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Senate Study Bill 2089

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 384.85, Code 1997, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  a.  Notwithstanding section 21.5, the
  1  4 governing body of a city utility, combined utility system,
  1  5 city enterprise, or combined city enterprise, by a vote of a
  1  6 quorum of the members of the body, may hold a closed session
  1  7 to discuss business matters and marketing and pricing
  1  8 strategies if its competitive position would be harmed by
  1  9 public disclosure not required of potential or actual
  1 10 competitors, and if no public purpose would be served by such
  1 11 disclosure.
  1 12    b.  Notwithstanding section 22.2, subsection 1, public
  1 13 records of a city utility, combined utility system, city
  1 14 enterprise, or combined city enterprise shall not include
  1 15 records of customer names and accounts, records associated
  1 16 with marketing or pricing strategies, and business records, if
  1 17 its competitive position would be harmed by public disclosure
  1 18 not required of potential or actual competitors, and if no
  1 19 public purpose would be served by such disclosure.  
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill allows the governing body of a city utility,
  1 22 combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city
  1 23 enterprise, by a vote of a quorum of the members of the body,
  1 24 to conduct a closed session to discuss business matters and
  1 25 marketing and pricing strategies if its competitive position
  1 26 would be harmed by public disclosure of such information, the
  1 27 disclosure of such information is not required of potential or
  1 28 actual competitors, and no public purpose would be served by
  1 29 such disclosure.
  1 30    The bill also provides an exception from the public records
  1 31 requirements of Code section 22.2, for the records of a city
  1 32 utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined
  1 33 city enterprise for records which include customer names and
  1 34 accounts, which are associated with marketing or pricing
  1 35 strategies, and business records, if its competitive position
  2  1 would be harmed by public disclosure of such records which is
  2  2 not required of potential or actual competitors, and no public
  2  3 purpose would be served by such disclosure.  
  2  4 LSB 4209SC 77
  2  5 mj/sc/14
     

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