Bill Text: NY S04904 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to providing notice upon requests for public information regarding certain farm operations.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S04904 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04904-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4904--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 30, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sens. MAZIARZ, SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Agriculture  --
         recommitted  to the Committee on Agriculture in accordance with Senate
         Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requests
         for public information regarding certain farm operations
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
    2  section 308-b to read as follows:
    3    S  308-B.  NOTIFICATION  OF  FOIL  REQUEST.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
    4  PROVISION OF LAW, UPON THE REQUEST OF  ANY  PERSON  OR  ENTITY  FOR  ANY
    5  RECORDS  OF A FARM OPERATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF
    6  THIS ARTICLE, FROM AN AGENCY OR OTHER STATE ENTITY; THE AGENCY OR  STATE
    7  ENTITY  OF WHICH THE REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE SHALL INFORM THE OWNER AND/OR
    8  OPERATOR OF SUCH FARM OPERATION IN WRITING THAT A  REQUEST  FOR  RECORDS
    9  CONCERNING   THEIR   FARM   OPERATION  HAS  BEEN  SUBMITTED,  PROVIDE  A
   10  DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED AND PROVIDE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
   11  PERSON OR ENTITY REQUESTING SUCH RECORDS. NOTIFICATION OF THE FARM OPER-
   12  ATION IS TO BE MADE BY THE AGENCY OR STATE ENTITY WITHIN  FIVE  BUSINESS
   13  DAYS  OF SUBMISSION OF THE RECORDS REQUEST BY THE PERSON OR ENTITY SEEK-
   14  ING SUCH RECORDS.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  the  commissioner  of
   16  agriculture and markets is hereby authorized to add, amend and/or repeal
   17  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
   18  its effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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