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OLR Bill Analysis
HB 6236
AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING
CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNDER
THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
SUMMARY
This bill (1) broadens the current exemption of certain executive
branch agency records related to faulty or failing concrete foundations
from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and (2)
applies the broadened exemption to the same types of records held by
public higher education institutions.
Current law exempts from disclosure (1) documents executive
branch agencies have on claims of faulty or failing concrete
foundations in residential buildings by the buildings’ owners and (2)
associated agency-prepared documents. The disclosure protection lasts
until the later of May 25, 2023, or seven years after the agency receives
the documents.
Under the bill, the executive branch agency protection applies to (1)
any records the agencies maintain or keep on file related to claims of
faulty or failing residential concrete foundations, not just those related
to owners’ claims; (2) any records the agencies maintain or keep on file
about testing these foundations; and (3) both documents and materials
the agencies prepare related to the records.
The bill also applies this exemption to records public higher
education institutions maintain or keep on file, or documents or
materials the institutions prepare, concerning claims of and testing for
faulty or failing concrete foundations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2021
COMMITTEE ACTION 2021HB-06236-R000337-BA.DOCX
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Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 22 Nay 0 (03/22/2021)