(a) The county tax assessment office is hereby authorized to charge a $5 fee, in addition to the cost of making copies, for handling each request for information contained within separate property files; provided, however, that no fee (except for the cost of copies) shall be charged a property owner or his authorized agent (provided such authorization is in writing) for requesting information from his own property file.
(b) The release of information from property files maintained by the tax assessment office shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, being S.C. Code, Title 30, Ch. 4.
(1976 Code, § 7-10) (Ord. 1531, §§ 2, 3, passed 4-1-1986)