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a. Availability. When a request is made, the custodian of public records to whom the request is directed must provide access to the records and copies of the requested records if copying equipment is reasonably available. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-712.01(3).
A governmental agency does not comply with Act by releasing to the requestor another record as substitute for specifically requested record unless the requestor agrees to the substitution. Tex. Att'y Gen. Informal Letter Ruling No. OR2009-11812 (2009).
Requests for public records should clearly identify the requester as a reporter since reporters have special access to certain types of information (i.e. criminal history information).
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