What is the cost of copies for Public Information?


Document or Record Type
Charge
Standard-Size Copy
(up to and including 8.5 inches X 14 inches) 

$ .10 per page
Oversize paper copy 
(11x17, greenbar, bluebar, not including maps and photographs using specialty paper)

$ .50
Specialty paper
(Mylar, blueprint, blueline, map, photographic)

actual cost
Diskettes
$ 1.00
Rewritable CD (CD-RW)
$ 1.00
Non-rewritable CD (CD-R)
$ 1.00
Digital video disc (DVD) 
$ 3.00
Other electronic media 
actual cost
VHS video cassette
$ 2.50
Audio cassette 
$ 1.00
Personnel 
(Not charged for 50 or fewer pages of documents, unless the documents to be copies are located in two or more separate buildings that are not physically connected with each other or a remote storage facility; not charged for attorney, legal assistant, or any other person who reviews the requested information.)

prorated $ 18.00/hour
Programming
$28.50/hour
Overhead
(only charged for non-readily available or in excess of 50 pages)

20% of total Personnel Costs 
Miscellaneous Supplies 
(labels, boxes, and other producing supplies)

actual cost
Photographs
actual cost
Outsourced/Contracted Services
actual cost
Postal and Shipping 
actual cost
Inspection of Records maintained in standard paper form
no charge*
(*Charges are permitted only where the governmental body is asked to provide, for inspection, information that contains mandatory confidential information and public information. When such is the case, the governmental body may charge to make a copy of the page from which information must be edited. No other charges are allowed except if the information requested takes more than five hours to prepare the public information for inspection; and is older than five years; or completely fills, or when assembled will completely fill, six or more archival boxes.)
Deposit or Bond 
The City requires a deposit or bond for payment for the preparation of copies of public information if the estimated charges to provide said copies are of $100.00 or more and/or if the requestor owes the City an unpaid amount of $100.00 or more for previous requests that the requestor has made under the TX PIA.

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1. What is the cost of copies for Public Information?