AR HB1884

Amends Arkansas Code § 14-14-111(b)(1) to expand the definition of "administrative rights" to explicitly include the power to extract records from electronic systems maintained by county officials.

Requires county officials to retain complete administrative rights and complete access to all electronic records, regardless of whether records are maintained electronically.

Mandates that counties provide nonencrypted bulk public records in the requested format when requested by commercial, nonpress entities, as long as that format exists in the software.

Requires third-party electronic record providers to enable counties to extract public records in common file formats (such as ASCII or comma-separated values) that do not disclose proprietary software code or impair data accessibility and usability.

Specifies that bulk electronic public records provided shall not include redacted data, and exempts audio and video file formats from these bulk production requirements.