Gov. Easley signs park records bill, 25 others
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
By Staff
The Associated Press
On the eve of his shoulder surgery, Gov. Mike Easley signed 26 bills into law, including a measure limiting the information local park and recreation boards must release under the state's open records law.
The park records measure, which takes effect immediately, removes from state records considered public the names, birth dates, addresses and contact information of children enrolled in local park programs.
Lawmakers had pushed for the change to protect children from advertisers and potential child predators because the state's open records law required park officials to release such information upon request. (more…)
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