Section 2.96.355. Records in electronic form.

	(a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, public records maintained in electronic form are subject to disclosure and copying. Upon receipt of a request complying with this chapter, a public agency shall provide a copy of a public record in the form in which it is maintained or disseminated by the public agency. A public agency may not release proprietary software except as provided in 2 AAC 96.440.  
	(b)  A copy of an electronic public record is generated by copying the electronic file that was used to produce the printed form of the public record. Except as provided in (c) and (d) of this section, a public agency shall establish the fee to duplicate an electronic public record in accordance with 2 AAC 96.360.  
	(c)  A copy of an electronic public record in a geographic information system is generated by copying the plot file, the associated geographic and tabular files, or other files required to generate the printed form of the public record. A public agency shall establish the fee to duplicate an electronic public record in a geographic information system in accordance with 2 AAC 96.460.  
	(d)  The Department of Public Safety will establish the fee for a copy of an electronic public record in a vehicle registration list in accordance with 2 AAC 96.460.  
	(e)  A public agency entering into a contract with a private, public, or nonprofit entity to provide electronic copies of public records is not relieved from complying with AS 40.25.110 and this chapter.  

Authorities

40.25.110;40.25.115;40.25.120;40.25.123;44.62.125;09.25.100;40.25.100

Notes

Reference

2 AAC 96.325
2 AAC 96.330

Authority

AS 40.25.110 AS 40.25.115 AS 40.25.120 AS 40.25.123 Editor's note: As of Register 176 (January 2006), and acting under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), the regulations attorney relocated former 6 AAC 96.355 to 2 AAC 96.355, and made conforming technical changes to 2 AAC 96.355, to reflect Executive Order 113 (2005). Executive Order 113 eliminated the Telecommunications Information Council and transferred its functions to the governor and to the Department of Administration. The history note for 2 AAC 96.355 carries forward the history from former 6 AAC 96.355. As of Register 158 (July 2001), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to reflect the 2000 renumbering of former AS 09.25.100 - 09.25.220 by the revisor of statutes. The provisions of former AS 09.25.100 - 09.25.220 were relocated to AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.220.

History

Eff. 11/6/94, Register 132

References

6.96.355;2.96.355