(2) Overall responsibility for coordinating responses to requests for examination of public records shall be the responsibility of the person known as the "public records officer." The person holding such position will be headquartered in Mitchell Hall at the university. The exact location and name of the public records officer may be determined by inquiry at the office of the president of the university. The public records officer shall also be responsible for compiling and maintaining the index required by chapter 42.17 RCW. (3) In cases where a question arises as to whether a given public record is the responsibility of one records custodian or another, the determination of such ministerial responsibility shall for the purposes of this chapter be made by the public records officer, or the president of the university.)) Applicable law. Requests for public records will be processed in accordance with these rules and applicable provisions of the Public Records Act, chapter 42.56 RCW. Guidance concerning the application of these rules may be found in the advisory model rules adopted by the attorney general under chapter 44- 14 WAC. (2) Prioritizing of requests. Public records generally will be processed in the order in which they are received by the records office and within the staffing limitations of the office. However, the
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