§ 20-534. Records and reporting requirements; access to records.

(a)

The County shall have access, at all reasonable hours, to books, records, maps, plans, contracts, engineering, accounting, financial, statistical, subscriber and service records relating to the property and operation of the Operator's Broward County system and to such other records as may be required by the County to perform its regulatory responsibilities under this article and the calculation of gross revenues or rights-of-way used to compute fees. Such records shall be made available upon reasonable notice at the Operator's local Broward County office. If the Operator shall fail to obtain books or records not kept in the local office, and if the County shall determine that an examination of such records is necessary or appropriate to the performance of any of the County's duties, then all travel and maintenance expenses necessarily incurred in making such examination shall be paid by the Operator.

(b)

The County shall have the right to inspect and audit such records as it deems appropriate for the proper administration of this article. The Operator must request confidentiality with respect to specific proprietary portions of the records and make a showing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that non-disclosure is consistent with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

(Ord. No. 1999-14, § 1.34, 4-13-99)