(a) Legislative records. Subject to § 303.17 (relating to mass requests), the Commission will provide a requester access to any of the following legislative records generated by the Commission and not otherwise exempt under the law:
- (1) A financial record.
- (2) The minutes of, record of attendance of members at a public hearing or Commission meetings and all recorded votes taken, if any, at a Commission hearing or meeting.
- (3) The transcript of a public hearing when available.
- (4) Any administrative staff manuals or written policies.
- (5) Final or annual reports required by law to be submitted to the General Assembly.
- (6) The results of public opinion surveys, polls, focus groups, marketing research or similar efforts designed to measure public opinion funded by the Commission.
- (b) Contracts. Contracts of the Commission will be available for review electronically from the State Treasurer or for duplication from the Commission.
- (c) Other records. The Executive Director of the Commission, in his sole discretion, may authorize the open-records officer to provide access to other records of the Commission in accordance with section 506(c) of the law (65 P. S. § 67.506(c)). The Executive Director of the Commission may not authorize access to research work product or correspondence produced at the request of a member of the General Assembly without obtaining prior authorization from the member.
Cross References
This section cited in 101 Pa. Code § 303.16 (relating to response to requests).