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§51-24A.3.
§51-24A.3.
Definitions. As used in this act:
1. "Record" means all documents, including, but not limited to, any
book, paper, photograph, microfilm, data files created by or used with
computer software, computer tape, disk, and record, sound recording,
film recording, video record or other material regardless of physical
form or characteristic, created by, received by, under the authority
of, or coming into the custody, control or possession of public
officials, public bodies, or their representatives in connection with
the transaction of public business, the expenditure of public funds or
the administering of public property. "Record" does not mean computer
software, nongovernment personal effects or, unless public disclosure
is required by other laws or regulations, vehicle movement records of
the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority obtained in connection with the
Authority's electronic toll collection system, personal financial
information, credit reports or other financial data obtained by or
submitted to a public body for the purpose of evaluating credit
worthiness, obtaining a license, permit, or for the purpose of
becoming qualified to contract with a public body;
2. "Public body" shall include, but not be limited to, any office,
department, board, bureau, commission, agency, trusteeship, authority,
council, committee, trust or any entity created by a trust, county,
city, village, town, township, district, school district, fair board,
court, executive office, advisory group, task force, study group, or
any subdivision thereof, supported in whole or in part by public funds
or entrusted with the expenditure of public funds or administering or
operating public property, and all committees, or subcommittees
thereof. Except for the records required by Section 24A.4 of this
title, "public body" does not mean judges, justices, the Council on
Judicial Complaints, the Legislature, or legislators;
3. "Public office" means the physical location where public bodies
conduct business or keep records;
4. "Public official" means any official or employee of any public body
as defined herein; and
5. "Law enforcement agency" means any public body charged with
enforcing state or local criminal laws and initiating criminal
prosecutions, including, but not limited to, police departments,
county sheriffs, the Department of Public Safety, the Oklahoma State
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Alcoholic
Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation.
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