Procedure for Final Certification at Meetings of the Board and Council

(1) The Council shall meet prior to the Board for the purpose of considering each M.G.L. c. 6, §§ 172(c) certification application. (a) The Council shall resolve which agencies or individuals should or should not receive access to CORI, and state the reasons for its inclusion or exclusion of any party. (b) The Councilshallalso recommend the extent to which access to CORI should be granted to any parties it resolves should have access. (c) All Council actions on these matters should be transmitted to the Board as soon as practicable, but no later than one month after it has received the written recommendation of the Subcommittee. (2) The Board and members of the Council shall meet jointly to consider M.G.L. c. 6, §§ 172(c) access applications not sooner than three days after the Council has met pursuant to 806 CMR 4.04(1), but not later than one month after the Council has submitted its recommendation to the Board pursuant to 806 CMR 4.04(1)(c). In no event shall the Boardfailto consider a request for such access later than three months after it was submitted to the Subcommittee. (a) The Board shall resolve which agencies and/or individuals should or should not receive access to CORI and state the reasons for its inclusion or exclusion of any party. (b) The Board shall also recommend the extent to which access to CORI should be granted to any parties it resolves should have access. (c) The Board and members of the Council present shall determine by a majority vote the extent to which CORI access shall begiventoany agencies or individuals that have been resolved by both the Board and Council to receive CORI access.