Rhode Island General Laws 38-2-5. Effect of chapter on broader agency publication – Existing rights – Judicial records and proceedings
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Nothing in this chapter shall be:
(1) Construed as preventing any public body from opening its records concerning the administration of the body to public inspection;
(2) Construed as limiting the right of access as it existed prior to July 1, 1979, of an individual who is the subject of a record to the information contained herein; or
(3) Deemed in any manner to affect the status of judicial records as they existed prior to July 1, 1979, nor to affect the rights of litigants in either criminal or civil proceedings, including parties to administrative proceedings, under the laws of discovery of this state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 202, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 38-2-5
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- public body: means any executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, or administrative body of the state, or any political subdivision thereof; including, but not limited to: any department, division, agency, commission, board, office, bureau, authority; any school, fire, or water district, or other agency of Rhode Island state or local government that exercises governmental functions; any authority as defined in § 42-35-1(b); or any other public or private agency, person, partnership, corporation, or business entity acting on behalf of and/or in place of any public agency. See Rhode Island General Laws 38-2-2