Spending
Dear Washington Township (Morris),
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
All fire alarm and fire extinguisher invoices from 2019 to present
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Tony Michael
Tony-
Currently, your request fails to identify with reasonable clarity the
specific government records sought, as is required by Bent v. Stafford
Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). At this time, we
request clarification of your OPRA request. Please respond in writing and
identify the specific government records sought within 10 days so that we
may process your request. Failure to provide written clarification of your
request will result in the closure of this OPRA request.
Additionally, we note that you have certified that the records you have
requested are not for commercial purposes. Be advised that N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1.1 defines “Commercial purpose” as “the direct or indirect use of any
part of a government record for sale, resale, solicitation, rent, or lease
of a service or any use by which the user expects a profit either through
commission, salary, or fee.” There are certain exceptions, including for use
by the news media, governmental and educational organizations, and
non-profit organizations, as set forth in the statute. Pursuant to N.J.S.A.
47:1A-11, “A requestor who is found to have intentionally failed to certify
that a records request is for a commercial purpose shall be subject to a
civil penalty of $1,000 for the first offense, $2,500 for the second
offense, and $5,000 for each subsequent offense. The penalties may be
imposed by the courts.”
If, upon reviewing the above, you wish to amend your submittal, please
forward a revised form.