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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 6876
	5	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6876
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	11	+	AND ELECTIONS
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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14	19		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E COPYING OF PUBLIC RECORDS BY
15	20		USING A HAND-HELD SCANNER.
16	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	22		Assembly convened:
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19	24		Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 1-212 of the general statutes is 1
20	25		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
21	26		October 1, 2019): 3
22	27		(a) Any person applying in writing shall receive, promptly upon 4
23	28		request, a plain, facsimile, electronic or certified copy of any public 5
24	29		record. The type of copy provided shall be within the discretion of the 6
25	30		public agency, except (1) the agency shall provide a certified copy 7
26	31		whenever requested, and (2) if the applicant does not have access to a 8
27	32		computer or facsimile machine, the public agency shall not send the 9
28	33		applicant an electronic or facsimile copy. [The] Except as provided in 10
29	34		subsection (g) of this section, the fee for any copy provided in 11
30	35		accordance with the Freedom of Information Act: 12
31	36		(A) By an executive, administrative or legislative office of the state, a 13
32	37		state agency or a department, institution, bureau, board, commission, 14
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33	43		authority or official of the state, including a committee of, or created 15
34	44		by, such an office, agency, department, institution, bureau, board, 16
35	45		commission, authority or official, and also including any judicial office, 17
36		-	official or body or committee thereof but only in respect to its or their 18 Substitute Bill No. 6876
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	46	+	official or body or committee thereof but only in respect to its or their 18
43	47		administrative functions, shall not exceed twenty-five cents per page; 19
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45	49		(B) By all other public agencies, as defined in section 1-200, shall not 21
46	50		exceed fifty cents per page. If any copy provided in accordance with 22
47	51		said Freedom of Information Act requires a transcription, or if any 23
48	52		person applies for a transcription of a public record, the fee for such 24
49	53		transcription shall not exceed the cost thereof to the public agency. 25
50	54		Sec. 2. Subsection (g) of section 1-212 of the general statutes is 26
51	55		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 27
52	56		October 1, 2019): 28
53	57		(g) Any individual may copy a public record through the use of a 29
54		-	hand-held scanner. A public agency [may establish a fee structure not 30
55		-	to exceed twenty dollars for an] shall not charge a fee to any individual 31
56		-	[to pay each time the individual] who copies records at the agency 32
57		-	with a hand-held scanner. As used in this section, "hand-held scanner" 33
58		-	means a battery operated electronic scanning device the use of which 34
59		-	(1) leaves no mark or impression on the public record, and (2) does not 35
60		-	unreasonably interfere with the operation of the public agency. "Hand-36
61		-	held scanner" includes, but is not limited to, a mobile telephone or 37
62		-	camera. 38
	58	+	hand-held scanner. [A public agency may establish a fee structure not 30
	59	+	to exceed twenty dollars for an individual to pay each time the 31
	60	+	individual copies records at the agency with a hand-held scanner.] The 32
	61	+	fee for copying records at the public agency with a hand-held scanner 33
	62	+	shall be as follows: (1) The first two hundred pages or less shall be free 34
	63	+	of charge; (2) from two hundred one pages until five hundred pages 35
	64	+	shall cost ten dollars; and (3) any number of pages exceeding five 36
	65	+	hundred pages shall cost twenty dollars. As used in this section, 37
	66	+	"hand-held scanner" means a battery operated electronic scanning 38
	67	+	device the use of which [(1)] (A) leaves no mark or impression on the 39
	68	+	public record, and [(2)] (B) does not unreasonably interfere with the 40
	69	+	operation of the public agency, and includes, but is not limited to, any 41
	70	+	mobile telephone or camera. 42
63	71		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
64	72		sections:
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66	74		Section 1 October 1, 2019 1-212(a)
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67	80		Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 1-212(g)
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69		-	GAE Joint Favorable Subst.
	82	+	Statement of Purpose:
	83	+	To set forth a fee structure for when a person takes pictures of a public
	84	+	document with a camera or cell phone or scans public documents
	85	+	using a hand-held scanner.
	86	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	87	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	88	+	not underlined.]
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	90	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.
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	92	+	H.B. 6876
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