610.225. Tax credit records and documents deemed closed records, when--request for opening records and documents, requirements, fee authorized. - Missouri Statutes

Tax credit records and documents deemed closed records,when--request for opening records and documents, requirements,fee authorized.

610.225. 1. Records and documents relating to tax credits submittedas part of the application for all tax credits to any department of thisstate, board, or commission authorized to issue or authorize or recommendthe authorization of tax credits shall be deemed closed records until suchtime as the information submitted does not concern a pending application,and except as limited by other provision of law concerning closed records.For the purposes of this subsection, a "pending application" shall mean anyapplication for credits that has not yet been authorized. In the case ofpartial authorization of credits, the completed authorization of a singlecredit shall be sufficient to constitute full authorization to the extentthat the authorized credit or credits relate to the same application as thecredits that have not yet been authorized.

2. Upon a request for opening of records and documents relating toall tax credit programs, as defined in section 135.800, RSMo, submitted inaccordance with the provisions of this chapter, except as limited by theprovision of subsection 1 of this section, the agency that is the recipientof the open records request shall make information available consistentwith the provisions of this chapter. Where a single record or documentcontains both open and closed records, the agency shall make a redactedversion of such record or document available in order to protect theinformation that would otherwise make the record or document a closedrecord. Staff time required for such redaction shall constitute anactivity for which a fee can be collected pursuant to section 610.026.

3. As used in this section "closed record" shall mean closed recordas defined in section 610.010.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1099 § 610.255)