Section 0240-07-01-.02 - DEFINITIONS(1) Records Custodian. The MTSU office(s) or employee(s) lawfully responsible for the direct custody and care of a public record.(2) Public Records. All documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, microfilms, electronic data processing files and output, electronic mail messages, films, sound recordings, or other material regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or in connection with the transaction of official University business and required to be open to inspection under the provisions of Tennessee law.(3) Public Records Request Coordinator (Coordinator). The individual (or designee) responsible for ensuring that public records requests are routed to the appropriate records custodian and that requests are fulfilled in accordance with the Public Records Act.(4) Requestor. A person seeking access to a public record, whether it is for inspection or duplication.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0240-07-01-.02
Original rules filed January 3, 2019; to have become effective April 3, 2019. However, the Government Operations Committee filed a 60-day stay of the effective date of the rules; new effective date 6/2/2019.Authority: T.C.A. § 10-7-503.