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Section 3. Sections 502 and 504 of the act are amended by
adding subsections to read:
Section 502. Open-records officer.
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(c) Agency registration.--An agency shall register its open-
records officer with the Office of Open Records in a manner
prescribed by the Office of Open Records.
Section 504. Regulations and policies.
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(c) Home address of agency employees.--
(1) Each Commonwealth agency and local agency shall
develop a policy allowing an employee to notify the agency
that the employee believes the exception under section 708(b)
(1)(ii) or any other exception applies to the employee's home
address.
(2) The agency shall review each notification under this
subsection and inform the employee of its decision.
(3) The agency is not required to notify:
(i) an employee of the policy under this subsection
more than once per year; or
(ii) a previously notified employee while responding
to a request under this act.
Section 4. Section 506(a) of the act is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
Section 506. Requests.
(a) Disruptive requests.--
(1) An agency may deny a requester access to a record if
the requester has made repeated requests for that same record
and the repeated requests have placed an unreasonable burden
on the agency.
(1.1) An agency may deny a request to a party to
litigation when the request:
(i) is material to a pending civil action or
proceeding to which the agency is a party and the
Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure or the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure apply; or
(ii) was previously made in litigation discovery.
(2) A denial under this subsection shall not restrict
the ability to request a different record.
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Section 5. The act is amended by a adding a section to read:
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"facility" and inserting
and if there are no other policies or procedures in place
for the inmate to obtain the requested information:
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