SB 5275 - DIGEST

(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

Provides that public records of a confidential character must be managed as follows: (1) Records that have a confidential character while in the possession of the original agency, commission, committee, or any other entity of state or local government retain their confidential character after transfer to the state archives unless the archivist, with the concurrence of originating jurisdiction, determines that the records must be made accessible to the public under proper and reasonable rules adopted by the secretary of state.

(2) A record that is transferred to archives under this chapter and has a confidential character is open to inspection and available for copying after the expiration of seventy-five years from creation of the record.