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County attorney to draft ordinance limiting commercial use of public-records requests
Summary
County attorney Clayton said Indiana law allows political subdivisions to bar commercial use of information obtained through public-records requests; commissioners directed him to draft an ordinance to discourage time-consuming commercial requests.
The county attorney, Clayton, briefed commissioners on a potential ordinance that would prohibit commercial use of information obtained through public-records (APRA) requests. Clayton said Indiana statute permits a political subdivision to adopt such an ordinance and that doing so could reduce time-consuming requests made with a primary intent…
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