(a) The Chief Data Officer shall, in consultation with the Department of Housing, the State Geologist, the captive insurance company established pursuant to § 38a-91vv, and the volunteer panel convened pursuant to subsection (b) of § 32-41pp, develop and implement a plan to collect the data necessary to conduct research regarding crumbling foundations.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 32-41qq

  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Research: means the scientific and engineering analysis, investigation, collection of ideas and inquiry into concepts, processes and techniques, the purpose of which is intended to result in a commercially feasible product, process or technique. See Connecticut General Statutes 32-34

(b) Any data collected under the plan developed and implemented pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be confidential and exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in § 1-200, except that the Chief Data Officer may make such data available for research purposes subject to data sharing agreements that maintain the confidentiality of personally identifying information and the specific location of any property.

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