Okla. Stat. tit. 6, § 6-2206
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Costs of assembling, reproducing or providing financial
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records.
A. A government authority shall pay to the financial
institution assembling, reproducing or providing any financial
record of a customer a reasonable fee for such costs, including
copying costs and labor costs, to be paid prior to the time the
record is released.
B. For purposes of this section, the following fees shall be
deemed reasonable:
1. Search and processing costs. Reimbursement for search and
processing costs shall be the total amount of direct personnel time
incurred in locating and retrieving, reproducing, packaging and
preparing financial records for shipment or delivery. The rate for
search and processing costs shall be no more than Twenty-two Dollars
($22.00) per hour per person for clerical or technical personnel,
computed on the basis of Five Dollars and fifty cents ($5.50) per
quarter hour or fraction thereof, and no more than Thirty Dollars
($30.00) per hour per person for management or supervisory
personnel, computed on the basis of Seven Dollars and fifty cents
($7.50) per quarter hour or fraction thereof, and shall be limited
to the total amount of personnel time spent in locating and
retrieving documents or information or reproducing or packaging and
preparing documents for shipment where required or requested by a
government authority. If itemized separately, search and processing
costs may include the actual cost of extracting information stored
by computer in the format in which it is normally produced, based on
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies Page 285
computer time and necessary supplies. Personnel time for computer
search may be paid for only at the rate specified in this paragraph;
2. Reproduction costs. Reimbursement for reproduction costs
shall be for costs incurred in making copies of documents required
or requested. The rate for reproduction costs for making copies of
required or requested documents shall be twenty-five cents ($0.25)
for each page, including copies produced by reader/printer
reproduction processes. Photographs, films, computer tapes and
other materials shall be reimbursed at actual cost;
3. Transportation costs. Reimbursement for transportation
costs shall be for necessary costs, directly incurred, to transport
personnel to locate and retrieve the information required or
requested, and necessary costs, directly incurred solely by the need
to convey the required or requested material to the place of
examination; and
4. Directly incurred costs. A financial institution also may
receive reimbursement for costs incurred solely and necessarily as a
consequence of searching for, reproducing or transporting books,
papers, records, or other data, in order to comply with legal
process. If a financial institution has records that are stored at
an independent storage facility that charges a fee to search for,
reproduce, or transport particular records requested, these costs
shall be considered to be directly incurred by the financial
institution.
A. A government authority shall pay to the financial
institution assembling, reproducing or providing any financial
record of a customer a reasonable fee for such costs, including
copying costs and labor costs, to be paid prior to the time the
record is released.
B. For purposes of this section, the following fees shall be
deemed reasonable:
1. Search and processing costs. Reimbursement for search and
processing costs shall be the total amount of direct personnel time
incurred in locating and retrieving, reproducing, packaging and
preparing financial records for shipment or delivery. The rate for
search and processing costs shall be no more than Twenty-two Dollars
($22.00) per hour per person for clerical or technical personnel,
computed on the basis of Five Dollars and fifty cents ($5.50) per
quarter hour or fraction thereof, and no more than Thirty Dollars
($30.00) per hour per person for management or supervisory
personnel, computed on the basis of Seven Dollars and fifty cents
($7.50) per quarter hour or fraction thereof, and shall be limited
to the total amount of personnel time spent in locating and
retrieving documents or information or reproducing or packaging and
preparing documents for shipment where required or requested by a
government authority. If itemized separately, search and processing
costs may include the actual cost of extracting information stored
by computer in the format in which it is normally produced, based on
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies Page 285
computer time and necessary supplies. Personnel time for computer
search may be paid for only at the rate specified in this paragraph;
2. Reproduction costs. Reimbursement for reproduction costs
shall be for costs incurred in making copies of documents required
or requested. The rate for reproduction costs for making copies of
required or requested documents shall be twenty-five cents ($0.25)
for each page, including copies produced by reader/printer
reproduction processes. Photographs, films, computer tapes and
other materials shall be reimbursed at actual cost;
3. Transportation costs. Reimbursement for transportation
costs shall be for necessary costs, directly incurred, to transport
personnel to locate and retrieve the information required or
requested, and necessary costs, directly incurred solely by the need
to convey the required or requested material to the place of
examination; and
4. Directly incurred costs. A financial institution also may
receive reimbursement for costs incurred solely and necessarily as a
consequence of searching for, reproducing or transporting books,
papers, records, or other data, in order to comply with legal
process. If a financial institution has records that are stored at
an independent storage facility that charges a fee to search for,
reproduce, or transport particular records requested, these costs
shall be considered to be directly incurred by the financial
institution.
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