WAC 172-09-080   Requests for public records.  In accordance with the Initiative 276 requirements that agencies prevent unreasonable invasions of privacy, protect public records from damage or disorganization, and prevent excessive interference with essential functions of the agency, public records are only obtainable by members of the public when those members of the public comply with the following procedures:

     (1) A request shall be made in writing upon a form which shall be available at the office of the public records officer and shall be presented to the public records officer or any other of the persons designated by this chapter as a custodian of certain college records, per WAC 172-09-060. Such request shall include the following:

     (a) The name of the person requesting the record;

     (b) The time of day and calendar date on which the request was made; and

     (c) If the matter requested is referenced within the current index maintained by the college records officer, a reference to the requested record as it is described in such current index;

     (d) If the requested matter is not identifiable by reference to the college records current index, a statement that succinctly describes the record requested;

     (e) A verification that the records requested shall not be used to compile a commercial sales list.

     (2) In all cases in which a member of the public is making a request, it shall be the obligation of the college person to whom the request is being made to assist the member of the public in succinctly identifying the public record requested.



[Order 73-1, § 172-09-080, filed 1/23/73.]