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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1229
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 3789
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10		-	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
11		-	~~ADMINISTRATION~~ AND ELECTIONS
	10	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	11	+	AND ELECTIONS
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14	14		Introduced by:
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19	20		AN ACT CONCERNING FEES FOR COPYING, REVIEWING AND
20	21		REDACTING RECORDS CREATED BY POLICE BODY-WORN
21	22		RECORDING EQUIPMENT AND DASHBOARD CAMERAS.
22	23		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	24		Assembly convened:
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25	26		Section 1. Section 29-6d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	27		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
27	28		(a) For purposes of this section, [and] section 2 of this act and section 3
28	29		7-277b: 4
29	30		(1) "Law enforcement unit" has the same meaning as provided in 5
30	31		section 7-294a; 6
31	32		(2) "Police officer" means a sworn member of a law enforcement unit 7
32	33		or any member of a law enforcement unit who performs police duties; 8
33	34		(3) "Body-worn recording equipment" means an electronic recording 9
34	35		device that is capable of recording audio and video; 10
35		-	(4) "Dashboard camera" means a dashboard camera with a remote 11 Raised Bill No. 1229
	36	+	(4) "Dashboard camera" means a dashboard camera with a remote 11
	37	+	Raised Bill No. 1229
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40	43		recorder, as defined in section 7-277b; 12
41	44		(5) "Digital data storage device or service" means a device or service 13
42	45		that retains the data from the recordings made by body-worn recording 14
43	46		equipment using computer data storage; [and] 15
44	47		(6) "Police patrol vehicle" means any state or local police vehicle other 16
45	48		than an administrative vehicle in which an occupant is wearing body-17
46	49		worn camera equipment, a bicycle, a motor scooter, an all-terrain 18
47	50		vehicle, an electric personal assistive mobility device, as defined in 19
48	51		subsection (a) of section 14-289h, or an animal control vehicle; 20
49	52		(7) "Freedom of Information Act" has the same meaning as provided 21
50	53		in section 1-200; 22
51	54		(8) "Requesting party" means the person requesting a record created 23
52	55		using body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera pursuant 24
53	56		to the Freedom of Information Act; 25
54	57		(9) "Involved person" means (A) any individual depicted in the 26
55	58		record created using body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard 27
56	59		camera, (B) any individual directly involved in the incident that led to 28
57	60		the police officer being called to respond, or (C) any police officer 29
58	61		responding to such incident, including the police officer whose body-30
59	62		worn recording equipment or dashboard camera created the record; and 31
60	63		(10) "Redact" means to obscure, pixelate or mute any portion of a 32
61	64		record created using body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard 33
62	65		camera. 34
63	66		(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 35
64	67		and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall jointly 36
65	68		evaluate and approve the minimal technical specifications of body-worn 37
66	69		recording equipment that shall be worn by police officers pursuant to 38
67	70		this section, dashboard cameras that shall be used in each police patrol 39
68	71		vehicle and digital data storage devices or services that shall be used by 40
69		-	~~a law enforcement unit to retain the data from the recordings made by 41~~ Raised Bill No. 1229
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	78	+	a law enforcement unit to retain the data from the recordings made by 41
74	79		such equipment. The commissioner and council shall make such 42
75	80		minimal technical specifications available to each law enforcement unit 43
76	81		in a manner determined by the commissioner and council. The 44
77	82		commissioner and council may revise the minimal technical 45
78	83		specifications when the commissioner and council determine that 46
79	84		revisions to such specifications are necessary. 47
80	85		(c) (1) Each police officer shall use body-worn recording equipment 48
81	86		while interacting with the public in such sworn member's law 49
82	87		enforcement capacity, except as provided in subsection (g) of this 50
83	88		section, or in the case of a municipal police department, in accordance 51
84	89		with the department's policy adopted by the department and based on 52
85	90		guidelines maintained pursuant to subsection (j) of this section, 53
86	91		concerning the use of body-worn recording equipment. 54
87	92		(2) Each police officer shall wear body-worn recording equipment on 55
