H.B. 477
         GOVERNMENT RECORDS AMENDMENTS

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 1 March 3, 2011 11:26 AM



Representative Patrice M. Arent proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 22, Lines 647 through 656 :    

             647          (b) [An hourly charge] In calculating the actual cost of labor charged under Subsection
             648      (2)(a) [may not exceed the salary of the lowest paid employee who, in the discretion of the
             649      custodian of records, has the necessary skill and training to perform the request.], a
             650      governmental entity:
             651          (i) shall, for a service performed by an employee of the governmental entity, charge the
             652      actual hourly pay rate of each employee performing a service in response to the request
  , or the actual hourly pay rate of the lowest paid employee who, in the discretion of the custodian of records, has the job classification and training necessary to perform the service, whichever is lower       ;

             653          (ii) shall, for a service performed by a person who is not an employee of the
             654      governmental entity, charge the actual rate charged to the governmental entity for each service
             655      performed in response to the request
  , provided that the service provider certifies that the rates charged are not higher than the actual hourly pay rate of the lowest paid person having the job classification and training necessary to perform the service       ; and

             656          (iii) may not include the first quarter hour of time required to perform the service.

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