Commissioner of Public Safety v. Freedom of Information Commission; Tax Assessor of — Norcott, J…

Summary

The concurrence agrees that the statutory protection against disclosure of protected officials’ residential addresses applies to motor vehicle grand lists and the underlying electronic data supplied to municipal assessors. It differs from the majority’s plain-meaning analysis, concluding that the statutes are reasonably susceptible to more than one interpretation and that legislative history therefore may be consulted; that history confirms the statute’s broad protective purpose. The concurrence joins the reversal of the trial court judgments and remand with directions to sustain the administrative appeals.