Section 13.5. Public access

(a) Subject to § 13.1(h) and (i) (relating to general provisions), the Commission’s advisories, letters requesting advisories, files and information submitted to the Commission relating to a request are public records and will be available for public inspection and reproduction during normal business hours.

(b) The Commission will transmit, free of charge, copies of each order, advice and opinion which has become a matter of public record quarterly to the law library of each county, one public library in each county, the State Library, the State Senate Library, each authority appointing Commission members under this act, the Pennsylvania Association of County Commissioners, the Pennsylvania Association of Boroughs, the Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors, the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Commissioners, the Pennsylvania School Boards Association and the Pennsylvania League of Cities.

(c) The Commission may charge a fee for additional copies at a rate not to exceed actual cost.

(d) A digest and index of Commission opinions may be published and disseminated annually.