Ruling Sought On Records Access ; Paramus Wants Attorney to Have a Say
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › October 10, 2008
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PARAMUS - The borough will ask a judge to determine whether the mayor, council members and the borough attorney can review requests for public records, a challenge that could alter how the state law governing public access to documents is interpreted.
The Borough Council approved a resolution seeking the opinion in a 5-0 vote Monday, with one member absent. In it, the council seeks a judicial interpretation of the Open Public Records Act, or OPRA.See the full content of this document
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Ruling Sought On Records Access ; Paramus Wants Attorney to Have a Say
The issue, Councilman Richard LaBarbiera said, is that the statute does not say when, or if, a borough attorney should review requests to determine which documents the cler...
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