§ 2-232. Duties.  


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  • It shall be the duty of the open records officer and his or her duly designated assistant open records officer(s) to accept written requests to inspect and copy public records, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., and to produce to the requester all records responsive to a request within a reasonable amount of time not to exceed three business days of receipt of a request, unless the time for response is extended in accordance with law. No request shall be deemed filed until served upon the open records officer, either by hand delivery, certified United States mail, return receipt requested, or statutory overnight delivery to the Open Records Officer at City Hall, 150 Tennessee Street, Ringgold, Georgia, 30736; by email to openrecordsringgold@gmail.com; or by facsimile transmission to the Open Records Officer at 706-965-7446. Requests, whether oral or in writing, served upon any other officer or employee of the city shall not be deemed filed, until the requester has filed his or her request, in writing, with the open records officer. In the absence or unavailability of the open records officer, an assistant open records officer shall perform the duties of the open records officer. The absence or unavailability of a designated open records officer shall not delay the city's response to a properly served request.

(Ord. No. 2012-0813, § 1, 8-14-12)