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In the meantime, if you take 24, everything

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is wide open, and the legislature will not have had time

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to close the door. It is a very dangerous amendment, in

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that form. Therefore I drafted for our committee the

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proposal submitted as a substitute by Mr. Kiefer, which

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declares the policy of the right to know, but it shall be

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opened and given after the legislature has had the time

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to study the matter carefully.

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If you will notice to the extent and in the

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manner provided by law, the concept is there, and the

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legislature will have ample time to develop it carefully.

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I hope if you act in this area at all, and it

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is a good concept, that you take 24-A and substitute

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and pass that.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Dukes.

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DELEGATE DUKES: I think I have grasped the

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spirit of the Kiefer amendment. He and delegate Weidemeyer

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are in favor of the right to knpw, but not very much.

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Delegate Scanlan wanted to strike everything. That was a

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clear approach. Delegate Scanlan characterized a similar

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amendment as governmental immunity. He said he was for it,