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§ 720.304. Failure to respond to requests for records (Adm. Code § 2804-H)

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 71 P.S. State GovernmentEffective: July 27, 2020

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 71 P.S. State Government
Part I. The Administrative Codes and Related Provisions
Chapter 2. The Administrative Code of 1929 (Refs & Annos)
Article XXVIII-H. Access to Public Records During Disaster Declaration
Effective: July 27, 2020
71 P.S. § 720.304
§ 720.304. Failure to respond to requests for records (Adm. Code § 2804-H)
Currentness
(a) Petitions.--If a Commonwealth agency fails to respond to a request for records during a disaster declaration, a requester may bring a petition before the Commonwealth Court to compel the Commonwealth agency to respond to the request for records.
(b) Appeals.--If a Commonwealth agency denies a request for records after being ordered to respond by the Commonwealth Court under subsection (a), a requester may conduct the request for records in accordance with Chapter 11 of the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L. 6, No. 3),1 known as the Right-to-Know Law.
(c) Denials.--
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), a Commonwealth agency may only deny a request for records during a disaster declaration for reasons authorized under the Right-to-Know Law.
(2) A Commonwealth agency may not deny a request for records during a disaster declaration for a reason specified under section 506(b)(1)(i)2 of the Right-to-Know Law.

Credits

1929, April 9, P.L. 177, No. 175, art. XXVIII-H, § 2804-H, added 2020, July 27, P.L. 702, No. 77, § 1, imd. effective.

Footnotes

1
65 P.S. § 67.1101 et seq.
2
65 P.S. § 67.506.
71 P.S. § 720.304, PA ST 71 P.S. § 720.304
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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