A 2541 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Clarifies that electronic public records do not have to be converted to different electronic formats under the State's open public records law.

This bill clarifies New Jersey's Open Public Records Act by specifying that public agencies don't need to convert electronic records to a requested format. Agencies must provide records in the requested format only if they already maintain records in that format; otherwise, they can either convert the record (charging reasonable conversion costs) or provide it in their existing electronic format. The bill aims to simplify the process for responding to public record requests and reduce potential legal disputes between agencies and requesters.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
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