State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012  

681T0420   SENATE BILL   NO.  75  

Introduced by:    Senators Kraus, Maher, Nelson (Tom), and Novstrup (Al) and Representatives Willadsen and Hunt
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise the determination of fees that may be charged for certain public records.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 1-27-1.2 be amended to read as follows:
    1-27-1.2. If a custodian of a public record of a county, municipality, political subdivision, or tax-supported district provides to a member of the public, upon request, a copy of the public record by transmitting it from a modem to an outside modem, a reasonable no fee may be charged for such specialized service. Such fee may include a reasonable amount representing a portion of the amortization of the cost of computer equipment, including software, necessarily added in order to provide such specialized service the transmission of data in its original form. However, if the person requesting the public record requests a form that is different from its original form, a reasonable fee may be charged for the data conversion. This section does not require a governmental entity to acquire computer capability to generate public records in a new or different form if that new form would require additional computer equipment or software not already possessed by the governmental entity.

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