WAC 132F-168-030   Request for document inspection.  (1) As defined by RCW 42.17.020(26), a public record "includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned, used or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics." Public records are presumptively available for public access, except as restricted by WAC 132F-168-050. Any person wishing to inspect a public record shall submit Form 1, "request for inspection of public records" WAC 132F-168-100. Each request must be presented to a dean of instruction, dean of students, registrars, district director of employee relations and personnel, business managers, or to their secretaries during regular office hours of the school, as defined in WAC 132F-168-080.

     (2) The officer to whom the request is presented shall, by the close of the following business day: (a) Make the requested document available, or (b) state that such a document does not exist, or (c) ask for clarification of the document requested, or (d) deny access because the document is exempt from public inspection under WAC 132F-168-050. The action taken shall be marked on Form 1 and returned to the person submitting the form.



[Order 36, § 132F-168-030, filed 11/21/77; Order 16, § 132F-168-030, filed 10/4/73.]