Fees And Charges And Procedures For Billing And Payment

(1) ECD will assess charges for copying and labor required to produce copies of requested Public Records based on the most current version of the Schedule of Reasonable Charges issued by the OORC. The Schedule of Reasonable Charges is available on the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury’s website on the OORC page. (2) Records custodians shall provide Requestors with an itemized estimate of the charges prior to producing copies of records. Payment shall made in advance when charges exceed $100. If payment is not required in advance, the Requestor must agree, in writing, to pay the charges prior to ECD producing the records. (3) When fees for copies and labor do not exceed $100, the fees may be waived. Requests for waivers for fees above $100 must be presented to the Executive Leadership Team of ECD, who is authorized to determine if such waiver is in the best interest of ECD and for the public good. Fees associated with aggregated records requests will not be waived. (4) If an outside vendor is utilized to compile, review or redact Public Records in response to a Public Records request, the Requestor will be charged the vendor’s costs. (5) Payment will be made by personal check payable to “Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development” presented to the PRRC.