HB 377 — An Act relating to public records; relating to managing and preserving audio and video recordings; and relating to fees for the inspection and copying of public records under the Alaska Public Records Act.

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377(CRA)377 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION BY THE HOUSE COMMUNITYSTATE AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Referred:BY REQUEST Introduced:

State3/9/26 AffairsReferred: Sponsor(s):

HOUSECommunity STATEand AFFAIRSRegional COMMITTEEAffairs, BYState REQUESTAffairs A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act relating to public records;

(6) "record" means any document, paper, book, letter, electronic mail, drawing, map, plat, photo, photographic file, motion picture film, audio or video recording, microfilm, microphotograph, exhibit, magnetic or paper tape, punched card, electronic record, or other document of any other material, regardless of physical form or characteristic, developed or received under law or in connection with the transaction of official business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by an agency or a political subdivision, as evidence of the organization, function, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the state or political subdivision or because of the informational value in them;

the term does not include HB0377blibrary and HB0377a -1- CSHBHB 377(CRA)377 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1196\T34-LS1196\I library and museum material developed or acquired and preserved solely for reference, historical, or exhibition purposes, extra copies of documents preserved solely for convenience of reference, or stocks of publications and processed documents;

AS 40.25.110 is amended by adding a new subsectionssubsection to read:

(j) Notwithstanding (c) of this section, a municipality may require a requester to pay the municipality's actual personnel costs to perform the search,search review, redaction, and copying tasks to complete a request for production of a record.

The personnel costs may not exceed the actual salary and benefit costs for the personnel time required to completeperform the request.search and copying tasks.

(k) Notwithstanding (c) of this section, the Department of Public Safety may require a requester to pay the actual personnel costs of the Department of Public Safety to perform the search, review, redaction, and copying tasks to complete a request for production of a record.

The personnel costs may not exceed the actual salary and benefit costs for the personnel time required to complete the request.

The requester shall pay the costs before the records are disclosed, and the Department of Public Safety may require payment in advance of the search.

(3) "public records" means books, papers, files, audio or video recordings, accounts, writings, including electronicdrafts mail,and drafts, [AND] memorializations of conversations, and other items, regardless of format or physical characteristics, that are developed or received by a public agency, or by a private contractor for a public agency, and that are preserved for [THEIR] informational value or as evidence of the organization or operation of the public agency;

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