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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 146

(a) In this article the following words have the
meanings indicated.

(b) "Public records" when not otherwise specified

shall include any paper, correspondence, form, book,

photograph, photostat, film, microfilm, sound recording,
map, drawing, or other written document, regardless of
physical form or characteristics, and including all copies
thereof, that have been made by any branch of the State

government, including the legislative, judicial, and

executive branches, by any branch of a political

subdivision, and by any agency or instrumentality of the
State or a political subdivision, or received by them in
connection with the transaction of public business. The
term "public records" also includes the salaries of all
employees of the State, of a political subdivision, and any
agency or instrumentality thereof, both in the classified
and nonclassified service. "PUBLIC RECORDS" DOES NOT INCLUDE
THE HOME ADDRESS OR HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ANY EMPLOYEE OF
THE STATE OR ANY AGENCY, INSTRUMENTALITY OR POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE, BOTH IN THE CLASSIFIED AND
NONCLASSIFIED SERVICE.

3.

(c) The custodian shall deny the right of inspection
of the following records or any portion thereof, unless
otherwise provided by law;

(viii) School district records containing information
relating to the biography, family, physiology, religion,
academic achievement, and physical or mental ability of any
student except to the person in interest or to the officials
duly elected and appointed to supervise him; [and]

(ix) Circulation records maintained by public
libraries showing personal transactions by those borrowing
from them[.]; AND

(X) THE HOME ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ANY
EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OR ANY AGENCY, INSTRUMENTALITY, OR
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE, BOTH WHETHER IN THE
CLASSIFIED AND OR NONCLASSIFIED SERVICE, EXCEPT WITH THE
PERMISSION OF THE PERSON IN INTEREST. EMPLOYEE, UNLESS THE
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WHICH EMPLOYS THE PERSON HAS DETERMINED
THAT DISCLOSURE OF THE ADDRESS OR NUMBER IS NECESSARY TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.