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(2)the amount stated in the written statement If the requestor fails or refuses to submit the written statement, the requestor is considered to have withdrawn the requestor's pending request for public information. In determining whether the 36 hour time limit established in this policy applies, any time spent complying with a request for public information submitted in the name of a minor, as defined by Section 101.003(a), Family Code, is to be included in the calculation of the cumulative amount of time spent complying with a request for public information by a parent, guardian, or other person who has control of the minor under a court order and with whom the minor resides, unless that parent, guardian, or other person establishes that another person submitted that request in the name of the minor. This policy does not prohibit the City from providing a copy of public information without charge or at a reduced rate under Texas Government Code Section 552.267 or from waiving a charge for providing a copy of public information under that section. This policy does not apply if the requestor is an individual who, for a substantial portion of the individual's livelihood or for substantial financial gain, gathers, compiles, prepares, collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, investigates, processes, or publishes news or information for and is seeking the information for: (1) a radio or television broadcast station that holds a broadcast license for an assigned frequency issued by the Federal Communications Commission; (2) a newspaper that is qualified under Section 2051.044 to publish legal notices or is a free newspaper of general circulation and that is published at least once a week and available and of interest to the general public in connection with the dissemination of news; (3) a newspaper of general circulation that is published on the Internet by a news medium engaged in the business of disseminating news or information to the general public; or (4) a magazine that is published at least once a week or on the Internet by a news medium engaged in the business of disseminating news or information to the general public. This policy does not apply if the requestor is an elected official of the United States, this state, or a political subdivision of this state; or, if the requestor is a representative of a publicly funded legal services organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, by being listed as an exempt entity under Section 501(c)(3) of that code. The policy does not replace or supersede other sections of the Public Information Act and does not preclude the City from charging for cost of labor in response to a request for copies or a request for inspection for which a charge is authorized under another section of the Public Information Act. The limit established in this policy applies to all requestors equally except as exempted by the Public Information Act.