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SENATE BILL NO. 1232, As Amended – Corrections/operation mnls/disclosr

SENATE BILL NO. 1232, As Amended

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S1232aa..............................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
CORRECTION DEPARTMENT - OPERATIONS MANUALS - Amends existing law to provide
that operations manuals of the Department of Correction shall be exempt
from disclosure; to define "operations manual"; and to revise the records
of the Commission of Pardons and Parole that are exempt from disclosure.

02/18    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/19    Rpt prt - to Jud
03/02    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/02    Rpt out amen - to engros
03/03    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/04    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/08    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 30-0-5
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Cameron, Crow,
      Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Riggs, Risch,
      Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler,
      Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Burtenshaw, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Twiggs
    Floor Sponsor - Ingram
    Title apvd - to House
03/09    House intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Jud

Bill Text


S1232


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                             SENATE BILL NO. 1232, As Amended

                             BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS; AMENDING SECTION 9-340B, IDAHO CODE, AS  ADDED  BY
 3        SECTION  3, HOUSE BILL NO. 93, ENACTED BY THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE
 4        FIFTY-FIFTH IDAHO LEGISLATURE, TO PROVIDE THAT OPERATIONS MANUALS  OF  THE
 5        DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTION  SHALL  BE  EXEMPT  FROM  DISCLOSURE, TO DEFINE
 6        "OPERATIONS MANUALS" AND TO REVISE THE RECORDS OF THE COMMISSION  OF  PAR-
 7        DONS AND PAROLE THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE.

 8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 9        SECTION  1.  That Section 9-340B, Idaho Code, as added by Section 3, House
10    Bill No. 93, enacted by the First Regular Session  of  the  Fifty-fifth  Idaho
11    Legislature, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

12        9-340B.  RECORDS EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE -- LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS, INVES-
13    TIGATORY RECORDS OF AGENCIES, WORKER'S COMPENSATION. The following records are
14    exempt from disclosure:
15        (1)  Investigatory records of a law enforcement agency, as defined in sec-
16    tion  9-337(5),  Idaho  Code, under the conditions set forth in section 9-335,
17    Idaho Code.
18        (2)  Juvenile records of a person maintained pursuant to chapter 5,  title
19    20, Idaho Code, except that facts contained in such records shall be furnished
20    upon  request  in a manner determined by the court to persons and governmental
21    and private agencies and institutions conducting pertinent research studies or
22    having a legitimate interest in the protection, welfare and treatment  of  the
23    juvenile  who  is  thirteen  (13) years of age or younger.  If the juvenile is
24    petitioned or charged with  an offense which would be a  criminal  offense  if
25    committed  by an adult, the name, offense of which the juvenile was petitioned
26    or charged and disposition of the court shall be subject to disclosure as pro-
27    vided in section 20-525, Idaho Code.  Additionally,  facts  contained  in  any
28    records  of a juvenile maintained under chapter 5, title 20, Idaho Code, shall
29    be furnished upon request  to  any  school  district  where  the  juvenile  is
30    enrolled or is seeking enrollment.
31        (3)    Records    Operations manuals  of the depart-
32    ment of correction .   or     "Operations  manuals"
33    are  those  internal documents of any department of correction's facility that
34    define the procedure  utilized  to  maintain  security  within  the  facility.
35    Records  of    the  commission of pardons and parole  to the extent
36    that disclosure thereof would interfere with the secure and orderly conduct of
37    their operations, or the rehabilitation of any person in the  custody  of  the
38    department  of  correction  or  on parole, or would substantially prejudice or
39    prevent the carrying out of the functions of the department of  correction  or
40    the commission of pardons and parole if the public interest in confidentiality
41    clearly  outweighs  the  public  interest in disclosure.   shall be
42    exempt from public disclosure pursuant to section 20-213A, Idaho Code.  
43    Records  exempt  from  disclosure  shall include, but not be limited to, those


