Ch. 269

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 269
(Senate Bill 377)

AN ACT concerning

Access to Public Records - Required Denials - Alarm and Security Systems

FOR the purpose of requiring a custodian to deny inspection of a public record
containing certain information about a person, including a commercial entity,
that maintains an alarm or security system, except under certain
circumstances; requiring a custodian to permit inspection of certain public
records by certain persons; making this Act an emergency measure; and
generally relating to access to public records relating to alarm and security
systems.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 10-617
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Government

10-617.

(a)     Unless otherwise provided by law, a custodian shall deny inspection of a
part of a public record, as provided in this section.

(b)     (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a custodian shall deny
inspection of the part of a public record that contains medical or psychological
information about an individual, other than an autopsy report of a medical examiner.

(2) A custodian shall permit the person in interest to inspect the public
record to the extent permitted under § 4-304(a) of the Health - General Article.

(c)     If the official custodian has adopted rules or regulations that define
sociological information for purposes of this subsection, a custodian shall deny
inspection of the part of a public record that contains sociological information, in
accordance with the rules or regulations.

(d)     A custodian shall deny inspection of the part of a public record that
contains any of the following information provided by or obtained from any person or
governmental unit:

(1)     a trade secret;

(2)     confidential commercial information;

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