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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5659
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1658
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING REQUESTS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT AND THE PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN
COMMUNICATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 14 of the general statutes be amended to (1) require 1
administrative staff of members of the General Assembly and the 2
Governor to post all communications received or made by such officials 3
during the prior week and not exempt from disclosure under the 4
Freedom of Information Act on a central Internet web site every Friday 5
afternoon, (2) set a fixed time frame within which requests under the 6
Freedom of Information Act shall be completed, such as forty-eight 7
days, and (3) require the development of a central location where all 8
completed requests under the Freedom of Information Act can be stored 9
and viewed by the public. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To address how the Freedom of Information Commission is
understaffed by requiring certain information to be more accessible to
the public.