General Appropriations Bill H. 4700 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998
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SECTION 58 - E08 - SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE PAGE 473
1 58.1. (SS: Records Fee/Computer & Telephone Equipment) The Secretary of State may establish and collect fees not to exceed the
2 actual cost of searching for or making copies of records. Such records shall be furnished at the lowest possible cost to the person requesting
3 the records. The Agency may retain these funds for the purposes of purchasing and maintaining computer and telephone facsimile
4 equipment. The Agency may charge a reasonable hourly rate for making records available to the public and require a reasonable deposit
5 of such costs prior to searching for or making copies of the records.
6 58.2. (SS: Insufficient Check Recovery Fines/Retention and Carry Forward) The Secretary of State may establish, collect and retain
7 fines to recover the costs associated with the collection of dishonored checks returned to this Agency due to insufficient funds. Such funds
8 shall be retained and expended by this Agency in accordance with this purpose and any unused amount shall be carried forward.
9 58.3. (SS: Retained Revenue) The Secretary of State's Office is authorized to retain an amount not to exceed $100,000 above the
10 1996-97 revenue credited to the General Fund by the Secretary of State's Office from fees imposed pursuant to Chapter 1, Title 33 and
11 Chapter 9, Title 36 and expended for corporate postage, upgrades, maintenance and software for the Corporate Division's computer
12 systems. Retained funds unexpended in a prior fiscal year may be carried forward to the current fiscal year and expended for the same
13 purpose.
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