Rhode Island S2389 amends the Access to Public Records Act, increasing sanctions for violations, clarifying provisions, and making traffic accident.
Rhode Island S2389 makes several changes to the Access to Public Records Act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public. The act increases the civil fine for public officials who knowingly violate the act from two thousand dollars ($2,000) to four thousand dollars ($4,000). It also mandates that all police body-worn camera recordings be subject to public records requests and must be made available within thirty days.
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