§ 38-2-5 - Effect of chapter on broader agency publication – Existing rights – Judicial records and proceedings. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 38-2-5

   § 38-2-5  Effect of chapter on broaderagency publication – Existing rights – Judicial records andproceedings. – Nothing in this chapter shall be:

   (1) Construed as preventing any public body from opening itsrecords concerning the administration of the body to public inspection;

   (2) Construed as limiting the right of access as it existedprior to July 1, 1979, of an individual who is the subject of a record to theinformation contained herein; or

   (3) Deemed in any manner to affect the status of judicialrecords as they existed prior to July 1, 1979, nor to affect the rights oflitigants in either criminal or civil proceedings, including parties toadministrative proceedings, under the laws of discovery of this state.