[Amended 5-23-2011 by Ord. No. 25-2011]
A. Fees for duplication of public records shall be as provided in Chapter 212, Fees.
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B. Prepayment.
(1) Estimate cost exceeds $100. In the event the estimated cost of fulfilling a request submitted under this chapter is expected to exceed $100, the Open Records Officer shall obtain payment of 50% of the expected cost in advance of fulfilling (copying) the request to avoid unwarranted expense of City of Reading resources.
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(2) Prior to release. The City may obtain the cost of the records prior to releasing the records.
C. Redaction. A fee to redact documents may not be charged. If a requester wishes to inspect rather than receive a copy of a record and the records contains both public and nonpublic information, the City shall redact the nonpublic information and shall charge for copies, in accordance with the above fee schedule, it must make of the redacted material in order for the requester to view the public record. Should the requester choose to obtain copies of the redacted documents after reviewing the records, no additional fee may be charged.
D. Statutory fees. If a separate statute authorizes the City to charge a set amount for a certain type of record, the City may charge no more than that statutory amount.
E. Conversion to paper. If a record is only maintained electronically or in other nonpaper media, duplication fee shall be limited to the lesser of the fee for duplication on paper or the fee for duplication in the original media unless the requester specifically requests for the record to be duplicated in the more expensive media.
3. Editor's Note: Amended during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Part 2).
4. Editor's Note: Amended during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Part 2).