(1) A program participant may request that state and local agencies use the address designated by the secretary of state as his or her address. When creating a new public record, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the secretary of state as a program participant’s substitute address, unless the agency shows that:
- (a) The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of a program participant’s address which would otherwise be confidential under this chapter;
- (b) The program participant’s address will be used only for those statutory and administrative purposes; and
- (c) The agency takes reasonable precautions to protect the confidentiality of the program participant.
- (2) A program participant may use the address designated by the secretary of state as his or her work address.
- (3) The office of the secretary of state shall forward all first class priority and other mail as deemed necessary by the secretary of state to the appropriate program participant.
[19-5705, added 2008, ch. 232, sec. 1, p. 705; am. 2018, ch. 112, sec. 4, p. 229.]