Date of Adoption: May 25, 1999.

Purpose: Specifies the amounts the agency will charge for copies of public records.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 390-14-030 Copying of public records.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 42.17.370(1).

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-09-066 on April 19, 1999.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

May 26, 1999

Vicki Rippie

Assistant Director

OTS-3062.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 85-03, filed 7/9/85)

WAC 390-14-030
Copying of public records.

No fee shall be charged for the inspection of public records.  The commission shall charge a fee of:

• Ten cents per page ((of copy)) for ((providing)) paper copies of public records maintained on paper((.  A fee of)) or electronically;

• Twenty-five cents per film ((shall be charged)) for copies of public records maintained on microfiche;

• Twenty cents per diskette for copies of electronically maintained public records; and

• Two dollars per CD ROM for copies of electronically maintained public records.

The commission shall charge persons who use agency equipment to make paper copies from microfiche ten cents per page.  These charges are the amounts necessary to reimburse the commission for its actual costs incident to ((such)) copying, including the use of the commission's ((copy)) equipment.  Charges will not be assessed if the total cost involved in a particular request is less than one dollar.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.370(1).  85-15-020 (Order 85-03), § 390-14-030, filed 7/9/85; 82-18-031 (Order 82-06), § 390-14-030, filed 8/25/82; 82-05-001 (Order 82-01), § 390-14-030, filed 2/4/82; Order 62, § 390-14-030, filed 8/26/75.]

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