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MR. QUILLEN; Amendment No. 24, to accompany

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Minority report No. R§P-l(c) to committee recommendation

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No. R&P-l, by Delegates Beachley, Bothe, Burgess, Child,

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Dabrowski, Groh, Hardwicke, Kosakowski, Mitchell, C.

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Murray, Price, Taylor, Weidemeyer, Willoner.

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On page 4 following line 30 of Section 10

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Reserved Rights add the following new section:

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"Section Freedom of Information

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All governmental proceedings, meetings, and

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records shall be open to the people and prior notice of

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such proceedings or meetings shall be provided, except

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as otherwise prescribed by public general law."

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DELEGATE WILLONER: I yield 3 minutes to

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Delegate Maurer.

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DELEGATE MAURER: Mr. Chairman , I rise to

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support the amendment to manage the growth of government

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services and to provide a more energetic and robust state

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government. We have strengthened the executive, made

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the legislative more visible, given more power to local

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governments, and provided for intergovernmental bodies.

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I have wondered what we should do to strengthen