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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 38-2008
TITLE:
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE
FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS OF THE WHEAT
RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE WHEAT
RIDGE MUNICIPAL COURT
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the Colorado State Legislature has passed House
Bill 08-1076 which amends C.R.S. 24-72-306 concerning the fees that criminal justice agencies
may charge for copies, printouts, or photographs of criminal justice records; and
WHEREAS, this amended statute will go into effect on August 7, 2008, and will have a
direct impact on what the Wheat Ridge Police Department and the Wheat Ridge Municipal Court
may charge for criminal justice records that are released; and
WHEREAS, the amended statute authorizes criminal justice agencies to impose copying
costs for requested records at a certain rate in addition to the actual costs of searching for,
retrieving and redacting such records; and
WHEREAS, C.R.S. 24-72-306(1) further requires that such fees be "established by the
governing body."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat
Ridge, Colorado, as follows:
Section I. The City Council hereby establishes fees for the provision of requested
criminal justice records as set forth in the attached fee schedules for the Wheat Ridge Police
Department and the Wheat Ridge Municipal Court.
Section 4.. The purpose oftbis resolution is to establish those fees governed by C.R.S. S
24-72-306. Nothing in this Resolution shall affect the ability or authority of the Presiding Judge
of the Wheat Ridge Municipal Court to amend, by administrative order, any other type of fee or
cost the Court is authorized to impose and amend, from time to time.
DONE AND RFSOLVEDTmS~ ./l1 P,1~;;;',
T(J!ti.liiO, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Michael D. Snow, City Clerk