PENNSYLVANIA, April 14 - PRINTER'S NO. 591

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

492

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, BAKER, STEFANO, MENSCH, PHILLIPS-HILL

AND VOGEL, 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

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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