More MFOIA Principles

Technically today it is FOIA (without the "Municipal") but the concepts are similar:

• "In my opinion, one of the fundamental purposes of the Act is to facilitate access to government information promptly and at the lowest cost to the public. The Legislature's intention to include a "user pay" principle in the Act is clear from the wording of section 57, but I feel strongly that the government must apply this section in a way that is both reasonable and rational. It is incumbent on an institution to demonstrate that the actual fee ultimately determined meets this reasonable and rational test. "