50-25-7. Sale of files of public information; receipt of data in electronic format from public; application of statutory restrictions on confidentiality to authority.

The authority shall have exclusive authority to sell or execute license agreements on behalf of the executive branch of state government for an entire file of public information in any electronic medium or format; provided, however, that nothing contained in this subsection shall preclude the Department of Transportation from exercising its authority under subparagraph (a)(2)(B) of Code Section 32-4-2, nor shall anything contained in this subsection preclude any department, agency, board, bureau, commission, or authority from selling individual records maintained in electronic format or otherwise to the public or other governmental agencies or entities or from selling or otherwise disseminating any data which the authority declines to sell; and the authority may likewise be authorized by the judicial and legislative branches to sell on their behalf entire files of public information.#

The authority shall be authorized to receive data in electronic format from members of the public for the purpose of transmitting such data electronically to various departments, agencies, and institutions of the state.#

All of the statutory restrictions on the confidentiality or use of any departmental data and all of the penalties for any violation thereof shall apply to the authority and its employees.#