Senate Bill No. 125 Summary

• Officers or management-level employees of public agencies who knowingly or intentionally violate the open door law commit a Class C infraction and are personally liable for judgments and costs.

• Officers or management-level employees who deny or interfere with public record inspection/copying requests, or charge excessive copying fees, commit a Class C infraction and are personally liable for judgments and costs.

• Public agencies cannot charge fees for public records transmitted by electronic mail, except for reprogramming computer systems to separate disclosable from nondisclosable information or providing electronic maps.

• State agencies must charge a uniform copying fee not exceeding the average cost of copying or ten cents per page, whichever is greater; non-state agencies may charge up to ten cents per page (or twenty-five cents for color copies) or actual costs.

• Effective date: July 1, 2011.