Section 1-214. (Formerly Sec. 1-20a). – Public employment contracts as public record. Agency response to request for disclosure of personnel or medical files. Objection to disclosure.
(a) Any contract of employment to which the state or a political subdivision of the state is a party shall be deemed to be a public record for the purposes of section 1-210. (b) (1) Whenever a public agency receives a request to inspect or copy records contained in any of its employees' personnel or […]
Section 1-200. (Formerly Sec. 1-18a). – Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings, except where such terms are used in a context which clearly indicates the contrary: (1) “Public agency” or “agency” means: (A) Any executive, administrative or legislative office of the state or any political subdivision of the state and any state or […]
Section 1-201. (Formerly Sec. 1-19c). – Division of Criminal Justice deemed not to be public agency, when.
For the purposes of subdivision (1) of section 1-200, the Division of Criminal Justice shall not be deemed to be a public agency except in respect to its administrative functions. (P.A. 84-406, S. 12, 13; P.A. 00-66, S. 4.) History: P.A. 84-406 effective November 28, 1984, upon certification by secretary of the state of vote […]
Section 1-202. (Formerly Sec. 1-20e). – Application of freedom of information provisions to agency committee composed entirely of individuals who are not members of the agency.
Any public agency may petition the Freedom of Information Commission before establishing a committee of the public agency which is to be composed entirely of individuals who are not members of the agency, to determine whether such committee may be exempted from the application of any provision of the Freedom of Information Act. If the […]
Section 1-205. (Formerly Sec. 1-21j). – Freedom of Information Commission.
(a) There shall be established a Freedom of Information Commission consisting of nine members. (1) Five of such members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of either house of the General Assembly. Such members shall serve for terms of four years from July first of the year of their appointment, […]
Section 1-205a. – Recommended appropriations. Allotments.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the appropriations recommended for the Freedom of Information Commission shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management by the executive director of the commission and the recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the recommended […]
Section 1-206. (Formerly Sec. 1-21i). – Denial of access to public records or meetings. Appeals. Notice. Orders. Civil penalty. Petition for relief from vexatious requester. Service of process upon commission. Frivolous appeals. Appeal re state hazardous waste program records.
(a) Any denial of the right to inspect or copy records provided for under section 1-210 shall be made to the person requesting such right by the public agency official who has custody or control of the public record, in writing, within four business days of such request, except when the request is determined to […]
Section 1-210. (Formerly Sec. 1-19). – Access to public records. Exempt records.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by any federal law or state statute, all records maintained or kept on file by any public agency, whether or not such records are required by any law or by any rule or regulation, shall be public records and every person shall have the right to (1) inspect such records […]
Section 1-211. (Formerly Sec. 1-19a). – Disclosure of computer-stored public records. Contracts. Acquisition of system, equipment, software to store or retrieve nonexempt public records.
(a) Any public agency which maintains public records in a computer storage system shall provide, to any person making a request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, a copy of any nonexempt data contained in such records, properly identified, on paper, disk, tape or any other electronic storage device or medium requested by the […]
Section 1-212. (Formerly Sec. 1-15). – Copies and scanning of public records. Fees.
(a) Any person applying in writing shall receive, promptly upon request, a plain, facsimile, electronic or certified copy of any public record. The type of copy provided shall be within the discretion of the public agency, except (1) the agency shall provide a certified copy whenever requested, and (2) if the applicant does not have […]