Utah League GRAMA proposal

I spoke with Lincoln Shurtz yesterday from the Utah League of Cities and Towns. The League is asking to add a provision to GRAMA that would limit requesters to 24 GRAMA requests per year. After that they would have to pay for all charges associated with the request. Lincoln said that "public interest" requests would not be covered by the charges. Because of the public interest language in GRAMA, he believes it wouldn't cover media requests. As you know, the law does say those working on a story for publication or air are considered working in the public interest. Beyond that, I am not sure how well that protects the public. The have asked Rep. Greg Hughes to amend this language to HB 118 or another GRAMA bill. In theory, I don't like limiting the public access.