Wash. Admin. Code § 315-12-020 - Definitions
(1) Definitions set
forth in chapter 315-02 WAC shall apply to this chapter.
(2) "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
characteristic.
(3) "Writing" means
handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, and every
other means of recording any form of communication or representation, including
letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combination thereof, and all
papers, maps, data processing products, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic
films and prints, magnetic or punched cards, discs, drums, and other
documents.
(4) "Raw data" means
facts, symbols, or observations which have not been processed, edited or
interpreted, and are unorganized or unevaluated.
(5) "Information" means raw data that are
organized, evaluated or interpreted to impart meaning to potential users and
fulfill a recognized need.
(6)
"Listing" or "list" means items of any kind including names, words or numbers
no matter what the arrangement or purpose. When applied to the release of
records, "listing" or "list" means items obtained from one or more source
documents and contained in any form of writing or other media.
(7) "Tabulation" means the systematic
arrangement of facts, statistics, and similar information, except the names of
individuals, in column or table format.
(8) "Individual" means a natural
person.
(9) "Commercial purpose"
means the use of or the intent to use information contained in a listing to
contact or in some way personally affect an individual identified on the list
or for the purpose of facilitating the profit expectations of the person(s) who
requested or obtained the list.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 67.70.040. 97-07-063, § 315-12-020, filed 3/19/97, effective 4/19/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250. 83-13-080 (Order 23), § 315-12-020, filed 6/17/83.
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