GENERAL DUTIES OF OFFICER FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION

Each officer for public information, subject to penalties provided in this chapter, shall: (1) make public information available for public inspection and copying; (2) carefully protect public information from deterioration, alteration, mutilation, loss, or unlawful removal; (3) repair, renovate, or rebind public information as necessary to maintain it properly; and (4) make reasonable efforts to obtain public information from a temporary custodian if: (A) the information has been requested from the governmental body; (B) the officer for public information is aware of facts sufficient to warrant a reasonable belief that the temporary custodian has possession, custody, or control of the information; (C) the officer for public information is unable to comply with the duties imposed by this chapter without obtaining the information from the temporary custodian; and (D) the temporary custodian has not provided the information to the officer for public information or the officer's agent.