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61TOW, ONS9 <br />1913 <br />Pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act and unless otherwise provided <br />for by federal law, state statute or rule, fees for government data shall be determined by <br />departments based on the costs of providing such service. Fees shall be reasonable and <br />consistent. <br />IA. Fees Not Perm=itted=. <br />1. No fee may be charged for inspecting data. (Minn. Stat. § 13.03, subd. 3; Minn. Rules, <br />Pt. 1205,0400, subp. 5) <br />2. No fee may be charged for time spent separating public from not public data. (Minn. Stat. <br />§ 13.03, subd. 3) <br />B. Permitted Fees. "I'll . .......... <br />1. Responsible Authority Duties. Exhibit H contains a schedule of fees established by the <br />Responsible Authority, The Responsible Authority will review Exhibit H annually and revise the <br />schedule of fees as necessary. An explanation of the types of fees permitted by the Act follows. <br />2. Copying charges. When a person requests copies of data, copy charges as set forth in <br />Exhibit H will be assessed for making, certifying, compiling, or electronically transmitting the <br />copies of the data. <br />3. Labor charges. When a person requests copies of data, and where the time required to <br />search for and retrieve the requested data exceeds one half hour, labor charges as set forth in <br />Exhibit H will be assessed for searching for and retrieving the data. <br />4. Mailing charges. When a person requests copies of data, and the copies are mailed, <br />mailing charges set forth in Exhibit H will be assessed. <br />5. Charges for commercially valuable data. When a person requests copies of public <br />government data that has commercial value and is a substantial and discrete portion of or an <br />entire formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, process, data base, or <br />system developed with a significant expenditure of public funds by the City, the Responsible <br />Authority may establish a reasonable fee to be charged for the data in addition to the costs of <br />making, certifying, and compiling the copies. The fee charged must relate to the actual <br />development costs of the information. Upon request of any person, the Responsible Authority <br />will provide documentation to explain and justify the fee being charged. The Responsible <br />CAR50884 <br />GA115-26 38 <br />