Apparently the state admitted that you would have a right to obtain copies of invoices or fees paid subsequent to any amendment even though it could not show you what was in any such amendment. Did it ever admit there was any such invoice or fees? Did it turn them over to you?
There are logical problems with saying “the agency does not maintain those records” if said records do not exist. If there is an admission that fees or invoices subsequent to such records DO exist then it cannot say they don’t.
With no admission of such invoices or fees then I don’t know where you stand.
Are you certain that there are any fees associated with changing/amending a record. It would be in the interest of the state to have accurate records so they may not exist.
There is also the question of how throughly the state would investigate the appropriateness of any change. How would it verify that it was the person involved who was requesting a change? Or that the change was true?
There must be a procedure the state uses to address those questions and that procedure might also be something of interest to you.
“Are you certain that there are any fees associated with changing/amending a record. It would be in the interest of the state to have accurate records so they may not exist.”
I was told twice by the OIP that the agency should inform me they don’t exist.
The notice of requester I received has the box listed and unchecked. (box)’The agency does not maintain the records you requested’
I am sure they exist. They cited HRS 338-18 to deny me access. That statute cover vital records and related material according to them.
They exist alright.