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Massachusetts Public Records Law is a law in Massachusetts detailing what kinds of documents are actually public records. [1] It is a state law that is similar to the federal Freedom of Information Act , which was signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966. [ 2 ]
Louisiana Public Records Law La.R.S. §§ 44:31 to 44:41 1940 [30] Any person 18 or older Maine Maine Freedom of Access Act Tit. 1, §§ 400 to 434 1959 [31] Any person Maryland Maryland Public Information Act Gen. Provis. §§ 4–101 to 4-601 1970 [32] Any person Massachusetts Massachusetts Public Records Law: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, §§ 1 to 21
Rashid Bryant, a 22-month-old, died in 2020 from ‘acute and chronic’ abuse. The Florida Department of Children and Families took a year to release records related to his death.
The exact number of statutory exemptions to the open records law is hard to assess, but estimates exceed 200. [5] In response to criticisms that Florida's public records law had been undermined by the many exemptions, the Florida Legislature enacted the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995. Fla. Stat. § 119.15.
For example, Colorado has the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA); [11] in New Jersey the law is known as the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). [12] There are many degrees of accessibility to public records between states, with some making it fairly easy to request and receive documents, and others with many exemptions and restricted categories of ...
By state law, a physician is allowed to condition the release of copies of medical records on the payment by the requesting party of the reasonable costs of reproducing the record. Reasonable cost as defined by law may not exceed onedollar ($1.00) per page for the first twenty-five (25) pages, fifty cents ($.50) per page for each page in excess ...
"The insurance company [initially] refused to pay my clients for the loss of their house, even though the official fire report clearly indicated that the fire had originated in the neighbor's ...
A shield law is a law that gives reporters protection against being forced to disclose confidential information or sources in state court. There is no federal shield law and state shield laws vary in scope. In general, however, a shield law aims to provide the protection of: "a reporter cannot be forced to reveal his or her source".