Section 290-RICR-30-00-6.6 - CostsA. Consistent with APRA, the Department may charge a fee for copying and/or search and retrieval of requested Records. The Department may charge no more than $0.15 per copied or scanned page. 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 no more than $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.B. There is no charge for the first hour of search and retrieval time. Search and retrieval time shall include the time to: research, compile, review and redact potential Records which contains information, in whole or in part, that may be exempt from disclosure.C. The Department may charge for the actual cost for providing certain medium, (e.g. a CD/ROM or flash drives for electronic records) and the cost of mailing in the event the Requestor chooses this method of delivery.D. The Department will provide the Requester with an estimate of the copying, search and retrieval costs prior to responding to the Request.E. If the request is estimated to require more than ten (10) hours of research and retrieval time, the Department may require prepayment and/or a deposit prior to proceeding with the Request. The Department shall, however, charge the actual costs for copies, search and retrieval time, which shall be paid in advance to the "RI General Treasurer" and submitted in accordance with the instructions provided by the Department for the records to be provided to the Requestor.F. A court may reduce or waive the fees for costs charged for search or retrieval in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-4(e).290 R.I. Code R. 290-RICR-30-00-6.6