(A) (1) All requests for copying of public records must identify with reasonable particularity the record being requested and, at the discretion of each public agency serving the county government, be in writing or in a standard form provided by the public agency.
(2) Thus, each public agency of the county government shall be entitled to establish its own written request form or other means by which requests for the inspection and/or copying of public records shall be processed; provided, however, that each procedure so established by each public agency must be uniformly applied, and be free of discrimination.
(3) Further, no request for inspection or copying of public records may be denied because the person making the request refuses to state the purpose of the request, unless that condition is required by operation of law. For a public record that is in an electronic format, a public agency shall provide an electronic or paper copy of the public record, at the option of the person making the request for the public record.
(B) Each public agency shall be expected to provide copies of public records, as herein requested, within a reasonable time period after the request is properly made. A reasonable time period may vary from a few minutes to a few weeks, depending upon the scope of the request, the time involved in honoring it, the ability of the particular public agency to respond to the request given its other duties and responsibilities, and the availability of copying or duplicating equipment (if any).
(Prior Code, § 5-14-3-8) (Ord. 78-559, passed 11-6-1978, 78 COM REC 559–560; Order of 2-6-1984, 84 COM REC 85; Ord. 90-46, passed 1-2-1990, 90 COM REC 45–51; Ord. 90-305, passed 2-21-1990, 90 COM REC 305–310; Ord. 93-809, passed 10-18-1993, 93 COM REC 809; Ord. 94-148, passed 2-21-1994, 94 COM REC 147–149; Ord. 02-607, passed 12-2-2002, 2002 COM REC 607–609; Ord. CC-08-01, passed 1-12-2008; Ord. CC-2019-04, passed 2-9-2019)