HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              2957

SATISFACTION OF THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE RETIREMENT AND
PENSION SYSTEMS A VALID CLAIM OF RIGHT TO BENEFITS. ON
REQUEST, THE CUSTODIAN SHALL INDICATE WHETHER A PERSON IS
RECEIVING ANY RETIREMENT OR PENSION ALLOWANCE; AND

(XIV) INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY MANUALS OR
OTHER SIMILAR PUBLIC RECORDS RELATED TO THE SECURITY OF
INFORMATION SYSTEMS.

(d)(1) WITHIN A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING A
WRITTEN REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO ANY PUBLIC RECORD, THE
CUSTODIAN SHALL EITHER PROVIDE THE INFORMATION REQUESTED OR

DENY THE REQUEST.

(d) (1) UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO ANY PUBLIC
RECORD, THE CUSTODIAN SHALL EITHER:

(I) GRANT THE REQUEST AND PRODUCE THE
RECORD IMMEDIATELY OR WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD, NOT TO

EXCEED 30 DAYS, AS MAY BE REQUIRED TO RETRIEVE THE

INFORMATION; OR

(II) DETERMINE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE
WRITTEN REQUEST WHETHER TO DENY THE REQUEST AND IMMEDIATELY
NOTIFY THE APPLICANT OF A DENIAL.

(2) WITH THE CONSENT OF THE APPLICANT, ANY TIME
LIMIT IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION MAY BE FURTHER EXTENDED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 30 DAYS.

(3) IF THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTED ARE NOT IN
THE CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF THE PERSON TO WHOM WRITTEN
APPLICATION IS MADE, SUCH PERSON SHALL, WITHIN 10 WORKING
DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THE REQUEST, NOTIFY THE APPLICANT OF
THIS FACT AND IF KNOWN, THE CUSTODIAN OF THE RECORD AND THE
LOCATION OR POSSIBLE LOCATION THEREOF.

(2) (4) Whenever the custodian denies a written
request for access to any public record or any portion
thereof under this section, the custodian shall provide the
applicant with a written statement of the grounds for the
denial, which statement shall cite the law or regulation
under which access is denied and all remedies for review of
this denial available under this article. The statement
shall be furnished to the applicant within ten working days
of denial. In addition, any reasonably severable portion of
a record shall be provided to any person requesting such
record after deletion of those portions which may be
withheld from disclosure.

(F) NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL PRECLUDE A MEMBER OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM ACQUIRING STATISTICAL INFORMATION,
INCLUDING NAMES AND ADDRESSES, OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
LICENSED OR COMPLY WITH REGISTERING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE
LAWS OF THIS STATE.