Definitions

(1) “Department” means the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions. (2) “Office of Open Records Counsel” or “OORC” means the office established under T.C.A. § 8- 4-601, et seq., within the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. (3) “Public Records” means all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, microfilms, electronic data processing files and output, films, sound recordings, or other material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any governmental entity. (4) “Public Records Request Coordinator” or “PRRC” means the individual, or individuals, designated in Rule 0180-34-.03, who has, or have, the responsibility to ensure that public record requests are routed to the appropriate records custodian and that requests are fulfilled in accordance with the Tennessee Public Records Act. The PRRC may also be a records custodian. (5) “Records Custodian” means any office, official or employee lawfully responsible for the direct custody and care of a public record. The records custodian is not necessarily the original preparer or receiver of the record. (6) “Requestor” means a person seeking access to a public record, whether it is for inspection or duplication. (7) “Tennessee Public Records Act” or “TPRA” means the state law codified in T.C.A. §§ 10-7- 503, et seq., regarding access to public records.