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Vermont committee hears bill to let agencies charge for staff time on burdensome public-records requests
Summary
Representative Jed Lipsky introduced H.502 to the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee, saying the bill would let agencies charge reasonable fees for actual staff costs when requesters impose heavy administrative burdens (for example, photographing records page-by-page). The committee signaled it will review the proposal in coming months.
Representative Jed Lipsky told the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee that H.502, “an act relating to charging for actual cost under Vermont Public Records Act,” is meant to let agencies recover reasonable costs when fulfilling unusually burdensome records requests.
Lipsky, who identified himself as representing the Memorial 1 District, told the panel the bill is short and focused on preventing tactics that consume staff hours without restricting access. He described a pattern in which…
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