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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="8-504" title_number="8" title_name="Organization of Executive Branch" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Special Education Ombudsman">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Department” means a principal department of the Executive Branch of State government.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Independent unit” means a unit in the Executive Branch of State government that is not in a department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Mask” means to redact from public view those portions of a public record that contain personal information, without permanently altering the original public record.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Official custodian” means an officer or employee of the State who, whether or not the officer or employee has physical custody and control of a public record, is responsible for keeping the public record.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>“Person in interest” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an individual that is the subject of personal information contained in a public record or a designee of the individual; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the individual has a legal disability, the parent or legal representative of the individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>“Personal information” means an individual’s:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Social Security number; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>driver’s license number.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Public record” means the original or any copy of any documentary material that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is made by a unit or instrumentality of the State government or received by the unit in connection with the transaction of public business; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is in any form, including:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>a card;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>a computerized record;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>correspondence;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="D">
          <text>a drawing;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="E">
          <text>film or microfilm;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="F">
          <text>a form;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="G">
          <text>a map;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="H">
          <text>a photograph or photostat;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="I">
          <text>a recording; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="J">
          <text>a tape.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Public record” includes a document that lists the salary of an employee of a unit or instrumentality of the State government.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>“Public record” does not include a digital photographic image or signature of an individual, or the actual stored data thereof, recorded by the Motor Vehicle Administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>“Publicly post or display” means to intentionally make available to the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided by law, on or after June 1, 2010, a department or an independent unit, to the extent practicable, may not publicly post or display on an Internet website maintained or paid for by the department or independent unit an individual’s personal information.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person in interest may request an official custodian to mask personal information in the Internet version of a public record.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A request made in accordance with this subsection shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be in writing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide an adequate description of the public record including a name and address or type and location of the public record.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Within 30 days after receiving a request under this section, an official custodian shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>mask the personal information in the Internet version of the record; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>give the person in interest written notice of the action taken.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to a public record after 72 years from the date it was made or received by a unit or instrumentality of the State government.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
