic, scientific, educational, or cultural information;
             150          (27) records of independent state agencies if the disclosure of the records would
             151      conflict with the fiduciary obligations of the agency;


             152          (28) records of a public institution of higher education regarding tenure evaluations,
             153      appointments, applications for admissions, retention decisions, and promotions, which could be
             154      properly discussed in a meeting closed in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public
             155      Meetings, provided that records of the final decisions about tenure, appointments, retention,
             156      promotions, or those students admitted, may not be classified as protected under this section;
             157          (29) records of the governor's office, including budget recommendations, legislative
             158      proposals, and policy statements, that if disclosed would reveal the governor's contemplated
             159      policies or contemplated courses of action before the governor has implemented or rejected
             160      those policies or courses of action or made them public;
             161          (30) records of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst relating to budget analysis,
             162      revenue estimates, and fiscal notes of proposed legislation before issuance of the final
             163      recommendations in these areas;
             164          (31) records provided by the United States or by a government entity outside the state
             165      that are given to the governmental entity with a requirement that they be managed as protected
             166      records if the providing entity certifies that the record would not be subject to public disclosure
             167      if retained by it;
             168          (32) transcripts, minutes, or reports of the closed portion of a meeting of a public body
             169      except as provided in Section 52-4-7 ;
             170          (33) records that would reveal the contents of settlement negotiations but not including
             171      final settlements or empirical data to the extent that they are not otherwise exempt from
             172      disclosure;
             173          (34) memoranda prepared by staff and used in the decision-making process by an
             174      administrative law judge, a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole, or a member of any
             175      other body charged by law with performing a quasi-judicial function;
             176          (35) records that would reveal negotiations regarding assistance or incentives offered
             177      by or requested from a governmental entity for the purpose of encouraging a person to expand
             178      or locate a business in Utah, but only if disclosure would result in actual economic harm to the
             179      person or place the governmental entity at a competitive disadvantage, but this section may not
             180      be used to restrict access to a record evidencing a final contract;
             181          (36) materials to which access must be limited for purposes of securing or maintaining
             182      the governmental entity's proprietary protection of intellectual property rights including patents,


             183      copyrights, and trade secrets;
             184          (37) the name of a donor or a prospective donor to a governmental entity, including a
             185      public institution of higher education, and other information concerning the donation that could
             186      reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of the donor, provided that:
             187          (a) the donor requests anonymity in writing;
             188          (b) any terms, conditions, restrictions, or privileges relating to the donation may not be
             189      classified protected by the governmental entity under this Subsection (37); and
             190          (c) except for public institutions of higher education, the governmental unit to which
             191      the donation is made is primarily engaged in educational, charitable, or artistic endeavors, and
             192      has no regulatory or legislative authority over the donor, a member of his immediate family, or
             193      any entity owned or controlled by the donor or his immediate family;
             194          (38) accident reports, except as provided in Sections 41-6-40 , 41-12a-202 , and
             195      73-18-13 ;
             196          (39) a notification of workers' compensation insurance coverage described in Section
             197      34A-2-205 ;
             198          (40) (a) the following records of a public institution of education, which have been
             199      developed, discovered, or received by or on behalf of faculty, staff, employees, or students of
             200      the institution:
             201          (i) unpublished lecture notes;
             202          (ii) unpublished research notes and data;
             203          (iii) unpublished manuscripts;
             204          (iv) creative works in process;
             205          (v) scholarly correspondence; and
             206          (vi) confidential information contained in research proposals; and
             207          (b) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to affect the ownership of a record;
             208          (41) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General
             209      that would reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit prior to the
             210      date that audit is completed and made public; and
             211          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (41)(a), a request for a legislative audit submitted to the
             212      Office of the Legislative Auditor General is a public document unless the legislator asks that
             213      the records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General that would


             214      reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit be maintained as
             215      protected records until the audit is completed and made public;
             216          (42) records that provide detail as to the location of an explosive, including a map or
             217      other document that indicates the location of:
             218          (a) a production facility; or
             219          (b) a magazine;
             220          (43) information contained in the database described in Section 62A-3-311.1 ;
             221          (44) information contained in the Management Information System and Licensing
             222      Information System described in Title 62A, Chapter 4a, Child and Family Services;
             223          (45) information regarding National Guard operations or activities in support of the
             224      National Guard's federal mission;
             225          (46) records provided by any pawnbroker or pawnshop to a law enforcement agency in
             226      compliance with Title 13, Chapter 32a, Pawnshop Transaction Information Act; [and]
             227          (47) information regarding food security, risk, and vulnerability assessments performed
             228      by the Department of Agriculture and Food[.]; and
             229          (48) records of the Department of Agriculture and Food relating to the National
             230      Animal Identification System or any other program that provides for the identification, tracing,
             231      or control of livestock diseases, including any program established under Title 4, Chapter 24,
             232      Utah Livestock Brand and Anti-theft Act or Title 4, Chapter 31, Utah Livestock Inspection and
             233      Quarantine.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-20-05 12:57 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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