Chapter 3.96. INVESTIGATIVE PHOTOGRAPH DUPLICATION FEE AND FUND  


§ 3.96.020. Violations designated.
§ 3.96.030. Violations—Penalties.
§ 3.96.040. Fund established.
§ 3.96.050. Use of funds.
§ 3.96.060. Termination of fund— Transfer of funds.

Sections:

A need exists to establish a chargeable fee by the Porter County sheriff's department for the duplication of investigative photographs that have been taken by the police department and which involve an incident, accident, traffic arrest, traffic stop, crime scene, criminal investigation or any other type of general police activity for which there were photographs taken by the police department.

The Porter County sheriff's police department shall charge a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) to duplicate an investigative photograph of the type referenced above. The person or party requesting a copy of such photograph or photographs shall provide a written request to the sheriff's department and the requesting person or party must purchase all photographs that were taken in reference to their request at the ten dollar ($10.00) per photograph fee.

The sheriff's department may, if the requesting party desires, copy the investigative photographs onto a CD-ROM for a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00). The fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) is to be charged for each incident and will include all photographs of the particular incident. If the requesting person or party requests a CD-ROM and also desires printed photographs, the fee will be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the CD-ROM and ten dollars ($10.00) for each printed photograph involved in the incident.


(Ord. 00-4 § 2)