Bill Text: GA HB875 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Natural Resources, Department of; privacy of certain records and personal information; provide

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-29 - House Conference Committee Lost [HB875 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB875-Amended.html

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ADOPTED
Senator Bulloch of the 11th offered the following amendment:

Amend HB 875 by inserting after "To" at the beginning of line 1 the following:
amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure is not required for certain records and disclosure of exempting legal authority, so as to exempt certain records of the Department of Agriculture from disclosure; to

By redesignating Section 1 as Section 1A and inserting after the enacting clause the following:

SECTION 1.

Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure is not required for certain records and disclosure of exempting legal authority, is amended by adding a new paragraph in subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(10.4) Records, data, or information compiled and maintained by the Department of Agriculture regarding applicants for or recipients of certification for taxation purposes as a qualified agriculture producer as defined in Code Section 48-8-3.3; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the release of such records, data, or information to a law enforcement officer, prosecutor, or judge or another state or federal agency for use in the investigation or prosecution of alleged criminal or unlawful activity or for other official use;"