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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title X PUBLIC RECORDS
  4. Chapter 66 PUBLIC RECORDS
  5. Section 1A Creation of educational materials; preparation of forms and reference materials; operation of website; development of best practices

Section 1A

Section 1A: Creation of educational materials; preparation of forms and reference materials; operation of website; development of best practices

Section 1A. The supervisor of records shall:

(i) create educational materials or guides for agencies and municipalities, and may make available training in order to foster awareness and compliance with this chapter; and

(ii) prepare forms, guidelines and reference materials for agencies and municipalities to use and disseminate to individuals seeking access to public records to assist them in making informed public records requests.

The supervisor of records shall make the forms, guidelines and reference materials available at no cost on a website operated by the secretary of the commonwealth. Upon request and to the extent feasible, the supervisor of public records shall assist each agency and municipality in developing best practices to facilitate compliance with this chapter and to promote access to public records.