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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 720.304. Failure to respond to requests for records (Adm. Code § 2804-H)

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Petitions.--If a Commonwealth agency fails to respond to a request for records during a disaster declaration, a requester may bring a petition before the Commonwealth Court to compel the Commonwealth agency to respond to the request for records.

(b) Appeals.--If a Commonwealth agency denies a request for records after being ordered to respond by the Commonwealth Court under subsection (a), a requester may conduct the request for records in accordance with Chapter 11 of the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L. 6, No. 3),  1 known as the Right-to-Know Law.

(c) Denials.--

(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), a Commonwealth agency may only deny a request for records during a disaster declaration for reasons authorized under the Right-to-Know Law.

(2) A Commonwealth agency may not deny a request for records during a disaster declaration for a reason specified under section 506(b)(1)(i)  2 of the Right-to-Know Law.

1 65 P.S. § 67.1101 et seq.
2 65 P.S. § 67.506.
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