SB152 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Larry Dixon

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Public records, official required to provide copy within five working days of request, reasonable fees authorized, Sec. 36-12-41 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, every citizen has a right to inspect and take a copy of any public writing of this state, with certain exceptions.

Also, under existing law, a public officer having custody of a public writing which a citizen has a right to inspect is bound to give the citizen, on demand, a certified copy of the writing, on payment of the legal fees therefor.

This bill would require the public official to provide the copy within five working days of the request and would allow the official to charge a reasonable fee for accessing, duplicating, supplying, and searching for the requested writing.

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Subjects

Public Records