Section 2503 - Construction and Definitions(a) This Article implements the California Public Records Act (Section 6250 et seq. of the Government Code) and shall be construed in a manner consistent with that Act.(b) For purposes of this Article the definitions in the California Public Records Act, the definitions in Section 1302 of Article 1 of Chapter 3, and the following definitions shall apply:(1) "Private third party" means any person other than a federal, state, regional, or local governmental body, or a person under contract to such body, except that for purposes of data submitted pursuant to Chapter 3 (beginning with Section 1301) and Chapter 5 (beginning with Section 1701) of this Division, a federal, state, regional, or local governmental body, or person under contract to such body, shall be deemed to be a private third party.(2) "Confidential record" means a record that has been determined to be confidential pursuant to Section 2505 or 2506 of this Article.(3) "Applicant" means a private third party requesting that the Commission keep a record confidential pursuant to Section 2505 of this Article.(4) "Petitioner" means a person seeking to inspect or copy a confidential record pursuant to Section 2506 of this Article.(5) "Petition" means a request from a petitioner seeking to inspect or copy a confidential record, pursuant to Section 2506 of this Article.(6) "Fuel Price" means fuel cost divided by fuel use expressed in dollars, for a specific fuel type.(7) "Masked" means, but is not limited to, customer, business, or cultural data that has been modified to limit the risk of disclosure of confidential information. Methods of data modification may include, but are not limited to, suppression of data, rounding, swapping of values between like respondents, replacement of data with group averages, grouping of categories, and addition of random values.(8) "Survey Response" means the answers to survey questions provided by persons or companies.(9) "Aggregated" means that data is summed, averaged, or otherwise combined to limit the risk of disclosure of confidential information.(10) "Freedom of Information Act" is contained at Title 5 United States Code Section 552.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 20, § 2503
1. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b), repealer of subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2), subsection renumbering, and amendment of newly designated subsection (b)(2) and NOTE filed 7-6-98; operative 8-5-98 (Register 98, No. 28).
2. Amendment of subsection (b) and new subsections (b)(7)-(b)(14) filed 2-23-2001; operative 2-23-2001 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2001, No. 8).
3. Amendment filed 6-3-2002; operative 6-3-2002 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2002, No. 23).
4. Amendment of subsections (b)-(b)(1), repealer of subsections (b)(8)-(11), subsection renumbering and amendment of NOTE filed 7-3-2007; operative 7-3-2007 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2007, No. 27). Note: Authority cited: Sections 25213 and 25218(e), Public Resources Code; and Section 6253(a), Government Code. Reference: Sections 25223, 25322 and 25366, Public Resources Code; and Sections 6250 et seq., Government Code.
1. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b), repealer of subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2), subsection renumbering, and amendment of newly designated subsection (b)(2) and Note filed 7-6-98; operative 8-5-98 (Register 98, No. 28).
2. Amendment of subsection (b) and new subsections (b)(7)-(b)(14) filed 2-23-2001; operative 2-23-2001 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2001, No. 8).
3. Amendment filed 6-3-2002; operative 6-3-2002 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2002, No. 23).
4. Amendment of subsections (b)-(b)(1), repealer of subsections (b)(8)-(11), subsection renumbering and amendment of Note filed 7-3-2007; operative 7-3-2007 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2007, No. 27).