From The Complete Colorado: The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has lowered its charge on photocopies for open records requests from 25 cents per page to seven cents. The change amounts to a 72 percent savings from the previous price for any citizen or journalist who acquires open records on physical paper copies.
“Our fees are the among the lowest in the country, for all the services we offer,” said Secretary of State Scott Gessler. “Coloradans deserve transparency from their government, without jumping through unnecessary hoops. Cutting our [photocopy] fee is yet another way to show that we can reform government to make it more efficient and responsive.”
Charges by governments to cover costs for open records have been a topic under the Gold Dome this session. The move by Gessler comes as the General Assembly has sent a bill to the Governor’s desk that, if signed, will set a limit on hourly fees that the state or any local government can charge for research and retrieval.
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