Bill Text: NY A00939 | 2015-2016 | 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 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A00939 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A00939-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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939
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 8, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, PAULIN, JAFFEE, DenDEKKER, HOOPER --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DINOWITZ, MAGEE, 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 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04109-01-5
