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HB 2399 Freedom of Information Act; exempts certain 911 or E-911 records.

Introduced by: Clarence E. Phillips | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); public safety exemptions; certain 911 or E-911 records.  Exempts from the mandatory disclosure requirements of FOIA, subscriber data (defined as the name, address, telephone number, and any other information identifying a subscriber of a telecommunications carrier) collected by a local governing body in accordance with the Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act (§ 56-484.12 et seq.), and other identifying information of a personal, medical or financial nature provided to a local governing body in connection with a 911 or E-911 emergency dispatch system or an emergency notification or reverse 911 system, if such records are not otherwise publicly available. The bill further provides that nothing shall prevent the release of subscriber data generated in connection with specific calls to a 911 emergency system, where the requester is seeking to obtain public records about the use of the system in response to a specific crime, emergency or other event as to which a citizen has initiated a 911 call.


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