Section 0500-09-01-.02 - DEFINITIONS(1) As used in these rules, the following terms are defined as follows:(a) "ECD" means the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.(b) "Office of Open Records Counsel" or "OORC" means the office established pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 8-4-601 et seq., or any successor office or entity.(c) "Public Records" means all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, microfilms, electronic data processing files and output, films, sound recordings, or other material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance in connection with the transaction of official government business by any governmental entity, not otherwise protected by law or exempt from disclosure under the TPRA.(d) "Public Records Request Coordinator" or "PRRC" means the individual, or individuals, designated in 0500-09-01.03(1)(c) of these rules who has, or have, the responsibility to ensure public record requests are routed to the appropriate records custodian and are fulfilled in accordance with the TPRA. The Public Records Request Coordinator may also be a records custodian.(e) "Records Custodian" means the office, official or employee lawfully responsible for the direct custody and care of a public record. The records custodian is not necessarily the original preparer or receiver of the record.(f) "Requestor" means a person seeking access to a public record, whether it is for inspection or duplication.(g) "TPRA" means the Tennessee Public Records Act.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0500-09-01-.02
Original rules filed March 11, 2019; effective 6/9/2019.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-702, 4-3-706, and 10-7-503.