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1-THE SENATE S.B. NO. 406 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 S.D. 1 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COPYING FEES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
1+THE SENATE S.B. NO. 406 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO copying fees. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47- SECTION 1. Section 92-21, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: "§92-21 Copies of records; other costs and fees. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a copy of any government record, including any map, plan, diagram, photograph, photostat, or geographic information system digital data file[, which] that is open to the inspection of the public, shall be furnished to any person applying for the same by the public officer having charge or control thereof upon the payment of the reasonable cost of reproducing [such] the copy. (b) Except as provided in section 91-2.5[,] or subsection (c), the cost of reproducing any government record[, except geographic information system digital data,] pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be less than 5 cents per page, sheet, or fraction thereof. (c) The cost of reproducing a digital copy of any government record pursuant to subsection (a) shall not exceed 5 cents per digital record; provided that the government record has already been digitized. (d) The cost of reproducing [geographic information system digital data] any government record pursuant to this section, including reproducing a digital copy of a government record that has not already been digitized, shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the agency having charge or control of that data[. Such], subject to the limitations and requirements of this section. The reproduction cost shall include but shall not be limited to labor cost for search and actual time for reproducing, material cost, including electricity cost, equipment cost, including rental cost, cost for certification, and other related costs. (e) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be paid in by the public officer receiving or collecting the [same] fees to the state director of finance, [the] county director of finance, or [to the] agency or department by which the officer is employed, as government realizations; provided that fees collected by the public utilities commission pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the public utilities commission special fund established under section 269-33." SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2525.
47+ SECTION 1. Section 92-21, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: "§92-21 Copies of records; other costs and fees. Except as otherwise provided by law, a copy of any government record, including any map, plan, diagram, photograph, photostat, or geographic information system digital data file, which is open to the inspection of the public, shall be furnished to any person applying for the same by the public officer having charge or control thereof upon the payment of the reasonable cost of reproducing such copy. Except as provided in section 91-2.5, the cost of reproducing any government record, except geographic information system digital data, shall not [be less than] exceed 5 cents per page, sheet, or fraction thereof. The cost of reproducing geographic information system digital data shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the agency having charge or control of that data. [Such] The reproduction cost shall include but shall not be limited to labor cost for search and actual time for reproducing, material cost, including electricity cost, equipment cost, including rental cost, cost for certification, and other related costs. All fees shall be paid in by the public officer receiving or collecting the [same] fees to the state director of finance, [the] county director of finance, or [to the] agency or department by which the officer is employed, as government realizations; provided that fees collected by the public utilities commission pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the public utilities commission special fund established under section 269-33." SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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51- "§92-21 Copies of records; other costs and fees. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a copy of any government record, including any map, plan, diagram, photograph, photostat, or geographic information system digital data file[, which] that is open to the inspection of the public, shall be furnished to any person applying for the same by the public officer having charge or control thereof upon the payment of the reasonable cost of reproducing [such] the copy.
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53- (b) Except as provided in section 91-2.5[,] or subsection (c), the cost of reproducing any government record[, except geographic information system digital data,] pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be less than 5 cents per page, sheet, or fraction thereof.
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55- (c) The cost of reproducing a digital copy of any government record pursuant to subsection (a) shall not exceed 5 cents per digital record; provided that the government record has already been digitized.
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57- (d) The cost of reproducing [geographic information system digital data] any government record pursuant to this section, including reproducing a digital copy of a government record that has not already been digitized, shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the agency having charge or control of that data[. Such], subject to the limitations and requirements of this section. The reproduction cost shall include but shall not be limited to labor cost for search and actual time for reproducing, material cost, including electricity cost, equipment cost, including rental cost, cost for certification, and other related costs.
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51+ "§92-21 Copies of records; other costs and fees. Except as otherwise provided by law, a copy of any government record, including any map, plan, diagram, photograph, photostat, or geographic information system digital data file, which is open to the inspection of the public, shall be furnished to any person applying for the same by the public officer having charge or control thereof upon the payment of the reasonable cost of reproducing such copy. Except as provided in section 91-2.5, the cost of reproducing any government record, except geographic information system digital data, shall not [be less than] exceed 5 cents per page, sheet, or fraction thereof. The cost of reproducing geographic information system digital data shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the agency having charge or control of that data. [Such] The reproduction cost shall include but shall not be limited to labor cost for search and actual time for reproducing, material cost, including electricity cost, equipment cost, including rental cost, cost for certification, and other related costs. All fees shall be paid in by the public officer receiving or collecting the [same] fees to the state director of finance, [the] county director of finance, or [to the] agency or department by which the officer is employed, as government realizations; provided that fees collected by the public utilities commission pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the public utilities commission special fund established under section 269-33."
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65- Report Title: Digital Copies of Public Records; Costs and Fees Description: Prohibits the cost of reproducing government records in a digital format from exceeding 5 cents per digital record that has already been digitized. Effective 1/1/2525. (SD1) The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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69+ Report Title: Copies of Public Records; Costs and Fees Description: Prohibits the cost of reproducing government records from exceeding 5 cents per page, sheet, or fraction thereof, with exceptions. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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