Lawmakers gave first-round approval Jan. 24 to a bill that would make changes to a fee charged by the Nebraska secretary of state.<\/p>\n
Currently, the office charges a fee of 45 cents for images of records accessed over the Internet, not to exceed $2,000 per request for batch requests. LB278, introduced by Omaha Sen. Pete Pirsch, would eliminate the fee cap and make additional technical changes.<\/p>\n
Pirsch said most data requests from individuals and businesses in Nebraska are small and would not be impacted by the bill. No data-mining request has ever been made that would incur a fee higher than the current cap, he said, but the ability to charge a fee commensurate with such a request should be a legal option for the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is largely theoretical,\u201d Pirsch said.<\/p>\n
Senators voted 27-2 to advance the bill to select file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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