2015 Utah Code
Title 63A - Utah Administrative Services Code
Chapter 12 - Public Records Management Act
Section 111 - Government records ombudsman.

63A-12-111. Government records ombudsman.

• (1)
  • (a) The director of the division shall appoint a government records ombudsman.
  • (b) The government records ombudsman may not be a member of the records committee.

• (2) The government records ombudsman shall:
  • (a) be familiar with the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act;
  • (b) serve as a resource for a person who is making or responding to a records request or filing an appeal relating to a records request;
  • (c) upon request, attempt to mediate disputes between requestors and responders; and
  • (d) on an annual basis, report to the Government Operations Interim Committee on the work performed by the government records ombudsman during the previous year.

• (3) The government records ombudsman may not testify, or be compelled to testify, before the records committee, another administrative body, or a court regarding a matter that the government records ombudsman provided services in relation to under this section.

Amended by Chapter 278, 2013 General Session