STATE OF NEW YORK
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6291
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 25, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, THIELE, RAIA, GALEF, HOOPER, SCARBOR-
OUGH, PERRY, SCHIMEL, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, CASTRO, ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, FINCH, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, TITONE,
WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to removing the
"unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" exemption for certain real
property records
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraphs ii, iii and iv of paragraph (c) of subdivi-
2 sion 2 of section 89 of the public officers law, as amended by section
3 11 of part U of chapter 61 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as
4 follows:
5 ii. when the person to whom a record pertains consents in writing to
6 disclosure; or
7 iii. when upon presenting reasonable proof of identity, a person seeks
8 access to records pertaining to him or her[; or
9 iv. when a record or group of records relates to the right, title or
10 interest in real property, or relates to the inventory, status or char-
11 acteristics of real property, in which case disclosure and providing
12 copies of such record or group of records shall not be deemed an unwar-
13 ranted invasion of personal privacy, provided that nothing herein shall
14 be construed to authorize the disclosure of electronic contact informa-
15 tion, such as an e-mail address or a social network username, that has
16 been collected from a taxpayer under section one hundred four of the
17 real property tax law].
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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