Source: http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/december2011/final/15%20DE%20Reg%20881%2012-01-11.htm
Timestamp: 2018-02-21 03:12:45
Document Index: 619478030

Matched Legal Cases: ['§9003', '§9003', '§10003', '§10113', '§9003', '§10118']

Statutory Authority: 29 Delaware Code, Section 9003(14) (29 Del.C. §9003(14))
AND NOW, this 1st day of December, 2011 in accordance with 29 Del.C. §9003(14), and 29 Del.C. §10003(d) for the reasons stated below, this ORDER is adopted promulgating regulations setting forth the Policies and Procedures regarding FOIA requests.
On October 20, 2011, the Governor of the State of Delaware signed Executive Order Number 31, directing each executive branch agency to implement and promulgate Uniform Freedom of Information Act policies in substantial compliance with the form attached to the Executive Order. In accordance with 29 Del.C. §10113(b)(1) the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families is adopting final regulations governing the Policies and Procedures regarding FOIA requests.
The purpose of these regulations is to prescribe procedures relating to the inspection and copying of public records retained by the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families pursuant to 29 Del.C. Ch. 100, the Freedom of Information Act. The regulations establish a reasonable fee structure for copying public records and streamlines procedures used to disseminate this information.
1.	The Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families has developed procedures for responding to requests from the public for information as set forth in 29 Del.C. Ch. 100, the Freedom of Information Act. These regulations are in substantial compliance with, and necessary to, effectuate the Governor’s Executive Order. The regulations reflect these procedures.
2.	The Delaware State Housing Authority has statutory authority to promulgate regulations pursuant to 29 Del.C. §9003(14).
NOW THEREFORE, under the statutory authority and for the reasons set forth above, the Director of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families does hereby ORDER that the regulations be, and that they hereby are, adopted and promulgated as set forth below. The effective date of this Order is ten days from the date of its publication in the Delaware Register of Regulations, in accordance with 29 Del.C. §10118(g).
Vivian L. Rapposelli, Secretary
Uniform Policies and Procedures Regarding FOIA Requests
15 DE Reg. 881 (12/01/11) (Final)