Texas Cost-Rules

1. The governmental body has 50 or fewer pages of responsive records,
and they want to charge $.10 per page.  Is that allowed?  (answer)

2. I want to inspect the information at home at my leisure, but the
governmental body says I must inspect it at their premises.  Is that
correct?  (answer)

3. I want the information to be sent by email, but the governmental
body says the law doesn’t require it.  Is that correct?  (answer)

4. Why should I have to pay before I receive the information?  (answer)

5. The governmental body refuses to give me an estimate.  What do I do
now?  (answer)

6. The governmental body makes me pay for every single page they give
me, but gives other information free of charge.  (answer)

7. The governmental body refuses to waive the charges related to my
request “in the public interest.”  (answer)

8.  Why is it called “public information” if I have to pay to get it?  (answer)

9. Why don’t [the OAG] prosecute governmental bodies that routinely
exaggerate their charges?  (answer)