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TOWN OF RAINBOW LAKE
BYLAW NO. 99-06
A BY-LAW OF THE TOWN OF RAINBOW LAKE IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA,
TO LEVY FEES FOR INFORMATION AND COPIES THEREOF AS PROVIDED BY
THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND
PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT.
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Municipal Government Act, S.A. 1994, Chapter M-26.1, as
amended; and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, S.A., 1994, Chapter F-
18.5 the Town must make certain information available to the public; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Municipal Government Act, and the Freedom of
Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Council may pass a bylaw establishing fees to charge
for providing information.
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Rainbow Lake in the Province of Alberta,
duly assembled, hereby enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
1.
That bylaw shall be cited as the "Records Fees and Charges Bylaw".
DEFINITIONS
2.
In this bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires;
"COUNCIL" means the Council of the Town of Rainbow Lake, elected pursuant to the
Local Authorities Election Act, Revised Statues of Alberta;
"FORMAL REQUEST" means a request for information which is not routinely
provided and requires the completion of a form in accordance with the Access to
Information Bylaw of the Town.
"TOWN" means the Town of Rainbow Lake, a Municipal Corporation in the Province of
Alberta;
APPLICATION
3.
Unless prior written approval is obtained from the Town Manager, when information is
released, the Town shall charge fees as established in Schedule "A" and Schedule "B",
attached hereto.
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Records Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 99-06
ENACTMENT
4.
This Bylaw shall come into full force and effect on October 1, 1999.
READ A FIRST TIME this 20th day of September, AD 1999.
READ A SECOND TIME this 20th day of September, AD 1999.
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED this 20th day of September, AD 1999.
_______________________________
MAYOR
_______________________________
TOWN MANAGER
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Town of Rainbow Lake
Records Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 99-06
Schedule "A"
Formal Requests
1.
There shall be no charge for the receipt of personal information, except where the
materials exceed $10.00. Then the fee charged shall be for the cost of providing the
materials in accordance with Schedule B, attached hereto.
2.
The Town shall charge the following fees:
a)
a minimum of $25.00 for each formal request received pursuant to the Access to
Information Bylaw. This cost includes a maximum of 2 hours employee labour
and $10.00 for materials. Any costs in excess of these stipulated, will be
calculated and charged prior to the release of the information at a rate of
$25.00/hr for labour and as listed for materials.
b)
$25.00 for an appeal filed pursuant to the Access to Information Bylaw of the
Town.
3.
Actual costs for any costs incurred by the Town to access or produce third party
information.
Schedule "B"
Informal Requests
1.
The Town shall charge the following fees:
a)
a photocopying charge of $0.25 per page of information (0.50 per double-sided
page to a maximum photocopying charge of $150.00 (except where information is
considered to be personal information and is under $10.00 in copy charges)).
Information will be copied double-sided whenever possible.
b)
for tax information:
i)
$15.00 for a tax certificate.
c)
for assessment information:
i)
$10.00 for information regarding the description of a parcel of land and
the latest assessed value of the land and improvements thereon, as set out
in the assessment roll.
ii)
$10.00 for information regarding the yearly assessments of a parcel of
land, as set out in the assessment roll.
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Records Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 99-06
d)
for copies of information in other formats:
i)
$1.00 per page for computer printer sheets, unless otherwise stipulated
within this bylaw;
ii)
$5.00 per computer floppy diskette;
iii)
$10.00 per computer compact disk;
iv)
$2.00 per photograph (maximum size 4" x 6");
v)
$5.00 per audiocassette.
e)
$25.00 per hour to extract data from an electronic data base.
f)
actual costs incurred by the Town to create information. Actual costs shall
include staff time and material used.
2.
Information in media other than that listed will be available at a reasonable cost based on
actual costs incurred by the Town.