Section 89914.5 Of Article 1.5. The Richard Mckee Transparency Act Of 2011 From California Education Code >> Division 8. >> Title 3. >> Part 55. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 1.5.
89914.5
. (a) Upon a written request for a copy or inspection of
records, an auxiliary organization shall determine, within 10
calendar days from the receipt of the request, whether the request,
in whole or in part, seeks copies of disclosable records maintained
by the auxiliary organization and shall notify the requester in
writing without undue delay of the determination and the reasons
therefor.
(b) (1) In unusual circumstances, the time limit prescribed in
this section may be extended by a written notice by the head of the
auxiliary organization, or his or her designee, to the person making
the request that sets forth the reasons for the extension and the
date on which a determination is expected to be sent. That notice
shall not specify a date that would result in an extension of more
than 14 days. When the auxiliary organization sends the
determination, and if the auxiliary organization determines that the
request seeks disclosable public records, the auxiliary organization
shall state the estimated date and time when the records will be made
available.
(2) As used in this section, "unusual circumstances" means the
following, but only to the extent reasonably necessary to the proper
processing of the particular request:
(A) The need to search for and collect the requested records from
field facilities or other establishments that are separate from the
office processing the request.
(B) The need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a
voluminous amount of separate and distinct records that are demanded
in a single request.
(C) The need for consultation, which shall be conducted with all
practicable speed, with another agency having a substantial interest
in the determination of the request or among two or more components
of the agency having a substantial subject matter interest therein.
(D) The need to compile data, to write programming language or a
computer program, or to construct a computer report to extract data.
(c) An auxiliary organization shall justify withholding a record
by demonstrating that the record is exempt from disclosure by law, or
that, on the facts of the particular request, the public interest
served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public
interest served by disclosure of the record.
(d) A response to a written request for inspection or copies of
public records that includes a determination that the request is
denied, in whole or in part, shall be in writing and shall set forth
the names and titles or positions of each person responsible for the
denial.
(e) This article shall not limit access to a public record on the
basis of the purpose for which the record is being requested, if the
record is otherwise subject to disclosure.