The following Attorney General Opinions and Open Records/Open Meetings Decisions were issued by the Office of the Attorney General February 10-14, 2020. To read the full text, go to: https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/Pages/2020-OR…
1. 20-ORD-021 (Laurel County)
Laurel County Schools ("School") properly withheld responsive records subject to ongoing investigations, pursuant to KRS 61.878(1)(i) and KRS 61.878(1)(j).
2. 20-ORD-022 (Oldham County)
Kentucky State Reformatory ("KSR") properly relied on KRS 520.010(1) and KRS 197.025(1) in denying an inmate a copy of a check as contraband and a security risk.
3. 20-ORD-023 (Franklin County)
The Department of Corrections ("DOC") violated KRS 197.025(7) in failing to issue a written response within five business days, upon receipt of the request. However, DOC did not violate the Open Records Act ("Act") in ultimately denying the request based on the nonexistence of the records. DOC cannot provide that which it does not have nor is DOC required to "prove a negative" to refute an unsubstantiated claim that certain records exist.
