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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 22.3B SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS –
1 2 GOVERNMENT DISCLOSURE.
1 3 1. Unless otherwise required in the performance of duty or
1 4 otherwise authorized by law, a government body shall not, to
1 5 the greatest extent feasible, disclose the social security
1 6 number of a person. To ensure that a person's social security
1 7 number is not disclosed, the government body shall, if such
1 8 nondisclosure is feasible and consistent with applicable legal
1 9 requirements, make all reasonable efforts not to include the
1 10 number, or give the person the ability to elect not to include
1 11 the number, on mailing labels, licenses, permits, or any other
1 12 public record which could be readily observed by the public.
1 13 If a public record contains the social security number of a
1 14 person, the government body shall make all reasonable efforts
1 15 to devise a method, if feasible, to delete the social security
1 16 number from the record prior to release of the record if such
1 17 deletion does not materially affect the value of the public
1 18 record and is otherwise permitted by law. The deletion of a
1 19 social security number from a public record shall not be cause
1 20 to delay the release of the public record except for the time
1 21 required to perform the actual deletion.
1 22 2. The requirement to restrict the disclosure of a social
1 23 security number of a person to the greatest extent feasible
1 24 shall not prohibit a government body from obtaining a social
1 25 security number from a person if the government body is
1 26 authorized or otherwise required to do so in the scope of the
1 27 government body's official duties.
1 28 3. A government body that solicits information containing
1 29 a social security number of a person or that is the lawful
1 30 custodian of public records containing social security numbers
1 31 shall develop rules and guidelines concerning the use and
1 32 disclosure of social security numbers consistent with the
1 33 requirements of this section.
1 34 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect January 1,
1 35 2001.
2 1 EXPLANATION
2 2 This bill creates a new Code section within the open
2 3 records chapter concerning the use and disclosure of social
2 4 security numbers. The new Code section provides that a
2 5 government body, to the greatest extent feasible, refrain from
2 6 disclosing the social security number of a person unless
2 7 required in the performance of duty or authorized by law. The
2 8 new Code section provides that a government body should
2 9 delete, in some manner, a social security number contained in
2 10 a requested public record if authorized by law. The new Code
2 11 section provides that the deletion of a number should not
2 12 delay the release of the public record. The new Code section
2 13 does not prohibit a government body from obtaining a person's
2 14 social security number if necessary. Finally, the bill
2 15 requires all government bodies which deal with social security
2 16 numbers to develop rules to govern the use and disclosure of
2 17 the numbers consistent with the requirements of the new
2 18 section.
2 19 The bill takes effect January 1, 2001.
2 20 LSB 6871HV 78
2 21 ec/as/5
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