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 1    containing the names and addresses of witnesses or victims or those containing
 2    information identifying victims or witnesses.
 3        (4)  Voting records of the sexual offender classification board. In accor-
 4    dance with section 18-8315, Idaho Code, the written  record  of  the  vote  to
 5    classify an offender as a violent sexual predator by each board member in each
 6    case reviewed by that board member shall be exempt from disclosure to the pub-
 7    lic  and shall be made available upon request only to the governor, the chair-
 8    man of the senate judiciary and rules committee, and the chairman of the house
 9    of representatives judiciary, rules and administration committee, for all law-
10    ful purposes.
11        (5)  Records of the sheriff or department of law enforcement  received  or
12    maintained  pursuant to section 18-3302, Idaho Code, relating to an  applicant
13    or licensee.
14        (6)  Records of investigations prepared by the department  of  health  and
15    welfare pursuant to its statutory responsibilities dealing with the protection
16    of children, the rehabilitation of youth, adoptions and the commitment of men-
17    tally ill persons.
18        (7)  Records including, but not limited to, investigative reports, result-
19    ing  from  investigations  conducted into complaints of discrimination made to
20    the Idaho human rights commission  unless  the  public  interest  in  allowing
21    inspection and copying of such records outweighs the legitimate public or pri-
22    vate  interest  in  maintaining  confidentiality of such records. A person may
23    inspect and copy documents from an investigative file to which he or she is  a
24    named  party if such documents are not otherwise prohibited from disclosure by
25    federal law or regulation or state law. The confidentiality of this subsection
26    will no longer apply to any record used in any judicial proceeding brought  by
27    a  named party to the complaint or investigation, or by the Idaho human rights
28    commission, relating to the complaint of discrimination.
29        (8)  Records containing information obtained by the manager of  the  Idaho
30    state  insurance fund pursuant to chapter 9, title 72, Idaho Code, from  or on
31    behalf of employers or employees contained in underwriting and claims for ben-
32    efits files.
33        (9)  The worker's compensation records of the Idaho industrial  commission
34    provided that the industrial commission shall make such records available:
35        (a)  To  the  parties in any worker's compensation claim and to the indus-
36        trial special indemnity fund of the state of Idaho; or
37        (b)  To employers and prospective employers subject to the  provisions  of
38        the  Americans  with disabilities act, 42 U.S.C. 12112, or other statutory
39        limitations, who certify that the  information  is  being  requested  with
40        respect  to a worker to whom the employer has extended an offer of employ-
41        ment and will be used in accordance with the provisions of  the  Americans
42        with disabilities act, 42 U.S.C. 12112, or other statutory limitations; or
43        (c)  To  employers and prospective employers not subject to the provisions
44        of the Americans with disabilities act, 42 U.S.C. 12112, or  other  statu-
45        tory  limitations,  provided the employer presents a written authorization
46        from the person to whom the records pertain; or
47        (d)  To others who  demonstrate  that  the  public  interest  in  allowing
48        inspection  and  copying  of  such records outweighs the public or private
49        interest in maintaining the confidentiality of such records, as determined
50        by a civil court of competent jurisdiction.
51        (10) Records of investigations compiled by the commission on aging involv-
52    ing vulnerable adults, as defined in section 18-1505, Idaho Code,  alleged  to
53    be abused, neglected or exploited.

Amendment


AS1232


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                       Moved by     Ingram               

                                       Seconded by  Davis                


                                      IN THE SENATE
                            SENATE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1232

 1                               AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1
 2        On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 40,  following  "  disclosure.
 3    " insert: " shall be exempt from public disclosure pursuant to sec-
 4    tion  20-213A, Idaho Code. ", and also in line 40, delete " Records
 5    " and insert: "Records"; delete lines 41  through  43  and  on  page  2,
 6    delete  line  1 and insert:  "exempt from disclosure shall include, but not be
 7    limited to, those containing the names and addresses of witnesses  or  victims
 8    or those containing information identifying victims or witnesses.".

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 09062

The purpose of this is to clarify that operations manuals of the
Department of Correction shall be exempt from disclosure, to
ensure that procedures utilized to maintain security within
corrections facilities are not disclosed directly or indirectly
to inmates. The bill deletes unnecessary and vague language
currently in the code, and conforms the code with existing code
sections regarding records of the Commission of Pardons and
Parole that are exempt from disclosure.

                                
                           FISCAL NOTE

There will be no fiscal impact.




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         Roy Eiguren, Idaho Allied Dailies
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