§ 2-282. Certification and copying documents; fee.

(a)

Any person authorized by law to inspect any County record, document, or written matter shall be entitled to receive a copy thereof upon paying the actual cost of reproducing the document requested, or the cost as determined by the Council and published with the document, or by separate listing as the reasonable cost to the County for publishing.

(b)

There shall be no charge for documents which the County publishes for public information or is required by law to provide at no charge. Public information documents shall, however, only be available free of charge so long as they are in supply for distribution.

(c)

For an additional fee of fifty cents ($.50) per certification, the department head or custodian of the document shall deliver to the applicant a written statement that the attached copies of documents are true copies of documents in his possession on which he has written true copy test with his signature underneath, and he shall so write on the copies true copies test with his signature.

(CB-15-1971)