Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 3 - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Chapter 70 - COST OF COPIES OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Section 70.9 - Examples of Charges for Copies of Public Information

Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 70.9

Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024

The following tables present a few examples of the calculations of charges for information:

(1) TABLE 1 (Fewer than 50 pages of paper records): $.10 per copy x number of copies (standard-size paper copies); + Labor charge (if applicable); + Overhead charge (if applicable); + Document retrieval charge (if applicable); + Postage and shipping (if applicable) = $ TOTAL CHARGE.

(2) TABLE 2 (More than 50 pages of paper records or nonstandard copies): $.10 per copy x number of copies (standard-size paper copies), or cost of nonstandard copy (e.g., diskette, oversized paper, etc.); + Labor charge (if applicable); + Overhead charge (if applicable); + Document retrieval charge (if applicable); + Actual cost of miscellaneous supplies (if applicable); + Postage and shipping (if applicable) = $ TOTAL CHARGE.

(3) TABLE 3 (Information that Requires Programming or Manipulation of Data): Cost of copy (standard or nonstandard, whichever applies); + Labor charge; + Overhead charge; + Computer resource charge; + Programming time (if applicable); + Document retrieval charge (if applicable); + Actual cost of miscellaneous supplies (if applicable); + Postage and shipping (if applicable) = $ TOTAL CHARGE.

(4) TABLE 4 (Maps): Cost of paper (Cost of Roll/Avg. # of Maps); + Cost of Toner (Black or Color, # of Maps per Toner Cartridge); + Labor charge (if applicable); + Overhead charge (if applicable) + Plotter/Computer resource Charge; + Actual cost of miscellaneous supplies (if applicable); + Postage and shipping (if applicable) = $ TOTAL CHARGE.

(5) TABLE 5 (Photographs): Cost of Paper (Cost of Sheet of Photographic Paper/Avg. # of Photographs per Sheet); + Developing/Fixing Chemicals (if applicable); + Labor charge (if applicable); + Overhead charge (if applicable); + Postage and shipping (if applicable) = $ TOTAL CHARGE.

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