88	93		such officer's outer-most garment and shall position such equipment 56
89	94		above the midline of such officer's torso when using such equipment. 57
90	95		(3) Body-worn recording equipment used pursuant to this section 58
91	96		shall conform to the minimal technical specifications approved 59
92	97		pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, except that a police officer may 60
93	98		use body-worn recording equipment that does not conform to the 61
94	99		minimal technical specifications approved pursuant to subsection (b) of 62
95	100		this section, if such equipment was purchased prior to January 1, 2016, 63
96	101		by the law enforcement unit employing such officer. 64
97	102		(4) Each law enforcement unit shall require usage of a dashboard 65
98	103		camera in each police patrol vehicle used by any police officer employed 66
99	104		by such unit in accordance with the unit's policy adopted by the unit 67
100	105		and based on guidelines maintained pursuant to subsection (j) of this 68
101	106		section, concerning dashboard cameras. 69
102	107		(d) Except as required by state or federal law, no person employed by 70
103	108		a law enforcement unit shall edit, erase, copy, share or otherwise alter 71
104		-	or distribute in any manner any recording made by body-worn 72
105		-	recording equipment or a dashboard camera or the data from such 73 Raised Bill No. 1229
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	115	+	or distribute in any manner any recording made by body-worn 72
	116	+	recording equipment or a dashboard camera or the data from such 73
110	117		recording. 74
111	118		(e) A police officer may review a recording from his or her body-worn 75
112	119		recording equipment or a dashboard camera in order to assist such 76
113	120		officer with the preparation of a report or otherwise in the performance 77
114	121		of his or her duties. 78
115	122		(f) (1) If a police officer is giving a formal statement about the use of 79
116	123		force or if a police officer is the subject of a disciplinary investigation in 80
117	124		which a recording from body-worn recording equipment or a 81
118	125		dashboard camera is being considered as part of a review of an incident, 82
119	126		the officer shall have the right to review (A) such recording in the 83
120	127		presence of the officer's attorney or labor representative, and (B) 84
121	128		recordings from other body-worn recording equipment capturing the 85
122	129		officer's image or voice during the incident. Not later than forty-eight 86
123	130		hours following an officer's review of a recording under subparagraph 87
124	131		(A) of this subdivision, or if the officer does not review the recording, 88
125	132		not later than ninety-six hours following the initiation of such 89
126	133		disciplinary investigation, whichever is earlier, such recording shall be 90
127	134		disclosed, upon request, to the public, subject to the provisions of 91
128	135		subsection (g) of this section. Public disclosure may be delayed if the 92
129	136		officer, due to a medical or physical response or an acute psychological 93
130	137		stress response to the incident, is not reasonably able to review a 94
131	138		recording under this subdivision, but in no event shall disclosure be 95
132	139		delayed more than one hundred forty-four hours following the 96
133	140		recorded event. 97
134	141		(2) If a request is made for public disclosure of a recording from body-98
135	142		worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera of an incident about 99
136	143		which (A) a police officer has not been asked to give a formal statement 100
137	144		about the alleged use of force, or (B) a disciplinary investigation has not 101
138	145		been initiated, any police officer whose image or voice is captured on 102
139	146		the recording shall have the right to review such recording in the 103
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140	153		presence of the officer's attorney or labor representative. Not later than 104
141	154		forty-eight hours following an officer's review of a recording under this 105
142		-	subdivision, or if the officer does not review the recording, not later than 106 Raised Bill No. 1229
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	155	+	subdivision, or if the officer does not review the recording, not later than 106
147	156		ninety-six hours following the request for disclosure, whichever is 107
148	157		earlier, such recording shall be disclosed to the public, subject to the 108
149	158		provisions of subsection (g) of this section. Public disclosure may be 109
150	159		delayed if the officer, due to a medical or physical response or an acute 110
151	160		psychological stress response to the incident, is not reasonably able to 111
152	161		review a recording under this subdivision, but in no event shall 112
153	162		disclosure be delayed more than one hundred forty-four hours 113
154	163		following the recorded event. 114
155	164		(g) (1) Except as otherwise provided by any agreement between a law 115
