PENNSYLVANIA, September 23 - PRINTER'S NO. 579

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

552

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY DUSH, LANGERHOLC AND BROOKS, APRIL 13, 2021

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 13, 2021

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

agency response, providing for vexatious requester.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known

as the Right-to-Know Law, is amended by adding a section to

read:

Section 906. Vexatious requester.

(a) General rule.--An agency may petition the Office of Open

Records for relief from an individual that the agency alleges is

a vexatious requester. The petition shall:

(1) Be submitted under penalty of 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904

(relating to unsworn falsification to authorities).

(2) Be provided to the Office of Open Records and the

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