Section 10-612 - General right to information. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-612. General right to information.
 

(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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 76A, §§ 1A, 3; 1984, ch. 284, § 1.]