156	165		enforcement unit and the federal government, no police officer shall use 116
157	166		body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera, if applicable, 117
158	167		to intentionally record (A) a communication with other law enforcement 118
159	168		unit personnel, except that which may be recorded as the officer 119
160	169		performs his or her duties, (B) an encounter with an undercover officer 120
161	170		or informant or an officer performing detective work described in 121
162	171		guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (j) of this section, (C) when 122
163	172		an officer is on break or is otherwise engaged in a personal activity, (D) 123
164	173		a person undergoing a medical or psychological evaluation, procedure 124
165	174		or treatment, (E) any person other than a suspect to a crime if an officer 125
166	175		is wearing such equipment in a hospital or other medical facility setting, 126
167	176		or (F) in a mental health facility, unless responding to a call involving a 127
168	177		suspect to a crime who is thought to be present in the facility. 128
169	178		(2) No record created using body-worn recording equipment or a 129
170	179		dashboard camera of (A) an occurrence or situation described in 130
171	180		subparagraphs (A) to (F), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of this subsection, 131
172	181		(B) a scene of an incident that involves (i) a victim of domestic or sexual 132
173	182		abuse, (ii) a victim of homicide or suicide, or (iii) a deceased victim of an 133
174	183		accident, if disclosure could reasonably be expected to constitute an 134
175	184		unwarranted invasion of personal privacy in the case of any such victim 135
176	185		described in this subparagraph, or (C) a minor, shall be subject to 136
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177	192		disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, [as defined in section 137
178	193		1-200,] and any such record shall be confidential and redacted in 138
179	194		accordance with section 2 of this act, except that (i) a record of an 139
180		-	involved person or the requesting party undergoing a medical or 140 Raised Bill No. 1229
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	195	+	involved person or the requesting party undergoing a medical or 140
185	196		psychological evaluation, procedure or treatment shall be disclosed to 141
186	197		such involved person or the requesting party, and (ii) a record of a minor 142
187	198		shall be disclosed if [(i)] (I) the minor and the parent or guardian of such 143
188	199		minor consent to the disclosure of such record, [(ii)] or, if the minor is 144
189	200		an involved person, the minor's parent or guardian is the requesting 145
190	201		party or an involved person, (II) a police officer is the subject of an 146
191	202		allegation of misconduct made by such minor or the parent or guardian 147
192	203		of such minor, and the person representing such officer in an 148
193	204		investigation of such alleged misconduct requests disclosure of such 149
194	205		record for the sole purpose of preparing a defense to such allegation, or 150
195	206		[(iii)] (III) a person is charged with a crime and defense counsel for such 151
196	207		person requests disclosure of such record for the sole purpose of 152
197	208		assisting in such person's defense and the discovery of such record as 153
198	209		evidence is otherwise discoverable. 154
199	210		(h) No police officer shall use body-worn recording equipment prior 155
200	211		to being trained in accordance with section 7-294s in the use of such 156
201	212		equipment and in the retention of data created by such equipment. A 157
202	213		law enforcement unit shall ensure that each police officer such unit 158
203	214		employs receives such training at least annually and is trained on the 159
204	215		proper care and maintenance of such equipment. 160
205	216		(i) If a police officer is aware that any body-worn recording 161
206	217		equipment or dashboard camera is lost, damaged or malfunctioning, 162
207	218		such officer shall inform such officer's supervisor in writing as soon as 163
208	219		is practicable. Upon receiving such information, the supervisor shall 164
209	220		ensure that the body-worn recording equipment or dashboard camera 165
210	221		is inspected and repaired or replaced, as necessary. Each police officer 166
211	222		shall inspect and test body-worn recording equipment prior to each shift 167
212	223		to verify proper functioning, and shall notify such officer's supervisor 168
213	224		of any problems with such equipment. 169
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214	231		(j) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 170
215	232		and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall jointly 171
216	233		maintain guidelines pertaining to the use of body-worn recording 172
217		-	equipment and dashboard cameras, including the type of detective 173 Raised Bill No. 1229
