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State law stipulates how public records custodians can charge for requested documents and information that require staff time to assemble and/or redact if those records include confidential components.
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âIf we are going to have a bias . . . it should be that we err on the side of acknowledging that public documents are public,â Del. Danica Roem says. âAs opposed to the hassle, time and cost to government.â The idea there is if youâre going to give people carte blanche to make local government turn over documents, theyâre going to use that tool inappropriately.