Bill H.502 proposes to amend Vermont's Public Records Act by allowing public agencies to charge and collect the actual cost of staff time incurred while complying with requests to inspect public records. This change aims to provide a clearer framework for how agencies can manage the financial implications of fulfilling public records requests, ensuring that they can recover costs associated with staff time.

The bill does not specify any deletions from current law but introduces new provisions that empower agencies to impose these charges. This measure is intended to balance the public's right to access information with the operational costs that public agencies face when processing such requests.