Sec. 552.
Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings
a) Each agency shall make
available to the public information as follows:
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(3)(A) Except with respect to the records made
available under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, and except as
provided in subparagraph (E), each agency, upon any request for records which (i) reasonably describes such records and (ii) is made in
accordance with published rules stating the time, place, fees (if any), and
procedures to be followed, shall make the records promptly available to any
person.
(B) In making any record available
to a person under this paragraph, an agency shall provide the record in any
form or format requested by the person if the record is readily reproducible by
the agency in that form or format. Each agency shall make reasonable efforts to
maintain its records in forms or formats that are reproducible for purposes of
this section.
(C) In responding under this
paragraph to a request for records, an agency shall make reasonable efforts to
search for the records in electronic form or format, except when such efforts
would significantly interfere with the operation of the agency's automated
information system.