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it up to the legislature to provide information such as

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statistical records such as expenditures and salaries,

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in other words, we would leave information of that kind

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up to the legislature to decide whether the public

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should know about it or not; is that right?

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kiefer.

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DELEGATE KIEFER: Delegate Koger, you have hit

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it right on the head, because as originally proposed by

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this minority report, it would open everything, and the

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legislature would have to close it. This amendment that

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I have offered instead would do the opposite. The

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legislature could decide what the public ought to see

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if it is necessary.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Any further questions?

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Delegate Chabot.

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DELEGATE CHABOT: Delegate Kiefer, there had been

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some discussion of an existing common-law right to certain

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public records, and the language of your amendment would

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seem to -- do I understand correctly that the language

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of your amendment would permit those records to be

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available to the public only to the extent and in the