[Amended 3-22-1983 by Ord. No. 4-83; 9-8-2004 by Ord. No. 15-2004; 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 17-2004]
The maximum that a municipality shall charge
for Municipal Court discovery is:
A. The Township shall charge the minimum sum of $20 for
requests up to 10 pages and the sum of $1 for every page thereafter
to any person requesting and lawfully entitled to traffic and/or criminal
offense discovery material, which material may be furnished by the
State Police to the Township of Mullica, upon formal request to its
Municipal Prosecutor or acting Municipal Prosecutor. Said payment
shall be made to the municipality in advance of the discovery material
being processed and disseminated.
[Added 11-9-2010 by Ord. No. 15-2010]
F. Photographs will be photocopied at the rates established
herein. If requests are made for duplicate photographs, the actual
cost of making the photographs shall be charged.
G. Duplication of videotapes constitutes an extraordinary
duplication process and will be charged at the rate of $5 per videotape.
H. On any item that cannot be photocopied on the Township
copy machine or not otherwise provided for in this schedule, the actual
cost incurred in making the copy will be charged.
I. Where the discovery must be obtained from an entity
other than the Township of Mullica, the actual costs paid to the other
entity shall be paid by the requestor.
The viewing or reviewing of reports and photographs
or videotapes, etc., of accident scenes shall be permitted at police
headquarters daily, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m.
No search fee shall be charged in the event
that a report or photograph is not on file with the Police Department,
nor for any report or photograph for which a formal request is made
by any local, county, state or federal law enforcement agency or by
the federal postal authorities.
The Police Department shall issue a receipt
for all fees and moneys received for the services extended or materials
furnished as hereinabove provided.