Tennessee HB 2007: Public Records - As introduced, revises provisions governing confidentiality of certain documents held by the comptroller. - Amends TCA Title 10.

Bill Text

House State Committee 1
Amendment No. 1 to HB2007

Keisling
Signature of Sponsor

AMEND Senate Bill No. 2073 House Bill No. 2007*

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by deleting Section 2 and substituting instead the following:
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-503, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
( ) A public record subject to public inspection being used during an audit or
investigation by the comptroller of the treasury or state, county, or local government
audit staff may be released prior to the conclusion of the audit or investigation by the
audited or investigated entity when, in the opinion of the auditor or investigator, such
disclosure will not prejudice the audit or investigation. If records are subject to such
release, the records must be made open to public inspection by the audited or
investigated entity no later than thirty (30) days following the conclusion of the audit or
investigation, or one hundred eighty (180) days after the initiation of the audit or
investigation, whichever is earlier. Upon a showing of good cause by the audited or
investigated entity, such records may be withheld an additional thirty (30) days after the
one hundred eighty (180) days after the initiation of the audit or investigation.