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A01322 Summary:

BILL NO	A01322
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Cahill
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §87, Pub Off L
Provides for a freedom of information law exception to public disclosure of records if disclosure would endanger the health or safety of persons unless the benefits of disclosure outweigh the need for secrecy.

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A01322 Actions:

BILL NO	A01322
01/08/2021	referred to governmental operations
01/05/2022	referred to governmental operations

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A01322 Committee Votes:

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A01322 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1322
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 8, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  officers law, in relation to freedom of
          information law exempting disclosure when danger to life or safety  of
          a person may result
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the  public
     2  officers  law, as amended by chapter 403 of the laws of 2003, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (f) if disclosed could endanger the life  or  safety  of  any  person,
     5  unless the benefits of disclosure outweigh the need for secrecy;
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01504-01-1

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