Bill > HB164

This bill mandates the creation and maintenance of a publicly accessible website for local government electronic records, allowing citizens to view these records online. The director of state archives, with approval from the municipal records board, will designate this website, and the local government records manager, or the state archivist if the role is vacant, will oversee the hiring of specialists to develop and manage it. This initiative aims to streamline access to local government information, and if electronic records are stored on this website, municipalities may no longer need to keep additional physical copies, provided the public has free online access. The bill also appropriates $50,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, to the secretary of state's division of archives and records management to fund the creation and upkeep of this website and related implementation costs, with these funds being non-lapsing.