This bill creates the Government Records Office (the office) within the Division of Archives and Records Service (the division), and replaces the State Records Committee (the committee) with the director of the office, who is an attorney with knowledge and experience relating to government records law and makes other changes relating to government records.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- creates the office within the division and describes the functions of the office;
- requires the governor to appoint the director of the office, in consultation with the executive director of the department, and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
- describes the term of office, qualifications, and duties of the director;
- repeals the committee;
- provides that the director will replace the committee in fulfilling the duties currently assigned to the committee, including the duty to decide appeals under the Government Records Access and Management Act;
- makes the government records ombudsman an employee of the office;
- grants rulemaking authority to the director of the office;
- provides for the transition from the committee to the director of the office;
- removes subjective balancing test provisions for determining the confidentiality of a record; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.