Amendment ID: S2120-18-R2

2nd Redraft Amendment 18

Responses to Public Records Requests

Messrs. Eldridge and Tarr move to amend the amendment in section 8, in subsection (a) of proposed section 10 of chapter 66 of the General Laws, by adding the following sentence:- “If the agency or municipality does not intend to permit inspection or furnish a copy of the requested record because the record does not exist or is not within the possession, custody or control of the agency or municipality or because the record is not a public record, the agency or municipality shall inform the requestor in writing within a reasonable time, not to exceed 10 calendar days; provided that the written response shall include the identity, if known, of the agency or municipality who may be in possession, custody or control of the public record sought or the specific reason for any withholding, including the specific exemption or exemptions upon which the withholding is based.”