Define redacted memos registration#

Define redacted memos registration#

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules require reporting companies to file material agreements as exhibits to periodic reports, registration statements and certain other disclosure documents. § 10-7-503(a)(7)(A)(vii)(b).Editor’s note: A more recent version of this client alert, covering new rules and staff guidance, is available here.

§ 10-7-503(a)(7)(A)(vii)(a).Īlso, if a person makes a request for copies of a public record and, after copies have been produced, the person fails to pay the governmental entity the cost for producing such copies, the governmental entity is not required to comply with any public records request from the person until the person pays for such copies provided, that the person was provided with an estimate of costs for producing the copies prior to producing the copies and the person agreed to pay the estimated cost for such copies. If a person makes two (2) or more requests to inspect public records within a six-month period and, for each request, the person fails to view the public record within fifteen (15) business days of receiving notification that the record is available for inspection, the governmental entity is not required to comply with any public records request from the person for a period of six (6) months from the date of the second request to view the public record, unless the governmental entity determines failure to view the public record was for good cause. If you believe an estimate of reasonable costs or other costs imposed are unreasonable, please contact our office. If charges for copies are imposed in accordance with the Schedule, the charges are presumed reasonable. The Schedule generally allows a records custodian to charge a requestor the “hourly wage of the employee(s) reasonably necessary to produce the requested information” after one (1) hour of work has been done by the custodian in producing the requested material. The Schedule provides that a governmental entity may charge 15 cents ($0.15) per 8 ½ x 11 or 8 ½ x 14 black and white copy and 50 cents ($0.50) per 8 ½ x 11 or 8 ½ x 14 color copy, unless the entity’s cost to produce a copy exceeds the threshold amount set out above.Ī governmental entity may also charge for the labor involved in producing copies of records. The reasonable costs that may be charged for copies of public records are set forth in the Schedule of Reasonable Charges (“the Schedule”) promulgated by the Office of Open Records Counsel.

Depending on the governmental entity’s public records policy and the nature of the request, you may be required to submit the request in writing or on a specific form, and the governmental entity may require presentation of government-issued identification.Ī governmental entity may charge the reasonable costs incurred in producing copies of public records and is required to provide an estimate of the reasonable costs.

The PRRC for any governmental entity should be familiar with this policy and should be able to assist with requests to access public records from that governmental entity. The Office of Open Records Counsel is not a clearinghouse for public records.Īll governmental entities subject to the Tennessee Public Records Act are required to have a public records policy that sets forth the process for requesting access to public records, the process for responding to requests, a statement of any fees charged for copies of public records, and the name and title of the entity’s Public Record Request Coordinator (PRRC). A public record request should be submitted to the governmental entity (or entities) believed to be the records custodian. There is not a central repository for public records in Tennessee.