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<section number="2-546" name="Public data set availability" law="code" slug="sec-2-546" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_2AD_DIV48OPDA_S2-546PUDASEAV">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The County shall make public data sets available, and update those already available on the web portal within one year of the effective date of this bill.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A public data set shall be made available for download</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A public data set shall be published in a format that permits automated processing. Does not require a software license or the use of specialized software, and uses appropriate technology to notify the public of updates.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Once published, a public data set shall be updated as often as is required by the open data plan, to maintain the correctness of the data, or circumstances or events that require a change.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A published public data set shall be made available without any registration or license requirement or restriction on use. The County shall require third-party providers who deliver and host applications and data on behalf of the County, to meet the definition of public data sets and otherwise contracted requirements in securing and management of the data as prescribed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In this subsection, "registration or license requirement or restriction" does not include any measure required to:</text>
      <level label="I">
        <text>Protect the web portal from unlawful abuse or an attempt to damage or impair use of the portal; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="II">
        <text>Analyze the type of data being used to improve service delivery.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A published public data set must be accessible to external and internal search capabilities.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>This title does not prohibit an agency from:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Disclosing information not otherwise defined as data; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Making voluntarily disclosed information accessible through the web portal.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
