1. (1) Office records shall be open and available to the public as required by ch. 19, Stats.
2. (2) Written requests for copies of office records shall be addressed to the commissioner or to the legal custodian of records.

3. (3) The fee for reproduction, photocopying, photographing, transcription or other duplication of a public record in the custody of the office may not exceed the actual, direct and necessary cost.

   Note: The office charges the following fees: simple photocopying - 15 cents per page, cassette tape of hearing $12.00. When the cost of locating a record exceeds $50, the office charges the actual, necessary and direct costs of location. These amounts are subject to change.

4. (4) With the agreement of the record requester, the custodian of records may elect to use a private company to produce copies of records in any form. The fee for such copies shall be the actual cost charged by the private company plus the cost of any office staff labor.

History

History: Cr. Register, October, 1982, No. 322, eff. 11-1-82; am. Register, August, 1986, No. 368, eff. 9-1-86; renum. from OCT 1.13, Register, May, 1996, No. 485, eff. 6-1-96; am. (3), cr. (4), Register, February, 1999, No. 518, eff. 3-1-99.