House Bill 601 Summary

• Requires public records requests be submitted in writing with specific descriptions of records sought, including subject matter and date range, to enable agencies to locate records with reasonable effort.

• Exempts records identifying methods used by the Idaho state tax commission to select tax returns for audit review and records identifying methods used by the unclaimed property administrator to select reports for audit review.

• Exempts underwriting and claims records of the Idaho petroleum clean water trust fund, with exceptions allowing submission to regulatory agencies for corrective action requirements and for auditing, reporting, or actuarial information.

• Clarifies that legislative records exempt from disclosure include personal communications by or between Idaho legislature members not relating to public business, and personally identifying information of private citizens in communications with legislators.

• Removes provisions regarding tax commission records, unclaimed property audit records, and petroleum clean water trust fund records from the list of records exempt under Section 74-109.