HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 94764        FILED ON: 6/15/2010

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4764

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act CONCERNING 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.  Clause 26th of section 7of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in lines 219 and 220 the following:—(r) Information and records acquired under chapter 18C by the office of the child advocate.

SECTION 2.  Section 5 of chapter 18C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:—(i) Information and records acquired under this chapter by the office of the child advocate shall not be public nor subject to disclosure pursuant to chapter 66.

SECTION 3.  Section 1 of chapter 30B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out after the word “contract”, in line 98, the following:—; 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