§ 10-612. General right to information

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(a) General right to information. -- All persons are entitled to have access to information about the affairs of government and the official acts of public officials and employees.

(b) General construction. -- To carry out the right set forth in subsection (a) of this section, unless an unwarranted invasion of the privacy of a person in interest would result, this Part III of this subtitle shall be construed in favor of permitting inspection of a public record, with the least cost and least delay to the person or governmental unit that requests the inspection.

(c) General Assembly. -- This Part III of this subtitle does not preclude a member of the General Assembly from acquiring the names and addresses of and statistical information about individuals who are licensed or, as required by a law of the State, registered.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 76A, § 1A, 3; 1984, ch. 284, § 1.

                    
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