SENATE DOCKET, NO. 982        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1442

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act providing appropriate public safety protections for security system user information..

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 10 of chapter 66 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2006 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: -

(e) The name, alarm site location, security system type, mailing address, or contact information of any security system user shall not be public records in the custody of a government agency which maintains records identifying such persons as a security system or alarm user and shall not be disclosed; provided however, that a government agency may enter into a contract containing strict confidentiality provisions enforcing this section with a third party solely for the performance of administrative functions related to enforcement of a relevant municipal ordinance.