Court Opinion

ID: 9848050
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:11:59.33296+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:57.124166
License: Public Domain

HODGES, Justice,
concurring in part, dissenting in part:
I disagree with the stringent directives of the majority opinion which requires that all records of OIA must be kept in a single location and must maintain “regular business hours” as any public agency.
The obvious intent of the statute is to assure public access to records. The trial judge properly addressed this issue when he ordered the following:
1) OIA file with the County Clerk information concerning the several locations where records are kept; and
2) that OIA keep its office open during normal business hours, or post a notice describing where its records are maintained, and information as to whom should be contacted if record review is desired.
In my opinion the order of the trial judge assures public access without imposing unnecessary administrative duties.
I am authorized to state that Chief Justice Pat Irwin and Justice Marian Opala concur in the views herein expressed.