PRINTER'S NO. 1042
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
783
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, FOLMER, FONTANA, HUGHES, HAYWOOD, KILLION,
MENSCH, BAKER, TARTAGLIONE, KEARNEY, MUTH AND COLLETT,
JUNE 20, 2019
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 20, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled
"An act providing for access to public information, for a
designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency,
local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for
procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial
review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing
penalties; providing for reporting by State-related
institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract
information on the Internet; and making related repeals," in
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in
requirements and prohibitions, providing for Pennsylvania
Interscholastic Athletic Association; in access, further
providing for open-records officer, for regulations and
policies, for uniform form, for requests and for retention of
records and providing for inmate access; in procedure,
further providing for access, for requests, for written
requests, for electronic access, for creation of record, for
redaction, for production of certain records and for
exceptions for public records; in agency response, further
providing for general rule and for extension of time; in
appeal of agency determination, further providing for filing
of appeal and for appeals officers; in judicial review,
further providing for civil penalty, for fee limitations and
for Office of Open Records; and, in miscellaneous provisions,
further providing for relation to other laws.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "independent agency," "local
agency," "personal financial information" and "State-affiliated
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