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2003 SESSION

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SB 738 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); payment of charges for record.

Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); payment of charges for record production. Provides that before processing a request for records, a public body may require the requester to pay any amounts owed to the public body for previous requests for records that remain unpaid 30 days or more after billing. The bill also contains a technical amendment. The bill is a recommendation of the FOIA Council.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/03  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/20/02 030854444  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/03  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB738ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/24/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/08/03  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/20/02 030854444
• 01/08/03  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/08/03  Senate: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 1
• 01/29/03  Senate: Reported from General Laws (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/03  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/03  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/03  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/31/03  Senate: Reconsideration of passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/03  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/03  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/03/03  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/04/03  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/03  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/03  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/05/03  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/05/03  House: Read first time
• 02/05/03  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/07/03  House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 2
• 02/11/03  House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/03  House: Read second time
• 02/13/03  House: Read third time
• 02/13/03  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/03  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/03  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB738ER)
• 03/05/03  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/05/03  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/06/03  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/16/03  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (effective 7/1/03)
• 03/24/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)