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	234	+	equipment and dashboard cameras, including the type of detective 173
222	235		work an officer might engage in that should not be recorded, retention 174
223	236		of data created by such equipment and dashboard cameras and methods 175
224	237		for safe and secure storage of such data. On and after October 1, 2024, 176
225	238		such guidelines shall contain provisions concerning under which 177
226	239		circumstances an officer shall not pause recording on such equipment. 178
227	240		The guidelines shall not require a law enforcement unit to store such 179
228	241		data for a period longer than one year, except in the case where the unit 180
229	242		knows the data is pertinent to any ongoing civil, criminal or 181
230	243		administrative matter. Each law enforcement unit and any police officer 182
231	244		and any other employee of such unit who may have access to such data 183
232	245		shall adhere to such guidelines. The commissioner and council may 184
233	246		update and reissue such guidelines, as the commissioner and council 185
234	247		determine necessary. The commissioner and council shall, upon 186
235	248		issuance of such guidelines or any update to such guidelines, submit 187
236	249		such guidelines in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a to the 188
237	250		joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance 189
238	251		of matters relating to the judiciary and public safety. 190
239	252		(k) (1) Not later than October 1, 2023, the Police Officer Standards and 191
240	253		Training Council, in consultation with the Institute for Municipal and 192
241	254		Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut, shall prescribe a form 193
242	255		to be used by law enforcement units to report each unit's compliance 194
243	256		with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section. Such form shall 195
244	257		require the compilation of information including, but not limited to, (A) 196
245	258		the number of body-worn recording devices in operation in a law 197
246	259		enforcement unit, (B) the number of dashboard cameras in operation in 198
247	260		a law enforcement unit, (C) the number of police patrol vehicles not 199
248	261		equipped with a dashboard camera in a law enforcement unit and the 200
249	262		reasons such vehicles are not so equipped, (D) information regarding 201
250	263		any incidents in which a police officer of a law enforcement unit was 202
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251	270		found in an internal investigation conducted by such unit to have 203
252	271		violated such unit's policy regarding the use of body-worn recording 204
253	272		equipment or dashboard cameras, and (E) any other information 205
254	273		deemed necessary. 206
255		-	(2) Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, each law 207 Raised Bill No. 1229
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	274	+	(2) Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, each law 207
260	275		enforcement unit shall submit a report on the form prescribed pursuant 208
261	276		to subdivision (1) of this subsection concerning the unit's compliance 209
262	277		with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section to the Institute for 210
263	278		Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut. The 211
264	279		institute shall post such reports on the institute's Internet web site. 212
265	280		(3) Not later than July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Institute 213
266	281		for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut 214
267	282		shall, within available appropriations, review the reports submitted 215
268	283		pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, and report the results of 216
269	284		such review and any recommendations as a result of such review to the 217
270	285		Governor, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, the 218
271	286		Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy 219
272	287		and Management and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-220
273	288		4a, the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 221
274	289		cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and public safety and 222
275	290		security. 223
276	291		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) Except as provided in 224
277	292		subsections (b) and (c) of this section, any public agency, as defined in 225
278	293		section 1-200 of the general statutes, that maintains a copy of a record 226
279	294		created using body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera 227
280	295		pursuant to section 29-6d of the general statutes, as amended by this act, 228
281	296		may charge the requesting party a redaction fee for any such record that 229
282	297		requires redaction in accordance with the provisions of this section. 230
283	298		Such fee shall compensate the public agency for the time spent redacting 231
