Section 303.1. Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Appeals officer—The individual responsible, under section 503(c)(1) of the law (65 P. S. § 67.503(c)(1)), for appeals from determinations of an open-records officer.

Commission—The Local Government Commission.

Law—The Right-to-Know Law (65 P. S. § § 67.101—67.3104).

Legislative record—As defined in section 102 of the law (65 P. S. § 67.102).

Mass request—A number of requests under the law to which all of the following apply:

(i) Each request is for the same record.

(ii) Each request is to the Commission.

(iii) The number exceeds the daily average number of requests to the Commission by at least 200%.

(iv) The requests are substantially identical in format and language.

(v) The open-records officer is able to trace the requests to a common source.

Office of Open Records—The Office of Open Records established under section 1310 of the law (65 P. S. § 67.1310).

Open-records officer—The individual responsible for receiving and responding to requests for records of the Commission under section 502(a)(2) of the law (65 P. S. § 67.502(a)(2)).

Requester—A person that makes a request for a record from the Commission under the law.

Record—

(i) Information, regardless of physical form or characteristics, that documents a transaction or activity of an agency and that is created, received or retained pursuant to law or in connection with a transaction, business or activity of the agency.

(ii) The term includes a document, paper, letter, map, book, tape, photograph, film or sound recording, information stored or maintained electronically and a data-processed or image-processed document.