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Senate adopts wide-ranging GRAMA changes after years of negotiation
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 26, 1992, passed substitute House Bill 400, a package of Information Access (GRAMA) amendments crafted after three years of interagency negotiation; the compromise narrows some disclosures, delays enactment, and adds protections for internal audits and economic-development negotiations.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 26 passed substitute House Bill 400, a major rewrite of the state's open-records law intended to standardize access and protect sensitive records. Sponsor and floor manager Senator Steele described the package as "the culmination of 3 years of work," telling colleagues the changes were a compromise among agencies and interest groups.
The measure, offered as a substitute with a set of agreed amendments distributed on the floor, does three things in the sponsors' words: bring uniformity to disclosure processes across agencies; allow reasonable compensatory fees to cover reproduction and research costs;…
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