We as the PEOPLE must take back our village, officials can and will continue to voted out and there are other ways to change who is in those seats, or who continues to have their hands in our $$….. it starts with making your voice heard... FOIL every two weeks, board meetings AGENDA DOCUMENTS....doing so electronically saves time and money
FOIL and the regulations promulgated by the Committee on Open Government indicate that, absent statutory authority, an agency may charge fees only for the reproduction of records. Section 87(1)(b) of FOIL states:
"Each agency shall promulgate rules and regulations in conformance with this article...and pursuant to such general rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the committee on open government in conformity with the provisions of this article, pertaining to the availability of records and procedures to be followed, including, but not limited to...
“iii. the fees for copies of records which shall not exceed twenty-five cents per photocopy not in excess of nine inches by fourteen inches, or the actual cost of reproducing any other record in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of this subdivision, except when a different fee is otherwise prescribed by statute.”
The first clause of the foregoing pertains to photocopies up to nine by fourteen inches, and the only fee that may be charged for copies of those records is a maximum of twenty-five cents per photocopy. Additionally, the regulations promulgated by the Committee state in relevant part that:
"Except when a different fee is otherwise prescribed by statute: (a) An agency shall not charge a fee for the following: (1) inspection of records for which no redaction is permitted; (2) search for, administrative costs of, or employee time to prepare photocopies of records; (3) review of the content of requested records to determine the extent to which records must be disclosed or may be withheld; or (4) any certification required pursuant to this Part.” (21 NYCRR section 1401.8).(emphasis mine)
As such, the Committee's regulations specify that no fee may be charged for personnel time, for inspection of or search for records, except as otherwise prescribed by statute. COOG FOIL-AO-f19724 19724
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