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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 7G.1 PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL
1 2 INFORMATION.
1 3 1. Every state department, agency, board, or commission
1 4 that mails correspondence containing confidential information
1 5 shall mail the correspondence with all sides sealed with
1 6 perforated tear-off strips or in any other manner that will
1 7 easily indicate if tampering with the mailed correspondence
1 8 has occurred.
1 9 2. Every state department, agency, board, or commission
1 10 that sends a request to an individual to respond by means of a
1 11 return postcard which contains or could contain confidential
1 12 information shall have printed on the return postcard a
1 13 statement that if the individual wishes to protect any
1 14 confidential information, the individual should return the
1 15 postcard in a separate envelope.
1 16 3. For purposes of this section, the executive council
1 17 shall identify by September 1, 2003, the kinds of confidential
1 18 information that are covered by this section.
1 19 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act,
1 20 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
1 21 enactment and applies to confidential information mailed on or
1 22 after September 1, 2003.
1 23 EXPLANATION
1 24 This bill requires state government, when mailing
1 25 correspondence containing confidential information, to protect
1 26 its confidentiality by sealing all sides with perforated tear-
1 27 off strips for opening or by any other method that will easily
1 28 indicate that tampering has occurred. The bill also requires
1 29 a statement to be included on postcards to be returned to the
1 30 state which contain confidential information that the returnee
1 31 should mail the postcard in an envelope if the returnee wants
1 32 to protect the confidential information.
1 33 The executive council is given the responsibility of
1 34 identifying the kinds of confidential information that are
1 35 covered by the bill.
2 1 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to
2 2 confidential information mailed on or after September 1, 2003.
2 3 LSB 2718YH 80
2 4 mg/cl/14
Text: HF00561 Text: HF00563 Text: HF00500 - HF00599 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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