Bill > HB306

This bill amends the Public Utility Confidential Security Information Disclosure Protection Act to create an exception that allows public utilities to share confidential security information with federal or state governmental agencies under specific circumstances. Specifically, if a federal or state agency, including the National Transportation Safety Board, requests a public utility record or emergency response, and there are reasonable grounds to believe that a utility facility poses a potential safety risk or could cause harm to people or result in mass destruction, the utility must provide the requested information. The bill clarifies that when such information is shared with a governmental agency, the agency is not subject to previous confidentiality restrictions, and the release of the information does not constitute a prohibited disclosure or automatically make the document a public record under the Right-to-Know Law. This amendment appears designed to ensure that critical safety information can be shared with appropriate governmental bodies without compromising the overall confidentiality protections for sensitive utility information. The bill will take effect 60 days after its passage.

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