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Greater Access

The bill would also give the
public greater access to certain
official state records,
specifically applications for
licenses to the Alcoholic
Beverage control Board and
information connected with it.

Representatives of
newspapers, radio and
television stations circulating
or broadcasting within the
state would be entitled to
inspect all official records
which are legally supposed to
be open.

At present, only those
companies located within the
state have this right.

Caution has been expressed
by some critics over the bill.

Patron of the bill,
Assemblyman Edward Lane
was unavailable for comment.