House of Representatives
State of Utah
Madam Speaker:
The Political Subdivisions Committee has returned H.B. 242, FEES FOR GOVERNMENT
RECORDS REQUESTS, by Representative B. King, to the Rules Committee with the following
amendments:
R. Curt Webb
Voting: --
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1, Line 14
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without charge under certain circumstances, making the provision a requirement
2. Page
2, Line 56 through Page 3, Line 59
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(4)
A governmental entity [may] shall fulfill a record request without
charge
}
(a) Subsection (4)(b) applies to
[and is
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encouraged to do so when]
it
}
the governmental entity
determines that:
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(a)
}
(i)
releasing the record primarily benefits the public rather than a
person;
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(b)
}
(ii)
the individual requesting the record is the subject of the record,
or an individual
3. Page
3, Line 61
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(c)
}
(iii)
the requester's legal rights are directly implicated by the
information in the record,
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3, Line 62
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and the requester is impecunious.
(i) may not charge the first $1,000 in costs incurred for fulfilling the record
request; and
(ii) may charge for costs incurred in fulfilling the record request to the extent
that the costs exceed $1,000.
Respectfully,
Committee Chair
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