Source: http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/june2011/final/14%20DE%20Reg%201397%2006-01-11.htm
Timestamp: 2018-02-20 11:17:25
Document Index: 746614260

Matched Legal Cases: ['§10001', '§10001', '§10001', '§10101', '§209', '§10113', '§1132', '§10113']

26 DE Admin. Code 1008
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR INSPECTION AND COPYING OF PUBLIC RECORDS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, 29 Del.C. §§10001-10006 (OPENED AUGUST 17, 2010; REOPENED MAY 10, 2011)
ORDER NO. 7963
AND NOW, this 10th day of May, 2011:
WHEREAS, by Order No. 7868 dated November 18, 2010, the Delaware Public Service Commission (the “Commission”) adopted Rules and Regulations Governing the Procedure for Inspection and Copying of Public Records Under the Freedom of Information Act, 29 Del.C. §§10001-10006 (the “FOIA Regulations”): and
WHEREAS, the FOIA Regulations became effective on December 1, 2010; and
WHEREAS, on April 15, 2011, the Governor signed House Bill No. 5, which amended Section 10003 of the Freedom of Information Act, 29 Del.C. §§10001-10006; and
WHEREAS, the Commission’s FOIA Regulations require amendment in order to be consistent with the recent amendment to Section 10003 of the Freedom of Information Act; and
WHEREAS, the amendment to the FOIA Regulations is not a substantive amendment that would require publication and a public comment period under Subchapter II of the Administrative Procedures Act, 29 Del.C. §§10101 et seq.;
1.	That, pursuant to 26 Del.C. §§209(a) and 821, and 29 Del.C. §§10113(b)(5), the Commission hereby adopts the amended Delaware Public Service Commission Freedom of Information Act Regulations Governing the Procedure for Inspection and Copying of Public Records, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, as official regulations as defined by 29 Del.C. §1132.
2.	That, pursuant to 26 Del.C. §§10113 and 10118, the Secretary of the Commission shall transmit to the Registrar of Regulations for publication in the Delaware Register a copy of this Order (with the attached amended FOIA Regulations). An exact copy of the FOIA Regulations attached hereto shall be published as final, official regulations in the Delaware Register.
3.	That the Commission reserves the jurisdiction and authority to enter such further Orders in this matter as may be deemed necessary or proper.
ATTEST: William F. O’Brien, Executive Director
4.1	The Commission shall respond to a request made under these regulations within ten (10) fifteen (15) business days of receipt of the request. Such response may include the requested records, deny the request in whole or in part, or indicate when the requested records will be produced and under what, if any, conditions. A response to a request for Third Party Confidential Records shall be made pursuant to the procedures and the timeframe set forth in Rule 6 below.
4.23	To the extent a FOIA request seeks documents that the Commission, in its sole discretion, may consider voluminous, the Commission may require that the party requesting the records inspect and copy the records at the Commission’s office during its regular business hours. Alternatively, the Commission may, in its sole discretion, employ the assistance of an outside vendor to copy the requested records, in which case the requester will be required to pay the copy charges assessed by such vendor.
14 DE Reg. 1397 (06/01/11) (Final)