H 4565 General Bill, By K.G. Kempe and D.W. Beatty
    A Bill to enact the South Carolina "Computer Technology and Data Management Act"; to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Sections 30-4-52, 30-4-54, and 30-4-56 so as to provide for the impact of information management technology on access to public records, information dissemination and services by government agencies, use of government owned information management systems for commercial purposes, and the joint development and financing of information management systems by counties, municipalities, state agencies, and other units of government; and to amend Section 30-4-20, relating to definitions used in the Freedom of Information Act, so as to include within the definition of "public record" identifiable information related to the performance, activities, and decisions of public officials, to provide that when records are digitally stored in computer systems access to certain software necessary to access these records must be granted under certain circumstances, and to provide that nothing in this Section authorizes or requires the copies and delivery of entire databases for commercial use or requires the provision of electronic products and services.
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03/17/92	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-9
03/17/92	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-10