B Office of Public Counsel Fee Schedule for Copying Public Records

Section 2701.APPENDIX B   Office of Public Counsel Fee Schedule for Copying Public Records Type of Copying Charge Per Page* Paper copy of paper original $.05** Paper copy of computer printout $.05** Diskette copy of computer original actual cost of diskette Certification Fee* The certification fee is $1.00 for each document that is certified. Postal Fee* If the requester asks that copies of the public records be sent to him, postal charges will be assessed at the actual rate charged to the OPC. *Payment of fees shall be waived if: (a)        the requester is a constitutional officer or a member of the General Assembly; (b)        the requester is a State Agency; or (c)        the requester states the specific purpose for the request and indicates that (and explains why) a waiver of the fees is in the public interest, and if (i) fewer than 201 pages of documents need to be copied and no diskettes need to be used or (ii) fewer than 6 diskettes need to be used and no pages of documents need to be copied onto paper. If the purpose for the request is in the public interest but neither (c)(i) nor (c)(ii) is met, then all or some of the fees may be waived or reduced if the waiver or reduction would not impose a budgetary burden on the OPC. **If the amount of copying is voluminous, then the OPC may have to designate another State agency or a private business to do the copying. If someone other than the OPC does the copying, then the charge per page is the actual cost charged by the other State agency or private business.