SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Attorneys representing the state’s Public Employees Retirement System racked up $1,627 in fees in a dispute with a Salem Statesman-Journal reporter who asked the agency to waive a public records request fee.
The Bend Bulletin reported Wednesday (https://bit.ly/2eiFoRM) that attorneys racked up the fees over a $112 fee.
The Oregon Department of Justice overturned the rule last month that allowed PERS to charge for those records.
The move reversed a 2002 interpretation of the law by an earlier state attorney general.
Lottery employees this summer told The Bulletin they couldn’t waive a $260 fee for a chain of emails.
After the ruling, the lottery waived the fee and released the records.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is heading a task force to improve the state’s public records law.
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