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HB 213 Original 2023 Regular Session Brass
Abstract: Exempts surveillance and security video of the inside of or covering the area immediately
surrounding a building owned, operated, or maintained by a public school board or a charter
school from the Public Records Law.
Present law (R.S. 44:1 et seq.-Public Records Law) provides that all types of documentary materials,
regardless of format, having been used, being in use, or prepared, possessed, or retained for use in
the conduct, transaction, or performance of any business, transaction, work, duty, or function which
was conducted, transacted, or performed by or under the authority of the constitution or laws of the
state, or by or under the authority of any ordinance, regulation, mandate, or order of any public body
or concerning the receipt or payment of any money received or paid by or under the authority of the
constitution or the laws of the state are "public records". Present law excludes from the definition
of "public record" any documentary material of a security feature of a public body's electronic data
processing system, information technology system, telecommunications network, or electronic
security system. Present law 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
of a public entity or agency to provide copies to persons so requesting. Provides for certain
exceptions, exemptions, and limitations.
Present law further exempts blueprints and floor plans of the interior of a public school building or
facility from the Public Records Law.
Proposed law additionally exempts surveillance and security video of the inside of or covering the
area immediately surrounding a building owned, operated, or maintained by a public school board
or a charter school.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 44:4(64))