SF0034 - Public records-natural diversity database.
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2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0172.E1 ENGROSSED |
SENATE FILE NO. SF0034
Public records-natural diversity database.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Schiffer and Representative(s)
Luthi
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
public records; providing exceptions for
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information obtained through the Wyoming natural diversity
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database under the Public Records Act as specified; and
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providing for an effective date.
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6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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8 Section
1. W.S. 16-4-203 by creating a new subsection
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(h) is amended to read:
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11 16-4-203. Right of inspection; grounds
for denial;
12 access of news media; order permitting or
restricting
13 disclosure; exception.
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15 (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
16 section,
the following applies to the Wyoming natural
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1 diversity database located at the University of Wyoming and
2 any report prepared by the custodian
from that database:
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4 (i) The custodian may
charge a reasonable fee
5 for searching the database and
preparing a report from that
6 database information;
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8 (ii) The custodian
shall allow the inspection of
9 all records in the database at a level
of spatial precision
10 equal to the township, but at no more precise level;
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12 (iii) Research reports prepared by the custodian
13 funded
completely from nonstate sources are subject to
14 paragraph (b)(iii) of this section;
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16 (iv) Any record contained in the database
17 pertaining
to private land shall not be released by the
18 University of Wyoming without the prior written consent of
19 the landowner.
Nothing in this paragraph prohibits the
20 release of any information which would otherwise be
21 available from any other information source available to
22 the public if the original source is cited.
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1 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
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completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
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as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
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Constitution.
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6 (END)
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