This chapter shall be known as the "Right-To-Know
Resolution of the Lancaster Area Sewer Authority."
The Right-To-Know Resolution of the Lancaster
Area Sewer Authority is hereby adopted in accordance with and pursuant
to 65 P.S. § 67.101, et seq., otherwise known as the "Right-To-Know
Law."
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
APPEALS OFFICER
The individual designated by the Pennsylvania Office of Open
Records to hear appeals from the denial of public records requests
made to the Authority.
AUTHORITY
The Lancaster Area Sewer Authority.
CONFIDENTIAL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Commercial or financial information received by an agency
which is privileged or confidential, the disclosure of which would
cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the person who
submitted the information.
FINANCIAL RECORDS
A.
Any account, voucher or contract dealing with
a receipt or disbursement of funds by the Authority or the Authority's
acquisition, use or disposal of services, supplies, materials, equipment
or property.
B.
The salary or other payments or expenses paid
to an officer or employee of the Authority, including the name and
title of the officer or employee.
C.
A financial audit report performed on behalf
of the Authority; however, this term does not include the work papers
underlying the audit.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Governmental actions designed to prevent, detect, respond
to and recover from acts of terrorism, major disasters and other emergencies,
whether natural or man made. The term includes activities relating
to the following:
A.
Emergency preparedness and response, including
preparedness and response activities by volunteer medical, police,
emergency management, hazardous materials and fire personnel;
C.
Critical infrastructure protection;
E.
Ground, aviation and maritime transportation
security;
G.
Detection of nuclear and radiological materials;
and
H.
Research on next-generation securities technologies.
OFFICE OF OPEN RECORDS
The office established within the Department of Community
and Economic Development for the State of Pennsylvania which is charged
with the implementation and enforcement of the Right-To-Know Law.
PERSONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
An individual's personal credit, charge or debit card information;
bank account information; bank, credit or financial statements; account
or personal identification numbers; and other information relating
to an individual's personal finances.
PRIVILEGE
Information protected by the Attorney-Work-Product Doctrine,
the Attorney-Client Privilege, the Doctor-Patient Privilege, the Speech
and Debate Privilege or other privilege recognized by a court interpreting
the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
PUBLIC RECORD
A record, including a financial record of the Authority that is not exempt under §
15-8 of this chapter or is not exempt from being disclosed under any other federal or state law or regulation or judicial order or decree or is not protected by a privilege.
RECORD
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 Authority. 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.
REQUESTOR
A person who is a legal resident of the United States and
requests a record pursuant to this chapter or the Pennsylvania Right-To-Know
Law.
RESPONSE
Access to a Pennsylvania record or the Authority's written
notice to a requestor granting, denying or partially granting and
partially denying access to a record.
RIGHT-TO-KNOW OFFICER
The person designated by the Authority to receive public
records requests submitted to the Authority and who otherwise complies
with the Pennsylvania Right-To-Know Law on behalf of the Authority.
SOCIAL SERVICES
Cash assistance and other welfare benefits, medical, mental
and other health care services, drug and alcohol treatment, adoption
services, vocational services and training, occupational training,
education services, counseling services, workers' compensation services
and unemployment compensation services, foster-care services, services
for the elderly, services for individuals with disabilities and services
for victims of crimes and domestic assault.
TERRORIST ACT
A violent or life-threatening act that violates the criminal
laws of the United States, or any state, that appears to be intended
to:
A.
Intimidate or coerce a civilian population.
B.
Influence the policy of a government.
C.
Affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction,
assassination or kidnapping.
TRADE SECRET
A.
Information, including the formula, drawing,
pattern, compilation, including a customer list, program, device,
method, technique or process that:
(1)
Derives independent economic value, actual or
potential, but not being generally known to and not being readily
ascertainable by proper means by other persons who can obtain economic
value from its disclosure or use; and
(2)
Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable
under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
B.
The term includes data processing software obtained
by an agency under a licensing agreement prohibiting disclosure.
The Authority hereby appoints the Authority's
Financial Director as the Right-To-Know Officer for the Authority.