§ 89. General provisions relating to access to records; certain cases.\nThe provisions of this section apply to access to all records, except as\nhereinafter specified:\n 1. (a) The committee on open government is continued and shall consist\nof the lieutenant governor or the delegate of such officer, the\nsecretary of state or the delegate of such officer, whose office shall\nact as secretariat for the committee, the commissioner of the office of\ngeneral services or the delegate of such officer, the director of the\nbudget or the delegate of such officer, and seven other persons, none of\nwhom shall hold any other state or local public office except the\nrepresentative of local governments as set forth herein, to be appointed\nas follows: five by the governor, at least two of whom are or have been\nrepresentatives of the news media, one of whom shall be a representative\nof local government who, at the time of appointment, is serving as a\nduly elected officer of a local government, one by the temporary\npresident of the senate, and one by the speaker of the assembly. The\npersons appointed by the temporary president of the senate and the\nspeaker of the assembly shall be appointed to serve, respectively, until\nthe expiration of the terms of office of the temporary president and the\nspeaker to which the temporary president and speaker were elected. The\nfour persons presently serving by appointment of the governor for fixed\nterms shall continue to serve until the expiration of their respective\nterms. Thereafter, their respective successors shall be appointed for\nterms of four years. The member representing local government shall be\nappointed for a term of four years, so long as such member shall remain\na duly elected officer of a local government. The committee shall hold\nno less than two meetings annually, but may meet at any time. The\nmembers of the committee shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual\nexpenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.\n (b) The committee shall:\n i. furnish to any agency advisory guidelines, opinions or other\nappropriate information regarding this article;\n ii. furnish to any person advisory opinions or other appropriate\ninformation regarding this article;\n iii. promulgate rules and regulations with respect to the\nimplementation of subdivision one and paragraph (c) of subdivision three\nof section eighty-seven of this article;\n iv. request from any agency such assistance, services and information\nas will enable the committee to effectively carry out its powers and\nduties;\n v. develop a form, which shall be made available on the internet, that\nmay be used by the public to request a record; and\n vi. report on its activities and findings regarding this article and\narticle seven of this chapter, including recommendations for changes in\nthe law, to the governor and the legislature annually, on or before\nDecember fifteenth.\n 2. (a) The committee on public access to records may promulgate\nguidelines regarding deletion of identifying details or withholding of\nrecords otherwise available under this article to prevent unwarranted\ninvasions of personal privacy. In the absence of such guidelines, an\nagency may delete identifying details when it makes records available.\n (b) An unwarranted invasion of personal privacy includes, but shall\nnot be limited to:\n i. disclosure of employment, medical or credit histories or personal\nreferences of applicants for employment;\n ii. disclosure of items involving the medical or personal records of a\nclient or patient in a medical facility;\n iii. sale or release of lists of names and addresses if such lists\nwould be used for solicitation or fund-raising purposes;\n iv. disclosure of information of a personal nature when disclosure\nwould result in economic or personal hardship to the subject party and\nsuch information is not relevant to the work of the agency requesting or\nmaintaining it;\n v. disclosure of in
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