2-6-110. Electronic information -- public access -- fees. (1) Except as provided by law, each person is entitled to a copy of information compiled, created, or otherwise in the custody of public agencies that is in electronic format, subject to the same restrictions applicable to the information in printed form. All restrictions relating to confidentiality, privacy, business secrets, and copyright are applicable to the electronic information.
     (2) Except as provided by law and subject to subsection (3), an agency may charge a fee, not to exceed:
     (a) the agency's actual cost of purchasing the electronic media used for transferring data, if the person requesting the information does not provide the media;
     (b) expenses incurred by the agency as a result of mainframe processing charges;
     (c) expenses incurred by the agency for providing online computer access to the person requesting access;
     (d) other out-of-pocket expenses directly associated with the request for information; and
     (e) the hourly rate for the current fiscal year for a state employee classified as grade 10, market salary, under 2-18-312 for each hour, or fraction of an hour, after one-half hour of copying service has been provided.
     (3) (a) In addition to the allowable fees in subsection (2), the department of revenue may charge an additional fee as reimbursement for the cost of developing and maintaining the property valuation and assessment system data base from which the information is requested. The fee must be charged to persons, federal agencies, state agencies, and other entities requesting the data base or any part of the data base from any department property valuation and assessment system. The fee may not be charged to the governor's office of budget and program planning, the state tax appeal board, or any legislative agency or committee.
     (b) The department of revenue may not charge a fee for information provided from any department property valuation and assessment system data base to a local taxing jurisdiction for use in taxation and other governmental functions or to an individual taxpayer concerning the taxpayer's property.
     (c) All fees received by the department of revenue under subsection (2) and this subsection (3) must be deposited in a state special revenue fund as provided in 15-1-521.
     (4) For the purposes of this section, the term "agency" has the meaning provided in 2-3-102 but includes legislative, judicial, and state military agencies.
     (5) This section does not authorize the release of electronic security codes giving access to private information.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 254, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 640, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 27, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 4, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 484, L. 1995.