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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="4-101" title_number="4" title_name="Public Information Act" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Applicant” means a person or governmental unit that asks to inspect a public record.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Board” means the State Public Information Act Compliance Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Custodian” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the official custodian; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any other authorized individual who has physical custody and control of a public record.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“News media” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>newspapers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>magazines;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>journals;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>press associations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>news agencies;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>wire services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>radio;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>television; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>any printed, photographic, mechanical, or electronic means of disseminating news and information to the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Official custodian” means an officer or employee of the State or of a political subdivision who is responsible for keeping a public record, whether or not the officer or employee has physical custody and control of the public record.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Person in interest” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a person or governmental unit that is the subject of a public record or a designee of the person or governmental unit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the person has a legal disability, the parent or legal representative of the person; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>as to requests for correction of certificates of death under § 5–310(d)(2) of the Health – General Article, the spouse, adult child, parent, adult sibling, grandparent, or guardian of the person of the deceased at the time of the deceased’s death.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Personal information” means information that identifies an individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in § 4–355 of this title, “personal information” includes an individual’s:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>name;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>address;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>e–mail address;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>driver’s license number or any other identification number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>medical or disability information;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>photograph or computer–generated image;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Social Security number; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>telephone number.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Personal information” does not include an individual’s:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>driver’s status;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>driving offenses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>five–digit zip code; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>information on vehicular accidents.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Police officer” has the meaning stated in § 3–201 of the Public Safety Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Political subdivision” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a county;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a municipal corporation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an unincorporated town;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a school district; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a special district.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Public record” means the original or any copy of any documentary material that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is made by a unit or an instrumentality of the State or of a political subdivision or received by the unit or instrumentality in connection with the transaction of public business; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is in any form, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a card;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a computerized record;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>correspondence;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>a drawing;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>film or microfilm;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>a form;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>a map;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>a photograph or photostat;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="9">
          <text>a recording; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="10">
          <text>a tape.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Public record” includes a document that lists the salary of an employee of a unit or an instrumentality of the State or of a political subdivision.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Public record” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a digital photographic image or signature of an individual, or the actual stored data of the image or signature, recorded by the Motor Vehicle Administration; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a record or any information submitted to the Public Access Ombudsman or the Board under Subtitle 1B of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Technical infraction” means a minor rule violation by an individual solely related to the enforcement of administrative rules that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>does not involve an interaction between a member of the public and the individual;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>does not relate to the individual’s investigative, enforcement, training, supervision, or reporting responsibilities; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is not otherwise a matter of public concern.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
