Bill Text: NY S00088 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the committee on open government to study proactive disclosure as a means of increasing transparency and access to government information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S00088 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S00088-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 88 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT in relation to authorizing and directing the committee on open government to study proactive disclosure as a means of increasing transparency and access to government information THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that the 2 current freedom of information law, enacted in 1977, has served as a 3 critical vehicle under which the public has gained access to records of 4 state and local governmental entities. The legislature further finds 5 that the freedom of information law places the burden on the individual 6 to request information from an agency, but that the use of current 7 information technology, combined with a commitment to proactive disclo- 8 sure, has the potential to provide information to the public to an even 9 greater degree than does the current law. 10 S 2. The New York state committee on open government is hereby author- 11 ized and directed to: (a) study the feasibility of requiring agencies, 12 as defined in subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers law, to 13 proactively disclose documents that are available under article 6 of the 14 public officers law; (b) make specific findings and legislative recom- 15 mendations relating to mandatory proactive disclosure by agencies; (c) 16 estimate the costs or savings of proactive disclosure; and (d) report 17 its findings to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and 18 the speaker of the assembly no later than January 31, 2013. 19 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00917-01-1