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OH HB33
Bill
Status
1/19/2011
Primary Sponsor
Courtney Combs
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AI Summary
HB 33 Summary
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Extends privacy protections for residential and familial information to federal law enforcement officers, placing them on equal footing with state and local law enforcement personnel in Ohio public records law.
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Authorizes federal law enforcement officers to request that public offices (other than county auditors) redact their addresses from records made available to the public on the internet within five business days.
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Allows federal law enforcement officers to request that county auditors replace their names with initials on general tax lists and property duplicate records, with requests to be processed within five business days or justified if impracticable.
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Defines "federal law enforcement officer" as any United States officer authorized by federal law to conduct investigations and make arrests for federal crimes, and amends sections 149.43, 149.45, 319.28, and 319.54 of the Revised Code to implement these protections.
Legislative Description
To exclude the residential and familial information of a federal law enforcement officer from the definition of a public record, to include federal law enforcement officers among the protected individuals who are authorized to request a public office other than the county auditor to redact the person's address from any record made available to the general public on the internet, and to include those officers among the protected individuals who may request the county auditor to replace the person's name with the person's initials on the general tax list and duplicate.
Federal law enforcement officers-personal information-confidentiality
Last Action
To Judiciary & Ethics
1/19/2011