California Air Resources Board

Summary

Adds an additional unusual circumstance under which the initial response time to a public records request may be extended during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor in the jurisdiction where the agency is located. This circumstance applies when the state of emergency currently affects, due to the state of emergency, the agency’s ability to provide a timely response to requests due to staffing shortages or closure of facilities where the request records are located, and specifies that this provision only applies to records not created during and applying to the state of emergency.

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