Source: https://www.ecode360.com/11143987
Timestamp: 2019-10-17 23:31:13
Document Index: 300917844

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 38', '§ 38', '§ 38', '§ 38', '§ 38', '§ 38', '§ 87']

Town of Warwick, NY Records, Public Access to
§ 38-1 Designation of Records Access Officer.
§ 38-2 Duties of Records Access Officer.
§ 38-3 Time and place for acceptance of requests.
§ 38-4 Request procedure.
§ 38-5 Subject matter list.
§ 38-6 Denial of access.
Chapter 38 Records, Public Access to
Records management — See Ch. 37.
The Town Board hereby designates the Supervisor of the Town of Warwick as the Records Access Officer.
Make a copy available upon payment of $0.25 per copy; or
The records of which the Town is custodian cannot be found after diligent search.
The Town shall accept requests for public access to records during regular business hours at the Warwick Town Office, 60 Main Street, Warwick, New York.
The Supervisor may require that a request be made in writing or may make records available upon oral request.
The Supervisor shall respond to any request reasonably describing the record or records sought within five business days of receipt of the request.
If the Supervisor does not provide or deny access to the record sought within five business days of the receipt of a request, the Supervisor shall furnish a written acknowledgment of receipt of the request and a statement of the approximate date when the request will be granted or denied. If access to records is neither granted nor denied within 10 business days after the date of acknowledgment of receipt of a request, such failure may be construed as a denial of access that may be appealed.
The Supervisor shall maintain a reasonably detailed current list by subject matter of all records in his possession, whether or not records are available pursuant to Subdivision 2 of § 87 of the Public Officers Law.
The members of the Town Board, except the Supervisor, are hereby appointed to hear appeals regarding denial of access to records.
Denial of access shall be in writing, stating the reason therefor and advising the person denied access of his or her right to appeal to the Town Board.
If the Supervisor fails to respond to a request within five business days of receipt of the request, such failure shall be deemed a denial of access by the Town.
The time for deciding an appeal by the Town Board shall commence upon receipt of written appeal identifying;
The records that were denied; and
The Supervisor shall transmit to the Committee on Public Access to Records copies of appeals upon receipt of an appeal. Such copies shall be addressed to: