No employee of a state or local agency may obtain financial records or information held by a financial institution without written consent from the individual to whom the records pertain to or by Subpoena Duces Tecum. Financial records in connection with the filing or audit of a tax return or tax information return required to be filed by the individual institution. 1030.05 - Right to Public Information July 1985 1. It also provides that requests for records shall be accompanied by payment of a fee which shall not exceed the direct cost of duplication, or the prescribed statutory fee, whichever is less. Public records include any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics.
Public records are open to inspection at all times during office hours.
Every citizen has a right to inspect any public record, except when the disclosure is specifically exempt by law, or would jeopardize the individual's rights of privacy, or would reveal nonpublic information, such as write-off limits or specific audit selection criteria, as the public interest served by not making these records public clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of these records. As a result of the act, anyone may request a copy of the department's various handbooks, procedure manuals, training materials or policy files. Requests must be specified in writing and accompanied by payment of a fee not to exceed the direct cost of duplication.