2576-S2 AMH TAYL MURD 285

2SHB 2576 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-4447.3/16) 879

By Representative Taylor

     On page 1, beginning on line 3 of the striking amendment, strike all of sections 1 and 101

     Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

     On page 4, line 25 of the striking amendment, after "chapter." strike "Multiple" and insert "Except for requests made by requestors with contractual relationships with state and local agencies, multiple"

     On page 4, beginning on line 31 of the striking amendment, strike all of sections 103, 201, 301, and 401

EFFECT:   (1) Strikes all sections except one of the underlying amendment. The remaining section, as proposed in the underlying amendment, modifies the Public Records Act (PRA) to: (a) Provide that requests for all agency records or substantially all agency records is not a request for identifiable public records and may be denied; (b) provide that multiple records requests to an agency made by an automated computer program are not valid requests for records under the PRA and may be denied; and (c) authorize local agencies to ask requestors to respond in a manner to determine whether multiple records requests were generated by an automated computer program.

(2) Exempts requests made by requestors with contractual relationships with state and local agencies from a provision establishing that multiple records requests made to an agency by an automated computer program are not valid requests for records under the PRA.  

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