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AJC.com > Legislature > Georgia Beat > Archives > 2005 > March > 15 > Entry
House looks to shield privacy of toll road users
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Republicans and Democrats in the Georgia House were in rare agreement today on a new exception to the Georgia Open Records Act.
State Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Atlanta), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said lawmakers need to close an exemption that would make public private information about motorists who use credit-card backed cruise cards on Georgia’s toll roads.
Willard said a marketing company has pending a request for information on cruise-cardholders credit cards and times of travel.
“We felt this was something that should not be permissive,” he told House members.
House Democratic leader DuBose Porter of Dublin, who has opposed other Open Records exemptions proposed by GOP leaders this year, came out in support of SB 121.
“This protects something that needs protecting,” Porter said. “It is no one else’s business when you go through a tollway, or what credit card you put it on.”
He also said it was unfair to penalize people who use the new technology of the cruise card, rather than just throwing coins in the toll cage.
House Speaker Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) seemed surprised at what the current law allows. “Someone can use government to know where you’re going and what time you’re going?” he asked.
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