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confidential or otherwise not a public record for purposes of | chapter 13, subchapter 1. |
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| | 2.__Review committee.__"Review committee" means the joint | standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over | judiciary matters. |
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| §432.__Exceptions to public records; review |
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| | 1.__Recommendations.__During the second regular session of | each Legislature, the review committee shall report out | legislation containing its recommendations concerning the repeal, | modification and continuation of public records exceptions and | any recommendations concerning the exception review process. |
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| | 2.__Process of evaluation.__According to the schedule in | section 434, the review committee shall evaluate each public | records exception that is scheduled for review that biennium.__ | The review committee shall use the following criteria to | determine whether each exception scheduled for review should be | repealed, modified or remain unchanged: |
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| A.__Whether a record protected by the exception still needs | to be collected and maintained; |
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| B.__The value to the agency or official or to the public in | maintaining a record protected by the exception; |
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| C.__Whether federal law requires a record to be | confidential; |
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| D.__Whether the exception protects an individual's privacy | interest and, if so, whether that interest substantially | outweighs the public interest in the disclosure of records; |
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| E.__Whether public disclosure puts a business at a | competitive disadvantage and, if so, whether that business's | interest substantially outweighs the public interest in the | disclosure of records; |
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| F.__Whether public disclosure compromises the position of a | public body in negotiations and, if so, whether that public | body's interest substantially outweighs the public interest | in the disclosure of records; |
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| G.__Whether public disclosure jeopardizes the safety of a | member of the public or the public in general and, if so, | whether that safety interest substantially outweighs the | public interest in the disclosure of records; |
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