On March 7, AWC sent a letter to the Governor and legislative leadership to request input by city representatives as it moves forward with its task force on legislative public records.
The task force was announced following the Governor’s veto of SB 6617, which would have exempted lawmakers from the state Public Records Act. Funding for the nine-month task force to review and recommend public records reforms to the 2019 Legislature was also included in the supplemental operating budget.
Open government issues have been included in AWC’s legislative priorities for the last decade, and the expertise of city officials who govern under the PRA could be helpful to the task force’s discussions.