H.B. 242
         FEES FOR GOVERNMENT RECORDS REQUESTS

House Committee Amendments

Amendment 1 February 3, 2014 8:41 PM



Representative Brian S. King proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 14 :    

             14      without charge under certain circumstances, making the provision a requirement
  for costs up to $1,000       .


2.    Page 2, Line 56 through Page 3, Line 59 :    

             56          (4)
{   A governmental entity [may] shall fulfill a record request without charge   }        (a) Subsection (4)(b) applies to       [and is

             57      encouraged to do so when]
  a governmental entity's fee for fulfilling a record request       if      {   it   }        the governmental entity       determines that:

             58          
{   (a)   }        (i)       releasing the record primarily benefits the public rather than a person;              59                {   (b)   }        (ii)       the individual requesting the record is the subject of the record, or an individual


3.    Page 3, Line 61 :    

             61          
{   (c)   }        (iii)       the requester's legal rights are directly implicated by the information in the record,


4.    Page 3, Line 62 :    

             62      and the requester is impecunious.
    
  (b) If a governmental entity makes a determination under Subsection (4)(a), the governmental entity:

    (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.  


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