SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3002, 3058, 3235
PRINTER'S NO. 3499
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2524
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY SCHMITT, RIGBY, HENNESSEY, B. MILLER, TOPPER,
RYAN, ZIMMERMAN, MOUL AND GROVE, APRIL 20, 2022
SENATOR ARGALL, STATE GOVERNMENT, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled
"An act providing for access to public information, for a
designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency,
local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for
procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial
review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing
penalties; providing for reporting by State-related
institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract
information on the Internet; and making related repeals," in
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in
access, further providing for open-records officer, for
appeals officer, for regulations and policies, for uniform
form, for requests and for retention of records and providing
for inmate access; in procedure, further providing for
written requests, for redaction, for production of certain
records and for exceptions for public records; in agency
response, further providing for extension of time and
providing for relief from vexatious requesters; in appeal of
agency determination, further providing for filing of appeal
and for appeals officers; in judicial review, further
providing for court costs and attorney fees, for civil
penalty, for fee limitations and for Office of Open Records;
and, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for
relation to other laws.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "independent agency," "local
agency" and "personal financial information" in section 102 of
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