2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 47 - Public Records
Section 47:3-16 - Terms Defined
47:3-16. Terms defined
2. As used in this act, except where the context indicates otherwise, the words "public records" mean any paper, written or printed book, document or drawing, map or plan, photograph, microfilm, data processed or image processed document, sound-recording or similar device, or any copy thereof which has been made or is required by law to be received for filing, indexing, or reproducing by any officer, commission, agency or authority of the State or of any political subdivision thereof, including subordinate boards thereof, or that has been received by any such officer, commission, agency or authority of the State or of any political subdivision thereof, including subordinate boards thereof, in connection with the transaction of public business and has been retained by such recipient or its successor as evidence of its activities or because of the information contained therein.
As used in this act the word "bureau" means the Bureau of Archives and History in the Department of Education.
L.1953,c.410,s.2; amended 1994,c.140,s.3.
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