(A) Annual time limit. Pursuant to Tex. Gov’t Code § 552.275(a) and (b), 36 hours is the reasonable limit on the amount of time that personnel of the city are required to spend producing public information for inspection or duplication by a requestor or provided copies of public information to a requestor in any given 12-month period commencing on October 1 of each year, without recovering the city’s costs attributable to that personnel time.
(B) Monthly time limit. Pursuant to Tex. Gov’t Code § 552.275(a) and (b), 15 hours is the reasonable limit on the amount of time that personnel of the city are required to spend producing public information for inspection or duplication by a requestor or provided copies of public information to a requestor in any given monthly period without recovering the city’s costs attributable to that personnel time.
(C) Records of time spent fulfilling requests. The City Secretary and/or designee shall be responsible for maintaining records of the cumulative amount of personnel time complying with requests for public information from each individual requestor.
(D) Charges for personnel time spent in excess of time limits. Not withstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, any requestor of public information will be charged personnel costs in accordance with Tex. Gov’t Code § 552.275 for all time in excess of 36 hours in any given 12-month period commencing on October 1 of each year or 15 hours in a given monthly period commencing on the first date of each month, spent by personnel of the city in producing public information for inspection or duplication by a requestor, or providing copies of public information to a requestor. The City Secretary or designee shall be responsible for providing all notices to the requestor as required by law, including written statements of accrued time required by Tex. Gov’t Code § 552.275(d) and written estimates of charges required by Tex. Gov’t Code § 552.275(e).
(E) “Requestor” defined. For purposes of this section, REQUESTOR shall have the meaning set forth in Tex. Gov’t Code § 552.003(6)
(Ord. 19-11, passed 6-5-2019)