Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1220-01-04-.02 - DEFINITIONS

(1) "Commission" or "TPUC" means the Tennessee Public Utility Commission.

(2) "Public Record" means all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, microfilms, electronic data processing files and output, films, sound recordings, or other material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any governmental agency.

(3) "Public Records Request Coordinator" or "PRRC" means the individual(s) whose responsibility it is to ensure public record requests are routed to the appropriate records custodian and fulfilled in accordance with the Tennessee Public Records Act. The PRRC is the Commission's Docket and Records Manager within the Legal Division.

(4) "Records Custodian" means the office, official, or employee lawfully responsible for the direct custody and care of a public record. The records custodian is not necessarily the original preparer or receiver of the record.

(5) "Requestor" means a citizen of the State of Tennessee seeking access to a public record, whether for inspection or duplication.

(6) "Tennessee Public Records Act" or "TPRA" means the State law codified in T.C.A. §§ 10-7-503, et seq.

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Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1220-01-04-.02

Original rules filed March 4, 2019; effective 6/2/2019.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 10-7-503 and 65-2-102.