The following terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Custodian" or "custodian of records" means any individual appointed by the Commissioner to administer the provisions of the Open Public Records Act in the Department of Corrections.
"Data file" means a collection of data stored on a computer.
"Government record" or "record" means any paper, written or printed book, document, drawing, map, plan, photograph, microfilm, data processed or image processed document, information stored or maintained electronically or by sound-recording or in a similar device, or any copy thereof, that has been made, maintained or kept on file in the course of official business by any officer, commission, agency or authority of the State or of any political subdivision thereof, including subordinate boards thereof, or that has been received in the course of official business by any such officer, commission, agency, or authority of the State or of any political subdivision thereof, including subordinate boards thereof. The terms shall not include inter-agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative, or deliberative material. A government record shall not include information which is deemed to be confidential in accordance with 47:1A-1 et seq.
"Open Public Records Act" or "OPRA" means 47:1A-1 et seq. as amended and supplemented.
"Request" means a written request, sufficiently clear to understand the information being sought.
N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:22-1.3
See: 36 N.J.R. 1869(a), 36 N.J.R. 3880(b).
Inserted "Custodian" or "custodian of records", "Government record" or "record" and "Open Public Records Act" or "OPRA".
Amended by R.2006 d.151, effective 5/1/2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 96(a), 38 N.J.R. 1836(a).
In the introductory paragraph, deleted a comma; in the definition of "Government record" or "record", deleted "his or her or its" before "official business", substituted "of any political subdivision thereof, including subordinated boards thereof" for "that has been received in the course of his or her or its official business by any such officer, commission, agency, or authority of the State", and added the last sentence; and deleted the definition of "Staff".
Amended by R.2009 d.272, effective 9/8/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 2202(a), 41 N.J.R. 3301(b).
Deleted definition "Responsible health authority".