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Record Service Fees

Extra-Ordinary Time (EOT) Service Charge Copy Fees

Pursuant to OPRA (C.47:1A-5C), whenever the nature, format, manner of collation, or volume of a government record embodied in the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined, or copied pursuant to this section is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary document copying equipment in ordinary business size or involves an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort to accommodate the request, the public agency may charge, in addition to the actual cost of duplicating the record, a special service charge that shall be reasonable and shall be based upon the actual direct cost of providing the copy or copies. 

The Department charges $48/Hr Fee for EOT Service Charges.

  If a request is applicable for an EOT charge, the Requester will be notified of such and payment of the charge must be received prior to access of the subject records.

Requesters can utilizes their own Copy Vendor Service or use the Department of Treasury's -DEP Copying Unit  at the DEP to have copies of government records made.  The State Fee for copies is a follows:

Hard Copies

Pages   1 through 10  =  $0.75 per page
Pages 11 through 20  = $0.50 per page
Pages 21 on = $0.25 per page
Over-Sized Maps = $5.00 per map

Electronic Records

Compact Discs (CDs)  = $9.77 per CD
Diskettes = $0.55 per diskette
   
   
Mailing Costs Other
Mailing costs to ship copied records to Requesters will be based on their selected  shipping means and be the direct costs for shipping. Pursuant to OPRA (C.47:1A-5d), the DEP will charge a special charge that shall be reasonable and shall be based on the cost for any extensive use of information technology, or for the labor cost of personnel providing the service, that is actually incurred by the DEP or attributable to the DEP for the programming, clerical, and supervisory assistance required, or both, if a request is for a copy of a record:
  1. in a medium not routinely used by the agency;
  2. not routinely developed or maintained by an agency; or
  3. requiring a substantial amount of manipulation or programming of information technology.
 
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