HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3036        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3029

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relating to the exemptions to the public records law..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 7(26)(s) of chapter 4 of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2.  Section 7(26)(g) of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subclause (g) and replacing it with the following paragraph:

(g) trade secrets or commercial financial, or proprietary information provided upon a promise of confidentiality to a public entity for use in developing governmental policy or in furtherance of necessary governmental functions, the disclosure of which would compromise the entity’s performance of the public function;

SECTION 3.  Section 1 of chapter 303 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking after the word contract, in lines 98 and 99, the following language:-

“; provided, further, that for any such contract determined to contain confidential information under subclause (r) of section 7 of chapter 4, the governmental body shall instead maintain a record of the procurement processes and awards for 6 years after the date of the final payment.”

and inserting in place thereof the following language:-

“; provided, further, that for any such contract determined to contain confidential information under subclause (g) of section 7 of chapter 4, the governmental body shall instead maintain a record of the procurement processes and awards for 6 years after the date of the final payment.”