FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
In the Matter of a Complaint
by FINAL
DECISION
Sydney G. Newland
Complainant
against Docket
#FIC 86-220
Office of the Tax Collector
and Office of the Corporation Counsel of the City of Hartford
Respondents November
12, 1986
The above captioned matter was scheduled for hearing
September 9, 1986, at which time the parties appeared and presented evidence
and argument on the complaint.
After consideration of the entire record the following
facts are found:
1. The respondent is a public agency within the meaning of
§1-18a(a), G.S.
2. The complainant requested a transcript of a tax abatement
hearing on June 18, 1986.
3. On July 30, 1986, the complainant filed a letter with the
Freedom of Information Commission concerning the failure of the respondents to
provide him with the requested record.
4. §1-21i(b), G.S., provides that an appeal of a denial of a
right to receive copies of a public record must be filed within thirty days of
the denial.
5. §1-21i(a), G.S., provides that failure to comply with a
request to inspect or copy a public record within four business days shall be
deemed a denial of the right to inspect or copy such record.
6. It is found that since the denial of the complainant's right
to receive copies of a public record occurred more than thirty days prior to
the date he filed his complaint that the Commission has no jurisdiction to hear
his complaint.
Docket #FIC 86-220 page two
The following order by the commission is hereby recommended
on the basis of the record concerning the above captioned complaint.
1. The complaint is hereby dismissed.
Approved by order of the Freedom of Information Commission
at its regular meeting of November 12, 1986.
Karen
J. Haggett
Clerk
of the Commission