Bills / S.B. 64
S.B. 64 Government Records Amendments
- Introduced
- Senate committee (stopped here)
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill changes Utah's government records law in several ways. It sets new rules for record request fees, response deadlines, expedited requests, and appeals, requires governments to review their records retention each year, and makes it a crime to destroy a record to avoid disclosure once a request is pending.
Plain-English summary written by AI from the official description. Check the official text below.
Official description
- defines terms
- requires a summary of government records requirements to be developed and provided to employees of a governmental entity
- modifies provisions relating to fees charged in relation to a record request
- modifies requirements for responding to a record request, including:
- deadlines
- a request for an expedited response
- appeals
- other requirements
- adds certain federal employees to the definition of an "at-risk government employee"
- modifies provisions relating to certain protected records
- requires a governmental entity to conduct an annual review of records retention requirements and compliance with those requirements
- amends requirements for an ordinance or policy adopted by a political subdivision in relation to public records
- makes it a crime to destroy a record with the intent to avoid disclosure in response to a pending record request
- makes technical and conforming changes
What it costs you
- The official fiscal note on residents and businesses:
To the extent that individuals violate provisions of this bill, this could cost certain offenders about $120 per case, however the total amount is unknown.
From the bill's latest official fiscal note, counting the state's tax funds (General, Income Tax, Education, Uniform School, and Transportation) in the first full budget year after the session. Some bills take effect partway through that year, so later years can be larger; the note shows each year. Household count: U.S. Census Bureau. An average is a starting point, not your bill.
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