Prior to posting or requiring the posting of a document in a place of general public circulation, an agency, board, department, commission, committee, branch, instrumentality, or authority of the State, or an agency, board, committee, department, branch, instrumentality, commission, or authority of any political subdivision of the State shall take all reasonable steps to redact any Social Security numbers from the document. Files and records made available to the public in accordance with and pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1165 are not considered posted in a place of general public circulation for the purposes of this section. (Added 2003, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2005.)