Section 220-RICR-50-05-1.6 - CostsA. Official publications which the Department prepares in the discharge of its duties to inform the public on matters of public interest are considered Readily Available and will be furnished free of charge for one (1) copy. The Department will supply one (1) copy of any of its Rules and Regulations to an individual requesting them free of charge. Rules and Regulations of the Department are on file at the Office of the Secretary of State and certified copies thereof may be obtained from that Office.B. Consistent with APRA, the Department may charge a fee for copying and/or search and retrieval of requested Records. The Department shall not charge more than $0.15 per copied or scanned page. However, if the response to the Request consists of fifty (50) or fewer copied pages, no fee will be charged. Multiple Requests by the same Requestor within a 30 day time period shall be added together for calculating of cost purposes. The Department may also charge an hourly fee of up to $15.00 per hour for the search and retrieval time required to respond to a Request, whether the Request seeks copies of Records or seeks to inspect original Records. There is no charge for the first hour of search and retrieval time. Search and retrieval time shall include the time to review and redact Records for information and/or Records that may be exempt from disclosure. Additionally, the Department may charge for the actual supply costs for providing Records (i.e. a CD/ROM for electronic records) and shipping charges in the event that the Requestor is not willing to pick up the Records.C. Upon request, the Department will provide the Requester with an estimate of the copying, search and retrieval costs prior to responding to the Request.D. As stated above in § 1.4(F) of this Part, the Department, in its reasonable discretion, may also require the Requestor to provide prepayment and/or a deposit in order to proceed with the Request. The Department shall, however, charge the actual costs for copies, search and retrieval time. The Department reserves the right to require a deposit of the estimated costs if the estimated costs are to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00).E. The actual cost of copying, search and retrieval shall be paid in advance by check or money order made payable to the "RI General Fund" and submitted in accordance with the instructions provided by the Department for the records to be provided to the Requestor.220 R.I. Code R. 220-RICR-50-05-1.6