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SS#2/SB 761 - This act creates and modifies provisions relating to access to public records. FEES FOR RECORDS REQUESTS OF THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL (Section 43.253) This act provides that a minimum fee of $5 may be charged by the Missouri State Highway Patrol for any request where there are allowable fees of less than $5. Such $5 fee shall be in place of any allowable fee of less than $5. The Superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol may increase the minimum fee by not more than $1 every other year following August 28, 2023. The minimum fee shall not exceed $10. Additionally, this act provides that a request for public records shall be considered withdrawn if the requester fails to remit all fees within 30 days of a request for payment of the fees by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. These provisions are identical to SB 429 (2021). REDACTION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION (Section 476.055) This act provides that any personal information of minors and, if applicable, any next friends shall be redacted from any court automation system that provides public access to electronic records on the internet. These provisions are identical to SB 872 (2022). RECORDS OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES (Section 610.021) This act adds individually identifiable customer usage and billing records for customers of a municipally owned utility, unless the records are requested by the customer or authorized for release by the customer, to the list of records that may be closed under the Sunshine Law. A municipally owned utility shall make available to the public the customer's name, billing address, location of service, and dates of service provided for any commercial service account. These provisions are identical to SB 827 (2022) and a provision contained in the truly agreed SCS/HCS/HB 362 (2021), SB 214 (2021), SCS/HB 657 (2021), SS#2/SCS/HCS/HB 1854 (2020), HB 1953 (2020), HCS/HB 1098 (2019), and SCS/SB 453 (2019), and is similar to SB 828 (2020). MARY GRACE PRINGLE
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