New Jersey law relating to the public's right to access
government records has been expanded under the Open Public Records
Act (hereinafter OPRA) which was enacted on January 8, 2002 and became
effective on July 8, 2002. Members of the general public are granted
access to all records maintained by the Borough of Newfield unless
specifically exempted by OPRA, other state or federal law, regulations
or order. Such access shall be through the custodian of department
records. This policy will establish procedures for the receipt and
processing of requests for access to department records, this policy
and procedure is not applicable to any general rules of Discovery
under New Jersey Rules of Court; Rule 7:7, Pretrial Procedures.