(A) Fee schedule to apply. In all instances where a copying fee for a public record has not been et by state law, the schedule of fees is hereby approved and adopted.
(B) Map/electronic map generation fee. A map/electronic map generation fee shall be imposed by and payable to the Lake County Surveyor, or its agent, as outlined in the schedule of fees, attached at the end of this chapter as Appendix A and made a part hereof. This schedule of fees is hereby deemed to be reasonable and necessary to cover a percentage of the direct cost of maintaining, upgrading and enhancing the map/electronic map and for the direct cost of supplying the map/electronic map in the form requested by the purchaser.
(C) Electronic Digital Mapping Data Fund. Pursuant to I.C. 5-14-3-8.5, all map/electronic map generation fees shall be deposited by the Lake County Treasurer in the Electronic Digital Mapping Data Fund, Fund number 250-0600-31210, administered by the Lake County Surveyor, which Fund is a dedicated, non reverting Fund. Monies in the Fund are appropriated and expended by the Lake County Surveyor for the purpose of maintenance, upgrading and enhancement of the electronic map, and the reimbursement of the costs incurred in supplying the electronic map in the form requested by a purchaser.
(D) Fees paid in advance. The fees established shall be paid in advance of receiving the copy, map, electronic map, or other requested material, as determined by the Lake County Surveyor.
(E) Severability. The terms and provisions of this section are hereby determined to be severable; the invalidity or unenforceability of any sections, sentence, clause, term, or provision of this section shall not affect the validity of any other section, sentence, clause, term or provision of this section which can be given meaning without the invalid part or parts. The section shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and any approvals or publications as may be required by law.
(F) Schedule of fees. The schedule of fees is Appendix A attached at the end of this chapter.
(Ord. 1334C, passed 3-30-2011; Ord. passed 4-12-2011)
Statutory reference:
Access to public records, see I.C. 5-14-3
Definitions, see I.C. 5-14-3-2
Electronic map generation fund; establishment by ordinance; purpose, see I.C. 5-14-3-8.5
Enhanced access fund; establishment by ordinance; purpose, see I.C. 5-14-3-8.3
Fees; copies, see I.C. 5-14-3-8
Public agency; certain providers exempted, see I.C. 5-14-3-2.1
Public agencies; enhanced access to public records; office of technology, see I.C. 5-14-3-3.6
Public policy, see I.C. 5-14-3-1
Right to inspect and copy public agency records; electronic data storage; use of information for commercial purposes; contracts, see I.C. 5-14-3-3