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HB 146 Original 2019 Regular Session Crews
Abstract: Requires certain geographic information to be made available in a certain format.
Present law (R.S. 44:1 et seq.—Public Records Law) provides for access and retention of public
records. Establishes a framework for the ready availability of public records to requesting persons,
and specifically provides that it is the duty of the custodian of the public records for a public entity
or agency to provide copies to persons so requesting.
Proposed law retains present law. Additionally requires any public record that consists of geographic
information system data that is made available to the public by the custodian on the internet to
additionally be made available to the public by the custodian on the internet in a format for
expressing geographic annotation and visualization in two-dimensional or three-dimensional
representations using applications that are available to the public without charge, including without
limitation KML.
Effective Aug. 1, 2020.
(Adds R.S. 44:42)