Londonderry Town Councilor and State Representative Ron Dunn, along with State Senator Sharon Carson, are sponsoring a bill to restrict access to 91A requests. HB 1002 could impose a fee of $25 per hour for any 91A request that officials estimate would exceed 10 hours to complete.
Amendment to HB 1002 by replacing section 2 with the following:
2 New Paragraph; Fees for Records. Amend RSA 91-A:4 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
VIII. A reasonable charge may be made for employee, contractor, or attorney time in excess of 10 hours to make the record available to the requestor, including time to search, retrieve, duplicate, redact, and otherwise make the record available for the requestor; provided that no charge may be made for time spent with the requestor to review the records. Hourly costs shall not exceed $25 per hour, and no costs shall be charged for requests under 10 hours. Prior to charging any fees, the public body or agency shall create a policy so that practices are transparent, uniform, and consistent. Multiple requests from any person or entity to the same public body within a 30 day time period shall be considered one request. If a party believes the estimated number of hours or cost to make the records available is unreasonable, the party may file a complaint with the ombudsman pursuant to RSA 91-A:7-b for a determination of whether the estimate is reasonable.
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