Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 67.503 - Appeals officer(a) Commonwealth agencies and local agencies.-- Except as provided in subsection (d), the Office of Open Records established under section 1310 shall designate an appeals officer undersection 1101(a)(2) for all: (1) Commonwealth agencies; and(b) Judicial agencies.-- A judicial agency shall designate an appeals officer to hear appeals under Chapter 11. (c) Legislative agencies.--(1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), the Legislative Reference Bureau shall designate an appeals officer to hear appeals under Chapter 11 for all legislative agencies.(2) Each of the following shall designate an appeals officer to hear appeals under Chapter 11: (ii) The House of Representatives.(d) Law enforcement records and Statewide officials.--(1) The Attorney General, State Treasurer and Auditor General shall each designate an appeals officer to hear appeals under Chapter 11.(2) The district attorney of a county shall designate one or more appeals officers to hear appeals under Chapter 11 relating to access to criminal investigative records in possession of a local agency of that county. The appeals officer designated by the district attorney shall determine if the record requested is a criminal investigative record. 2008, Feb. 14, P.L. 6, No. 3, § 503, effective 1/1/2009.