Request By:
[NO REQUESTBY IN ORIGINAL]
Opinion
Opinion By: Albert B. Chandler III, Attorney General; Amye L. Bensenhaver, Assistant Attorney General
Open Records Decision
This matter having been presented to the Attorney General in an open records appeal, and the Attorney General being sufficiently advised, we find that Luther Luckett Correctional Complex properly relied on KRS 197.025(2), incorporated into the Open Records Act by KRS 61.878(1)(l), in denying James Workman's June 16, 1999, requests for copies of the contracts for operation of the inmate canteen and the inmate satellite television system. We believe that 98-ORD-150, as it relates to the 1998 amendments to KRS 197.025, is controlling. A copy of that decision is attached hereto and incorporated by reference. Accordingly, we find that Luther Luckett Correctional Complex properly denied Mr. Workman's requests.
A party aggrieved by this decision may appeal it by initiating action in the appropriate circuit court pursuant to KRS 61.880(5) and KRS 61.882. Pursuant to KRS 61.880(3), the Attorney General should be notified of any action in circuit court, but should not be named as a party in that action or in any subsequent proceeding.