Request By:
Ernesto Scorsone
State Senator
Capitol Building
700 Capitol Building
Frankfort, KY 40601Erwin Roberts, Secretary
Personnel Cabinet
Suite 516
200 Fair Oaks Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601Sue Britton
Personnel Cabinet
Suite 516
200 Fair Oaks Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601Mark D. Honeycutt
Executive Director
Office of Legal Service
200 Fair Oaks Lane, 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
Opinion
Opinion By: Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General; James M. Ringo, 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 the Personnel Cabinet's blanket redaction of that portion of Senator Scorsone's request for billing records reflecting a description of each service provided to the agency by a retained law firm violated the Open Records Act. We believe that 05-ORD-216, a copy of which is attached hereto, and incorporated by reference, is controlling.
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.