284	299		any portion of the requested record as required or authorized by state 232
285	300		or federal law, including, but not limited to, the provisions of subsection 233
286	301		(g) of section 29-6d of the general statutes, as amended by this act. Such 234
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287	308		fee shall be calculated as follows: 235
288	309		(1) The public agency shall not charge the requesting party for the 236
289	310		time spent searching for the applicable record that is responsive to the 237
290	311		request. 238
291		-	(2) The first four hours of labor costs incurred by the public agency in 239 Raised Bill No. 1229
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	312	+	(2) The first four hours of labor costs incurred by the public agency in 239
296	313		redacting the requested record shall not be charged to the requesting 240
297	314		party. 241
298	315		(3) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any additional 242
299	316		labor costs associated with any time necessary to redact the requested 243
300	317		record beyond the time set forth in subdivision (2) of this subsection 244
301	318		may be charged to the requesting party at a rate not to exceed the hourly 245
302	319		wage of the lowest-paid employee with the requisite training for 246
303	320		redacting the responsive record. For purposes of this subdivision, the 247
304	321		hourly wage of an employee shall be based upon the employee's base 248
305	322		salary and shall not include benefits. The responding agency shall not 249
306	323		charge the requesting party for the services of any attorney hired by the 250
307	324		responding agency to conduct a second review of the requested record 251
308	325		or any company providing digital management services to the 252
309	326		responding agency. 253
310	327		(4) Any fee charged to a requesting party under this subsection shall 254
311	328		not exceed one hundred dollars per hour of the actual length of time of 255
312	329		the record requested. In calculating the fee under this subsection, the 256
313	330		public agency may round up the actual length of time of the record 257
314	331		requested to the nearest half hour at a rate of fifty dollars per half hour. 258
315	332		(5) If the amount to be charged to the requesting party in accordance 259
316	333		with subdivision (3) of this subsection is estimated to exceed two 260
317	334		hundred fifty dollars, the public agency shall inform the requesting 261
318	335		party of the estimated fee and may require prepayment of such fee prior 262
319	336		to redacting the requested record. If the amount of prepaid fees exceeds 263
320	337		the actual labor costs incurred by the public agency in redacting the 264
321	338		requested record, the public agency shall reimburse the requesting 265
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322	345		party for any difference between the prepaid amount and actual cost. 266
323	346		(b) The public agency shall waive any fee authorized under this 267
324	347		section if required under subsection (d) of section 1-212 of the general 268
325	348		statutes. 269
326	349		(c) (1) A public agency shall not charge a fee to any requesting party 270
327		-	who is (A) an involved person in the record requested, (B) the parent or 271 Raised Bill No. 1229
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	350	+	who is (A) an involved person in the record requested, (B) the parent or 271
332	351		legal guardian of an involved person, or (C) an attorney representing an 272
333	352		involved person in any civil, criminal or administrative matter. 273
334	353		(2) A public agency shall not charge a fee to any other requesting 274
335	354		party if (A) the record depicts a police officer involved in a shooting, a 275
336	355		police officer involved in a motor vehicle accident or a police officer 276
337	356		giving a formal statement about the use of force, or (B)(i) there is an 277
338	357		allegation of misconduct concerning the police officer involved, or (ii) 278
339	358		the police officer involved is the subject of a disciplinary investigation, 279
340	359		subject to any limitations on disclosure set forth in subsection (g) of 280
341	360		section 29-6d of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 281
342	361		(d) The public agency shall maintain an original, unredacted copy of 282
343	362		any requested record that is redacted for public dissemination in 283
344	363		accordance with the provisions of this section. 284
345	364		(e) If the Freedom of Information Commission determines that a 285
346	365		public agency has violated any provision of this section, the Freedom of 286
347	366		Information Commission may order the public agency to refund any 287
348	367		payment made under this section. 288
349	368		Sec. 3. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 1-212 of the general statutes 289
350	369		are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 290
351	370		October 1, 2025): 291
352	371		(a) Any person applying in writing shall receive, promptly upon 292
