NY A00959 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to governmental operations
Pending: Assembly Governmental Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

This legislation prevents government documents from being withheld from the public on the basis that such disclosure could endanger the life or safety of any person if it is determined that the benefits of such disclosure outweigh the need for secrecy.

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Title

An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to freedom of information law exempting disclosure when danger to life or safety of a person may result

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History

DateChamberAction
2010-01-06 referred to governmental operations
2009-01-07 referred to governmental operations

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Bill Comments

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