S0001B1583A04730       JAM:DHB 12/04/07    #90             A04730
                        AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1
                                    Sponsor:  REPRESENTATIVE MAHER
                                           Printer's No. 1583

     1       Amend Sec. 1101, page 33, line 9, by striking out "If" and
     2    inserting
     3               Except as provided under subsection (a.1), if

     4       Amend Sec. 1101, page 33, line 19, by inserting after
     5    "agency" where it appears the second time
     6               under subsection (a.1)
     7       Amend Sec. 1101, page 33, by inserting between lines 20 and
     8    21
     9       (a.1)  Appeal.--If a written request for access to a public
    10    record of a local agency is denied or deemed denied, the
    11    requester may file an appeal with the clearinghouse, as provided
    12    under subsection (a), or file a petition for review or other
    13    document as required by rule of court with the court of common
    14    pleas for the county where the local agency is located or bring
    15    an action in the local magisterial district.

    16       Amend Sec. 1303, page 36, line 27, by inserting after "1302"
    17               , or actions commenced in the court of common pleas
    18               in accordance with section 1101(a.1),

    19       Amend Sec. 1303, page 37, lines 1 through 3, by striking out
    20    "the appeal filed" in line 1, and all of lines 2 and 3 and
    21    inserting
    22               and, if an appeal was filed under section 1101(a),
    23               the appeal, the hearing transcript, if any, and the
    24               final written determination of the appeals officer.



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