General Assembly Raised Bill No. 439
February Session, 2012 LCO No. 2272
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Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
(PD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 439
February Session, 2012
LCO No. 2272
*02272_______PD_*
Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF MUNICIPAL RECORDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-27 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
All public records of towns, cities and boroughs shall be kept in fire-resistive vaults or safes except when in actual use for the purpose of examination or entry. If the proper authorities in any town, city or borough fail to provide such vaults or safes, the Public Records Administrator may give an order to the chief administrative officer of such town, city or borough that the same shall be provided. If such provision is not made within a reasonable time thereafter, said Public Records Administrator shall report the neglect to the State Librarian, who may seek enforcement of compliance with such order as provided in section 11-8. All fire-resistive rooms or vaults and all safes provided for the safekeeping of any such public records shall conform to the regulations adopted by the Public Records Administrator and shall be furnished with fittings of a noncombustible nature. On or before July 1, 2013, the Public Records Administrator shall adopt regulations concerning standards for fire-resistive vaults and safes in which computer media and electronic storage devices are stored.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 7-27
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
7-27
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Public Records Administrator to update regulations concerning fire-resistant vaults and safes to provide guidance on the protection of computer media and electronic records.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]