Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0580 - Tennessee Ethics Commission
Chapter 0580-01-02 - Access to Public Records of the Tennessee Ethics Commission
Section 0580-01-02-.01 - PURPOSE AND SCOPE

These rules are promulgated for the purpose of providing procedures to allow access to those records which are within the custody and control of the Tennessee Ethics Commission, and that are within the definition of public records in the Tennessee Public Records Act, T.C.A. §§ 10-7-501, et seq., pursuant to court order and case law interpreting the Act; and that are not within any exception, privilege, court decision, statute, common law principle, or other provision of law that excludes the public record from being available for inspection and copying by members of the public. All records of the Tennessee Ethics Commission are currently housed at the main office of the Commission. These rules are also promulgated for the purpose of implementing and establishing fees to be charged for reproduction of records or for the development of records in a specific format.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-201 et seq.,3-6-107; 10-7-503 and 10-7-506, Tennessean v. Electric Power Board of Nashville, 979 S.W.2d 297 (Tenn. 1998); and Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. 01-021 (Feb. 8, 2001).