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§ 225-2 BROOME COUNTY CHARTER AND CODE
§ 225-3
B. Statements of policy and interpretations which have been adopted by the County of
Broome and any statistical or factual tabulations which led to the formulation thereof.
C. Minutes of public hearings held by the County of Broome.
D. Internal or external audits and statistical or factual tabulations made by or for the County
of Broome.
E. Administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect members of the public.
F. The payroll record.
G. Any other files, records, papers or documents required by any provision of law to be
made available for public inspection.
RECORDS ACCESS OFFICER — The Clerk of the County Legislature as hereinbefore
defined.
WORKDAY — Any day except Saturday, Sunday, a public holiday or a day on which the
County of Broome is otherwise closed for general business.
§ 225-3. Procedure for obtaining records. [Amended 2-5-1980 by Res. No. 45; 9-3-1980
by Res. No. 294; 6-24-1986 by Res. No. 201]
A. The Clerk of the County Legislature shall be designated as the records access officer and
shall be hereinafter referred to as the "officer." Any person wishing to inspect and/or
obtain a copy of any record of the County of Broome, other than Department of Social
Services records or records required to be open for public inspection by the New York
State Election Law, may make application to the officer. Such application shall be in
writing on a form to be prescribed by such officer. Blank forms may be obtained from
the officer either personally on any workday at the office of the Clerk of the County
Legislature, County Office Building, Government Plaza, Binghamton, New York,
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or by letter addressed to such office
enclosing a self-addressed first-class stamped envelope. Completed forms may be
submitted to the officer either personally at such office on any workday between the
hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or by mail addressed to the above office. Upon receipt
of such an application, in the proper form and at the appropriate time, the officer shall do
one of the following:
(1) If the officer determines that the record requested is not in the custody of Broome
County, the officer shall:
(a)
(b)
(c)
Acknowledge receipt of the request; and
Certify that the record does not exist or has been lost; or
Advise the applicant that the record is in the custody of another specified
agency.
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