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any recommendations concerning the exception review process. | Before reporting out legislation, the review committee shall notify | the appropriate committees of jurisdiction concerning public | hearings and work sessions and shall allow members of the | appropriate committees of jurisdiction to participate in work | sessions. |
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| | 2. Process of evaluation. According to the schedule in | section 434 433, the review advisory committee shall evaluate | each public records exception that is scheduled for review that | biennium. This section does not prohibit the evaluation of a | public record exception by either the advisory committee or the | review committee at a time other than that listed in section 433. | The review committee shall use the following criteria to | determine apply in determining whether each exception scheduled | for review should be repealed, modified or remain unchanged: |
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| A. Whether a record protected by the exception still needs | to be collected and maintained; |
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| B. The value to the agency or official or to the public in | maintaining a record protected by the exception; |
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| C. Whether federal law requires a record to be | confidential; |
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| D. Whether the exception protects an individual's privacy | interest and, if so, whether that interest substantially | outweighs the public interest in the disclosure of records; |
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| E. Whether public disclosure puts a business at a | competitive disadvantage and, if so, whether that business's | interest substantially outweighs the public interest in the | disclosure of records; |
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| F. Whether public disclosure compromises the position of a | public body in negotiations and, if so, whether that public | body's interest substantially outweighs the public interest | in the disclosure of records; |
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| G. Whether public disclosure jeopardizes the safety of a | member of the public or the public in general and, if so, | whether that safety interest substantially outweighs the | public interest in the disclosure of records; |
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| H. Whether the exception is as narrowly tailored as | possible; and |
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| I. Any other criteria that assist the review committee in | determining the value of the exception as compared to the | public's interest in the record protected by the exception. |
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