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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="4-502" title_number="4" title_name="Public Information Act" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person in interest may request a unit of the State to correct inaccurate or incomplete information in a public record that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the unit keeps; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the person in interest is authorized to inspect.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A request under this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be in writing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>describe the requested change precisely; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>state the reasons for the change.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 30 days after receiving a request under this section, a unit shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>make or refuse to make the requested change; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>give the person in interest written notice of the action taken.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A notice of refusal shall contain the unit’s reasons for the refusal.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the unit finally refuses a request under this section, the person in interest may submit to the unit a concise statement that, in five pages or less, states the reasons for the request and for disagreement with the refusal.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the unit provides the disputed information to a third party, the unit shall provide to that party a copy of the statement submitted to the unit by the person in interest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If a unit is subject to Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article, a person or governmental unit may seek administrative and judicial review in accordance with that subtitle of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a decision of the unit to deny:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a request to change a public record; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a right to submit a statement of disagreement; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the failure of the unit to provide the statement to a third party.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
