Bill Text: NY A00733 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits agencies from charging for the process of a FOIL request made by state and local agencies or the state legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A00733 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00733-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           733
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  L. ROSENTHAL,  PAULIN,  JAFFEE, DenDEKKER --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DINOWITZ, PEOPLES-STOKES --  read  once
          and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public officers law, in relation to prohibiting
          certain agencies from charging for the process of a FOIL request  made
          by state and local agencies or the state legislature
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 87 of the public officers law is amended by  adding
     2  a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6.  Notwithstanding  paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision one of this
     4  section, agencies constituting part  of  the  state  government  or  the
     5  government  of  a  city  of  one million people or more shall not charge
     6  other state and local agencies, or the state legislature, fees  for  the
     7  processing  of  a  request made in furtherance of the performance of the
     8  official duties of that agency or the state legislature pursuant to this
     9  article. However, nothing in this subdivision shall authorize or require
    10  any charges or fees for the processing of such a request not  authorized
    11  or required prior to the effective date of this subdivision.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03991-01-9
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