Sec. 2370.9. Fees

Except where fees or exemptions from fees have been established by the Tax Law, rules or regulations of the department or the Civil Practice Law and Rules, the following rules shall apply to fees:

(a) There shall be no fee charged for:

(1) inspection of the itemized record prepared by the fiscal officer setting forth the name, address, title and salary of each officer;

(2) inspection of the index of records which the department is required to maintain under the Freedom of Information Law;

(3) inspection of records of the department which are required to be disclosed under the Freedom of Information Law where no deletion of any part of the contents thereof is required under section 2370.5(d) of this Part; or

(4) a certification pursuant to this Part.

(b) The fee for a copy of a record where no deletion of any part of the contents thereof is required and which is of a size not exceeding 8 ½ inches in width by 14 inches in length shall be 25 cents per page. If greater in size, the fee shall be a unit per page charge as determined, from time to time, by the department's Business Administration Bureau excluding, however, the fixed cost of the salary of the individual who operates the department's mechanical reproduction equipment.

(c) The fee for inspection of a copy of a record where deletion is mandated shall be a charge which reflects the departmental cost of the preparation for public inspection and the production of a copy of the deleted record as determined, from time to time, by the Business Administration Bureau excluding, however, the fixed cost of the salary of the individual who operates the department's mechanical reproduction equipment.

(d) Where deletion is mandated, the fee for obtaining a copy of such deleted record by the use of the department's mechanical reproduction equipment shall be a charge which reflects the departmental cost of the preparation of the record for public inspection and its subsequent reproduction by the use of the department's mechanical reproduction equipment as determined, from time to time, by the department's Business Administration Bureau, excluding, however, the fixed cost of the salary of the operator of the department's mechanical reproduction equipment.