Bill Text: NY S00121 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S00121 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00121-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           121
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
        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    § 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    §  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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