353	372		request, a plain, facsimile, electronic or certified copy of any public 293
354	373		record. The type of copy provided shall be within the discretion of the 294
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355	380		public agency, except (1) the agency shall provide a certified copy 295
356	381		whenever requested, and (2) if the applicant does not have access to a 296
357	382		computer or facsimile machine, the public agency shall not send the 297
358	383		applicant an electronic or facsimile copy. [The] Except as provided in 298
359	384		section 2 of this act, the fee for any copy provided in accordance with 299
360	385		the Freedom of Information Act: 300
361	386		(A) By an executive, administrative or legislative office of the state, a 301
362		-	state agency or a department, institution, bureau, board, commission, 302 Raised Bill No. 1229
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	387	+	state agency or a department, institution, bureau, board, commission, 302
367	388		authority or official of the state, including a committee of, or created by, 303
368	389		such an office, agency, department, institution, bureau, board, 304
369	390		commission, authority or official, and also including any judicial office, 305
370	391		official or body or committee thereof but only in respect to its or their 306
371	392		administrative functions, shall not exceed twenty-five cents per page; 307
372	393		and 308
373	394		(B) By all other public agencies, as defined in section 1-200, shall not 309
374	395		exceed fifty cents per page. If any copy provided in accordance with said 310
375	396		Freedom of Information Act requires a transcription, or if any person 311
376	397		applies for a transcription of a public record, the fee for such 312
377	398		transcription shall not exceed the cost thereof to the public agency. 313
378	399		(b) The fee for any copy provided in accordance with subsection (a) 314
379	400		of section 1-211 shall not exceed the cost thereof to the public agency. 315
380	401		[In] Except as provided in section 2 of this act, in determining such costs 316
381	402		for a copy, other than for a printout which exists at the time that the 317
382	403		agency responds to the request for such copy, an agency may include 318
383	404		only: 319
384	405		(1) An amount equal to the hourly salary attributed to all agency 320
385	406		employees engaged in providing the requested computer-stored public 321
386	407		record, including their time performing the formatting or programming 322
387	408		functions necessary to provide the copy as requested, but not including 323
388	409		search or retrieval costs except as provided in subdivision (4) of this 324
389	410		subsection; 325
	411	+	Raised Bill No. 1229
	412	+
	413	+
	414	+
	415	+	LCO No. 3789 12 of 12
	416	+
390	417		(2) An amount equal to the cost to the agency of engaging an outside 326
391	418		professional electronic copying service to provide such copying 327
392	419		services, if such service is necessary to provide the copying as requested; 328
393	420		(3) The actual cost of the storage devices or media provided to the 329
394	421		person making the request in complying with such request; and 330
395	422		(4) The computer time charges incurred by the agency in providing 331
396	423		the requested computer-stored public record where another agency or 332
397		-	contractor provides the agency with computer storage and retrieval 333 Raised Bill No. 1229
398		-
399		-
400		-	LCO 3789 12 of 12
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	424	+	contractor provides the agency with computer storage and retrieval 333
402	425		services. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the fee for 334
403	426		any copy of the names of registered voters shall not exceed three cents 335
404	427		per name delivered or the cost thereof to the public agency, as 336
405	428		determined pursuant to this subsection, whichever is less. The 337
406	429		Department of Administrative Services shall provide guidelines to 338
407	430		agencies regarding the calculation of the fees charged for copies of 339
408	431		computer-stored public records to ensure that such fees are reasonable 340
409	432		and consistent among agencies. 341
410	433		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
411	434		sections:
412	435
413	436		Section 1 October 1, 2025 29-6d
414	437		Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 New section
415	438		Sec. 3 October 1, 2025 1-212(a) and (b)
416	439
417		-	GAE Joint Favorable
	440	+	Statement of Purpose:
	441	+	To authorize a public agency to charge a redaction fee for the disclosure
	442	+	of a record created by police body-worn equipment or dashboard
	443	+	cameras that contains portions not authorized to be disclosed under
	444	+	state or federal law.
	445	+
	446	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	447	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	448	+	underlined.]
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