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<section number="2-545" name="Open data plan" law="code" slug="sec-2-545" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_2AD_DIV48OPDA_S2-545OPDAPL">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The County Executive or their Designee shall develop and submit to the County Council for approval, an open data plan within one year of the effective date of this bill.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The open data plan shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Include a summary description of the public data under the control of each agency data owner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Assign and prioritize the order in which public data sets should be published by the data owners on the web portal based on whether the public data set:</text>
      <level label="a">
        <text>Can be used to increase agency accountability and responsiveness;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="b">
        <text>Improves public knowledge of the agency and its operations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="c">
        <text>Furthers the mission of the agency;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="d">
        <text>Creates economic opportunity; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="e">
        <text>Responds to a need or demand identified through public input;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Create a timeline for the inclusion of public data sets on the web portal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Address when and how an agency may change or terminate collection of data or remove the public data set from the web portal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Designate an employee in each agency as a contact for public data set management and otherwise address appropriate staffing to manage the public data sets published on the web portal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Prescribe the frequency of updates for public data sets on the web portal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Be subject to County Council approval by resolution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
