SPONSOR:	Rep. Kowalko & Sen. Sokola
	Reps. Jaques, J. Johnson, Q. Johnson, Keeley, Mulrooney, Potter, Viola

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

147th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 331

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 10002, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

(i) "Public body," "public record" and "meeting" shall not include activities of the University of Delaware and Delaware State University, including the Board of Trustees of each, except that the Board of Trustees of the University and the Board of Trustees of the University shall be "public bodies," and University and University documents relating to the expenditure of public funds shall be "public records," and each meeting of the full Board of Trustees of either institution shall be a "meeting.".

SYNOPSIS

This Act removes the exemption from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and thus fully applies FOIA to the University of Delaware and Delaware State University. Currently FOIA applies to their Boards of Trustees and their documents relating to the expenditure of public funds.