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A02401 Summary:

A02401 Actions:

A02401 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:Peoples-Stokes      
DATE:02/14/2017AYE/NAY:12/0  Action: Favorable         
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Johns
Aye
Galef
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lalor
Aye
Glick
Excused
Byrne
Aye
Kim
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Blake
Aye
Hyndman
Aye

A02401 Floor Votes:

A02401 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2401
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 20, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. GALEF, PAULIN, LUPARDO, JAFFEE, KAVANAGH, OTIS,
          TITONE, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  COOK,  GOTTFRIED,
          PERRY,  ROSENTHAL, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the  ability  of
          government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 89 of the public officers law is amended by  adding
     2  a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
     3    10.  Any  copyright in a record prepared by an agency that is required
     4  to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of this  article  is  waived,
     5  except  where  the  record  reflects  artistic  creation,  scientific or
     6  academic research, or if the agency intends to distribute the record  or
     7  a derivative work based on it to the public by sale or other transfer of
     8  ownership,  or  by  rental, lease, or license.   If any of the foregoing
     9  exceptions apply, the entity from which the record is sought may in  its
    10  discretion elect to waive any such copyright.
    11    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    12  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01944-01-7