The act anticipates access to electronic records by providing fees for such access. Many records are now available electronically through the Information Network of Kansas.
Information stored in computers is a public record subject to disclosure.
The agency must compile specific information requested, but may require the requester to pay the costs of programming the computer to retrieve that information and of deleting non-disclosable material. Kansas ex rel. A requester has the right to obtain a computerized voter registration list in computer format if the public agency is capable of providing the record in that format. An agency is not required to acquire or design a special program to produce information in a desired format, but may allow the requester to design or provide a computer program to do so. State open records provisions apply to all public records contained on a county computer system even when access is through paid subscription and these records remain public and must be available upon a record request.