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Louisiana La. Stat. Ann. § 44:31 Public Records Requests
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter or as otherwise specifically provided by law, and in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, any person of the age of majority
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may inspect, copy, or reproduce any public record.
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Louisiana La. Stat. Ann. § 44:32 Reasonable fees
For all public records, except public records of state agencies, it shall be the duty of the custodian of such public records to provide copies to persons so requesting. The
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custodian may establish and collect reasonable fees for making copies of public records
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Louisiana La. Stat. Ann. § 44:31.1 Exception to general duty to respond to public record requests
For the purposes of this Chapter, person [to whom a custodian must provide records] does not include an individual in custody after sentence following a felony conviction who has exhausted
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his appellate remedies when the request for public records is not limited to grounds upon which the individual could file for post conviction relief under Code of Criminal Procedure Article 930.3. Notwithstanding the provisions contained in R.S. 44:32, the custodian may make an inquiry of any individual who applies for a public record to determine if such individual is in custody after sentence following a felony conviction who has exhausted his appellate remedies and the custodian may make any inquiry necessary to determine if the request of any such individual in custody for a felony conviction is limited to grounds upon which such individual may file for post conviction relief.
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Rhode Island R.I. Gen.Laws. Ann. § 8-15-9.3(a) Public inspection of court payments owed

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director of the finance section on a quarterly basis shall prepare a list of the persons who owe court imposed or court related

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fees, fines, court costs, assessments, charges and/or any other monetary obligations due and owing to the state which have been unpaid for a period in excess of ninety (90) days from the date that any such amounts were due and are not the subject of a court-ordered payment plan in good standing. (The above fees are hereinafter referred to as Overdue Court Fees.) The list shall contain the name and city or town and state of each person who owes Overdue Court Fees as of the end of the quarter, together with the total amount owed, and the date of disposition. No person owing Overdue Court Fees shall be included on such list if the underlying matter in which Overdue Court Fees were imposed, or the amount of the fees, is the subject of an appeal.

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Rhode Island R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-21-11 Quarterly reports and payment by district court

The clerk of each division of the district court, shall, between the first and fifteenth days of February, May, August, and November in each year, make an itemized return in

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writing to the city or town treasurer of every city or town in the division of all fines received by the clerk during the preceding quarter, which or part of which shall be due to the city or town, and of costs paid by the clerk out of money belonging to the city or town, and the amount and circumstances of all of these fines received by the clerk and costs paid by the clerk and not included in any previous return. The clerk making the return shall immediately thereafter cause to be paid to the city or town treasurer the balance of all moneys belonging to the city or town.

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Rhode Island R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 8-15-11(b) Electronic filing and online payments

The collection of technology surcharges shall be monitored and supervised by the judiciary's director of finance and shall be deposited into a restricted receipt account designated as Rhode Island judiciary

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technology surcharge account, the proceeds of which shall be solely for use by the judiciary in support of its technology infrastructure and case management system. On or before January 15, 2015, and annually thereafter on or before January 15, the judiciary's director of finance shall file a report with the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate detailing: (1) The total amount of funds collected and deposited into the judiciary technology surcharge account for the most recently completed fiscal year; (2) The fund balance as of the date of the report; (3) An itemization of all expenditures and other uses of said funds from said account for the most recently completed fiscal year; and (4) An annual evaluation as to the appropriateness of the amount of the technology surcharge or fee.

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