(A) The preamble of Ord. 1192F, passed 6-28-1999 shall be incorporated by reference into this section.
(B) In all instances where a copying fee for a public record has not been set by state law, the offices and agencies of Lake County Government shall charge a fee of $.10 per copy for public records requested pursuant to the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, I.C. 5-14-3-1 et seq. For purposes of this section ONE COPY shall mean one impression produced by a copy machine capable of mechanically reproducing the public record.
(C) In all instances, where a duplication fee for a public record has not been set by state law, the offices and agencies of Lake County Government may charge a uniform fee for the duplication of a computer tape, computer disk, microfilm, or similar or analogous record system containing information owned by the public agency or entrusted to it which fee does not exceed the sum of the following:
(1) The agency's direct cost of supplying the information in that form;
(2) The standard cost for selling the same information to the public in the form of a publication if the agency has published the information and made the publication available for sale; and
(3) In the case of the legislative services agency, a reasonable percentage of the agency's direct cost of maintaining the system in which the information is stored. However, the amount charged by the legislative service agency under this division may not exceed the sum of the amounts it may charge under divisions (C)(1) and (2) above.
(D) Notwithstanding division (C) above, a public office or agency shall, pursuant to I.C. 5-14-3-8(h), charge a reasonable fee agreed on in the contract under I.C. 5-14-3-3.5, Enhanced Access to Public Records.
(E) The copying fee established shall be paid in advance of receiving the copied or duplicated public records.
(Prior Code, § 33.02) (Ord. 1151B, passed 1-9-1996; Ord. 1192F, passed 6-28-1999)