Board minutes and records - 4 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1206

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     § 1206.  Board minutes and records.
        (a)  Open proceedings and records.--(Deleted by amendment).
        (b)  Record of proceedings.--The board shall cause to be made
     and kept a record of all proceedings held at public meetings of
     the board. The verbatim transcript of those proceedings shall be
     the property of the board and shall be prepared by the board
     upon the request of any board member or upon the request of any
     other person and the payment by that person of the costs of
     preparation.
        (c)  Information delivered to Governor and General
     Assembly.--(Deleted by amendment).
        (d)  Applicant information.--
            (1)  The board shall maintain a list of all applicants
        for licenses and permits. The list shall include a record of
        all actions taken with respect to each applicant. The list
        shall be open to public inspection during the normal business
        hours of the board.
            (2)  Information under paragraph (1) regarding any
        applicant whose license or permit has been denied, revoked or
        not renewed shall be removed from such list after seven years
        from the date of the action.
        (e)  Other files and records.--The board shall maintain such
     other files and records as it may deem appropriate.
        (f)  Confidentiality of information.--All information
     submitted by an applicant pursuant to section 1310(a) (relating
     to slot machine license application character requirements) or
     obtained by the board or the bureau as part of a background
     investigation from any source shall be considered confidential.
     Except as provided in section 1517(f) (relating to investigation
     and enforcement), the information shall be withheld from public
     disclosure in whole or in part, except that any information
     shall be released upon the lawful order of a court of competent
     jurisdiction or, with the approval of the Attorney General, to a
     duly authorized law enforcement agency or shall be released to
     the public, in whole or in part, to the extent that such release
     is requested by an applicant and does not otherwise contain
     confidential information about another person. The board may not
     require any applicant to waive any confidentiality provided for
     in this subsection as a condition for the approval of a license
     or any other action of the board. Any person who violates this
     subsection shall be administratively disciplined by discharge,
     suspension or other formal disciplinary action as the board
     deems appropriate.
        (g)  Notice.--Notice of the contents of any information,
     except to a duly authorized law enforcement agency pursuant to
     this section, shall be given to any applicant or licensee in a
     manner prescribed by the rules and regulations adopted by the
     board.
        (h)  Information held by department.--Files, records, reports
     and other information in the possession of the department
     pertaining to licensees shall be made available to the board as
     may be necessary to the effective administration of this part.
     (Nov. 1, 2006, P.L.1243, No.135, eff. imd.)

        2006 Amendment.  Act 135 amended subsecs. (b), (d) and (f)
     and deleted subsecs. (a) and (c).

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