(1) Any person who objects to the denial of a request for and/or a deletion from a requested public record may petition within thirty days from the communication thereof for a prompt review of such denial or deletion decision by tendering a written request for review to the commission's public records officer. The written request for review shall:
- (a) Specifically refer to the written statement by the public records officer or other staff member which constituted or accompanied the denial;
- (b) Set forth the grounds for the objection.
- (2) Immediately upon receiving a written request for review of a decision denying a public record and/or deletion therefrom, the public records officer shall refer such request to the chairman of the commission.
- (3) Upon referral to the commission's chairman, the chairman shall immediately review the matter and may either affirm or reverse such denial and/or deletion, or shall call a special meeting of the commission's executive committee as soon as legally possible to review the denial.
- (4) In any case, the request for review shall be returned by the chairman with a final written decision within two business days following the original denial.
- (5) Administrative remedies shall not be considered exhausted until the commission's chairman has returned the request for review with a decision to the objecting person, or until the close of the second business day following the denial of inspection, whichever occurs first.
[Order 1-76, § 342-10-120, filed 4/22/76.]