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(x 107503(a)(1999).T #  2      ׀Respondentappeals.Weaffirm. d  Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheChanceryCourt < Affirmed;CaseRemanded  (   #XMy#XMyX.CharlesD.Susano,Jr.,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichHerschelP.Franks,_P.J._,  andD.Michael_Swiney_,J.,joined.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter,andRichardH._Dunavant_,_Assitant_ԀAttorney t General,Nashville,Tennessee,fortheappellant,JoeC._Crumley_,Jr. ` _Jaxie_ԀRaymondJones,appellee,MountainCity,Tennessee,ProSe. 8!  T  OPINION #XXMy #XMyX #`" _ԇ#XXMy #XMyX  @)I.    Thetrialcourtdecreedthat    8 ` said[r]espondentshallcopytherequestedrecordspursuantto ` TennesseeCodeAnnotated107503andshallmailsaidmaterialto L  the[p]etitioneras[sic]hisplaceofincarcerationonlyafterthe 8  [p]etitionerpayssaid[r]espondent,infullandinadvance,forthe $ t reasonablecostofcopyingandmailingtherecordsthe[p]etitioner  ` nowrequests.The[r]espondentshallnotifythe[p]etitioner,within  L  areasonabletime,oftheanticipatedreasonablecostsofcopyingand  8  mailingsaidrecords.$ ` x` x (Italicsinoriginal).Therespondentpresentsthefollowingloneissue,astakenverbatimfromhis   brief,forourreview:#XXMy #XMyX     8 ` WhethertheTennesseePublicRecordsActrequiresaDistrict p AttorneyGeneralnotonlytopermitaccesstopublicrecordsinhis \ custody,butalsotocopyanddeliversuchrecordswhenrequestedby H incarceratedpersons.4` x` x @)II.  \   TheissuenowbeforeuswasaddressedbyusinanopinionauthoredbyJudgeSwineyinthe 4 caseof Wallerv.Bryan ,16S.W.3d770(Tenn.Ct.App.1999).In Waller ,weopinedasfollows:     8 ` Ifthecitizenrequestinginspectionandcopyingofthedocumentscan  sufficientlyidentifythosedocumentssothatAppelleesknowwhich  documentstocopy,arequirementthatthecitizenmustappearin  persontorequestacopyofthosedocumentswouldplaceformover l substanceandnotbeconsistentwiththeclearintentofthe X  Legislature.TheadoptionoftheAppelleespositionwouldmeanthat D! anycitizenwhowasunabletopersonallyappearbeforetherecords 0"  custodianwouldbeunabletoobtaincopiesofthedocuments #l! pursuanttothePublicRecordsAct.Thisrestrictionwouldprohibit $X" allTennesseecitizenswhoareunable,becauseofhealthreasonsor $D # otherphysicallimitations,toappearbeforetherecordscustodianfrom %0!$ obtainingcopiesofpublicdocumentspursuanttothePublicRecords &"% Act.Sucharesultisnotconsistentwiththeclearintentofthe '#& Legislature,andthisCourtwillnotinterpretthisstatuteinsuchaway (#' astoprohibitthosecitizens,orthosecitizensincarcerated,fromthe )$(  rightsprovidedbythePublicRecordsAct.Appelleescanfixa |*%) chargeorfeepercopysoastorecovertheactualcostofproducing  anddeliveringthecopies....  ` x` x    8 ` Ifacitizencansufficientlyidentifythedocumentswhichhewishes t toobtaincopiesofsoastoenablethecustodianoftherecordsto ` knowwhichdocumentsaretobecopied,thecitizenspersonal L  presencebeforetherecordscustodianisnotrequired.However,the 8  recordscustodianisnotrequiredunderthePublicRecordsActto $ t maketheinspectionforthecitizenrequestingthedocuments.The  ` citizen,tobeabletoobtaincopiesofthosedocumentswithout  L  makingapersonalinspection,mustsufficientlyidentifythose  8  documentssothattherecordscustodiancanproduceandcopythose $  documentswithouttherequirementofasearchbytherecords   custodian.Therecordscustodiancanrequireachargeorfeeper   copythatwillcoverboththecostsofproducingthecopiesand   deliveringthecopies.ItistheopinionofthisCourtthatsuchwasthe   intentoftheLegislature.p` x` x  Id .at77374.Seealso _Hickman_Ԁv.Tenn.Bd.ofProb.&Parole ,C/ANo.M200102346_COA_ԄR3 H CV,2003WL724474,at*3(Tenn.Ct.App.M.S.,filedMarch4,2003). _Waller_ is controlling 4 authority.SeeTenn.Sup.Ct.R.4(H)(2)( Opinionsreportedintheofficialreporter,however,shall  p beconsideredcontrollingauthorityforallpurposesunlessanduntilsuchopinionisreversedor  \ modifiedbyacourtofcompetentjurisdiction.). H   Therespondentasksustorevisittheholdingin Waller .Wedeclinetodoso.Inour   judgment,theholdingin Waller isaproperinterpretationofthepublicpolicyofthisstateas   expressedbytheGeneralAssemblyintheTennesseePublicRecordsAct.Totheextentthe  respondentmakespublicpolicyarguments,thoseargumentsaremoreappropriatelyaddressedtothe  legislativebranch.Generallyspeaking,thatbranch!notthejudicialbranch!isresponsibleforthe  establishmentofthepublicpolicyofthisstate.See Crawfordv.Buckner ,839S.W.2d754,759 l (Tenn.1992)( Primarily,itisforthelegislaturetodeterminethepublicpolicyofthestate...). X  @vv(III. 0"    Thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.Costsonappealaretaxedtotheappellant,Joe $X" C.Crumley,Jr.Thiscaseisremandedtothetrialcourtforsuchfurtherproceedings,ifany,asmay $D # berequired,consistentwiththiscourtsopinion,andforcollectionofcostsassessedbelow,all %0!$ pursuanttoapplicablelaw. &"%    `     h     _______________________________ )$(    `     h     CHARLESD.SUSANO,JR.,JUDGE