(((1)))The following copy fees and payment procedures apply to public records requests made after the effective date of this rule:

(1) Pursuant to RCW 42.56.120 (2)(b), the eastern Washington state historical society is not calculating all actual costs for copying records because to do so would be unduly burdensome for the following reasons:

(a) The eastern Washington state historical society does not have the resources to conduct a study to determine all its actual copying costs;

(b) It is difficult to calculate all costs directly incident to copying records; and

(2)Costs for ((inspection))copies. There is no fee for inspecting public records((.

(2) Costs for standard copies. A requestor may obtain standard black and white photocopies, 8.5" x 11" for fifteen cents per page.

(3) Costs of nonstandard copies. Nonstandard copies include nonstandard black and white copies, color copies, engineering drawings, and photographs. An eastern Washington state historical society requestor will be charged the actual costs for nonstandard photocopies.

(4) Use of outside vendor. Eastern Washington state historical society is not required to copy records at its own facilities. Eastern Washington state historical society can send the project to a commercial copying center and bill the requestor for the amount charged by the vendor.

(5) Costs for electronic records. The cost of electronic copies of records shall be the cost of the disk or storage device. There will be no charge for emailing electronic records to a requestor, unless another cost applies such as a scanning fee.

(6) Costs of mailing. The eastern Washington state historical society may also charge actual costs of mailing, including the cost of the shipping container.

(7))). The eastern Washington state historical society will charge for copies of public records pursuant to the default fees in RCW 42.56.120 (2)(b) and (c). The eastern Washington state historical society will charge for customized services pursuant to RCW 42.56.120(3). Under RCW 42.56.130, the eastern Washington state historical society may charge other copying fees authorized by statutes outside of chapter 42.56 RCW. The eastern Washington state historical society may enter into an alternative fee agreement with a requestor under RCW 42.56.120(4). The charges for copying methods used by the eastern Washington state historical society are summarized in the fee schedule available on the eastern Washington state historical society's web site at www.northwestmuseum.org.

(3) Requestors are required to pay for copies in advance of receiving records. Fee waivers are an exception and are available for some small requests under the following conditions:

(a) It is within the discretion of the public records officer to waive copying fees when:

(i) All of the records responsive to an entire request are paper copies only and are twenty-five or fewer pages; or

(ii) All of the records responsive to an entire request are electronic and can be provided in a single email with attachments of a size totaling no more than the equivalent of one hundred pages. If that email for any reason is not deliverable, records will be produced in accordance with this rule.

(b) Fee waivers are not applicable to records requested in installments.

(4)Payment. Payment may be made by cash, check, or money order to the eastern Washington state historical society. Before beginning to make the copies, the public records officer or designee may require a deposit of up to ten percent of the estimated costs of copying all the records selected by the requestor. The public records officer or designee may also require the payment of the remainder of the copying costs before providing all the records, or the payment of the costs of copying an installment before providing that installment. The eastern Washington state historical society will not charge sales tax when it makes copies of public records.

(5) The eastern Washington state historical society will close a request when a requestor fails by the payment date to pay in the manner prescribed for records, an installment of records, or a required deposit.