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A04453 Summary:

A04453 Actions:

A04453 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:McDonald      
DATE:03/15/2023AYE/NAY:9/4  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
McDonald
Aye
Durso
Nay
Glick
Aye
Goodell
Nay
Kim
Aye
Beephan
Nay
Bichotte Hermel
Excused
Slater
Nay
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Wallace
Aye
Meeks
Aye
Raga
Aye
Simone
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:03/15/2023AYE/NAY:19/9  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Nay
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Nay
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Glick
Excused
Norris
Nay
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Nay
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Nay
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Excused
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

A04453 Floor Votes:

A04453 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4453
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 14, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. RAGA -- 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 11 to read as follows:
     3    11.  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 or includes artistic, creative or scho-
     6  larly  works  of authorship, academic course materials, or scientific or
     7  academic research, or if the copyright owner intends to  distribute  the
     8  record  or  a derivative work based on it to the public by sale or other
     9  transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or license.  If any  of  the
    10  foregoing  exceptions  apply,  the copyright owner may in its discretion
    11  elect to waive any such copyright.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    13  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09141-01-3