Can anyone speculate why the "out of state" fees are so high?? Many of my relatives lived their whole lives in Oregon state. They paid their income taxes and property taxes just like everyone else. Why would it cost more for me (someone who lives in Vancouver, WA (minutes from OR)) to request information on them? Shouldn't the fees be strictly based on recovery of actual costs only, not on where the requester lives? (PS>> my husband works in Oregon, and we pay a lot of Oregon taxes ourselves, but don't get to ever vote on how our tax dollars are used :-( Thanks Pat <A HREF="http://www.cemeteryinfo.net">Portland,OR & Vancouver,WA Cemetery, Funeral Home & Yearbook index info</A> In a message dated 5/17/02 6:02:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, OREGON-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << ----- Original Message ----- From: "Layne Sawyer" <laynes@archive2.sos.state.or.us> To: <OREGON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 10:50 AM Subject: [OREGON] Message from Oregon State Archivist > To our users: > > Today the Archives Division filed an amendment to the Oregon Administrative > Rules that revises the fees we charge. When you review these fees, please > understand that none of these increases apply to those of you who come to the > Archives Building to do your research. > > In the past, our fees reflected our costs in supplies and equipment. Now they > also include our staff costs. Because of the budget cuts the Archives has > taken, we must recover some of our staff costs from the fees we charge. We > determined these fees by careful study and analysis of the actual time it takes > to perform the work, as well as costs in equipment, supplies and postage. > > Please direct your comments to me by e-mail at roy.c.turnbaugh@state.or.us > or by > mail at Archives Building, 800 Summer St. NE, Salem, Oregon 97310. A hearing on > these rule changes has been scheduled for 10 a.m., June 19, 2002, at the > Archives Building. Again, I regret that these measures are necessary and I > thank you for your support and understanding. > > Roy C. Turnbaugh > State Archivist > > Text of proposed rule amendment: > > 166-010-0016 > Archives Division Fees > (1) Ready Reference requests - no charge. > Includes requests for information that can be answered by staff without leaving > their workstation or by consulting basic reference tools such as finding aids, > tracing binders, or reference books. > (2) Basic records request - $5 in-state; $10 out-of-state. This includes > copying charges, postage and supplies. It applies to one-page documents. A > Basic Records Request must provide an exact citation to a record (e.g., a > citation from the death index, a record listed in the on-line index) in the > custody of the Archives Division. > (3) Basic Case File Request - $10 in-state; $15 out-of-state. This includes up > to 10 photocopies, postage and supplies. Additional photocopy pages are > charged at .75 cents per page. A Basic Case File Request must provide an exact > citation to a record in the custody of the Archives Division. > (4) Other Requests - $5 out-of-state. In addition, all other requests will > include labor charges and copying, supply and postage charges when incurred. > (5) Labor charges - $30 per hour charged in $5 (10-minute) increments. There > is a maximum of $120 (four hours labor) for any request. > (6) Photocopies > Copies made by the customer - 25 cents per page. > Copies made by Archives Division staff - 75 cents per page. > (7) Fax - 75 cents per page. > (8) PDF - 75 cents per page. > (9) Audio Tape duplication > Cassette to cassette duplicates- $6 per cassette. > (10) Certification - $5 per certification. > (11) Digital Imaging > Copy of existing tiff file to CD-ROM, Zip Disk, or FTP - $15 per file copied > Digital Color Inkjet prints - $10. > Scan from original archival record (300 dpi unless otherwise requested) - $20 > per scan. > (12) Reproduction by Outside Vendor - $10 handling fee. > > >>