Bill Text: NY S07023 | 2017-2018 | 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 (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-09 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S07023 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07023-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7023 IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 3, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment 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 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05042-01-7
