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A08255 Summary:
BILL NO | A08255 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S06816 |
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SPONSOR | Buchwald |
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COSPNSR | Galef, Paulin |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §89, Pub Off L | |
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Relates to accessing records under the freedom of information law including notification procedures and the release of names of natural persons and residential addresses. |
A08255 Actions:
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06/02/2017 | referred to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/06/2017 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | referred to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/06/2018 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/08/2018 | advanced to third reading cal.641 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/12/2018 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/12/2018 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/12/2018 | REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
A08255 Committee Votes:
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | Johns | Aye | ||||||
Galef | Aye | Goodell | Aye | ||||||
Benedetto | Aye | Lalor | Excused | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Byrne | Aye | ||||||
Kim | Aye | ||||||||
Buchwald | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte | Absent | ||||||||
Blake | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Pellegrino | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | Johns | Aye | ||||||
Galef | Aye | Goodell | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Lalor | Aye | ||||||
Kim | Aye | Byrne | Aye | ||||||
Buchwald | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte | Aye | ||||||||
Blake | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
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A08255 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Curran
ER
Harris
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
ER
McDonough
Yes
Quart
Yes
Titone
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
Yes
Titus
Yes
Barclay
ER
Davila
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
ER
Hooper
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Walker
Yes
Barrett
ER
DenDekker
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Barron
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
ER
Rodriguez
Yes
Walter
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Blake
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Murray
ER
Rosenthal L
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Errigo
ER
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kolb
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Butler
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simon
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Solages
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Stec
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A08255 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8255 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 2, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to accessing records under the freedom of information law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph iii of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 and 2 subdivision 3 of section 89 of the public officers law, subparagraph iii 3 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 as amended by section 11 of part U of 4 chapter 61 of the laws of 2011 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 5 223 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows: 6 iii. sale or release of lists of names of natural persons and residen- 7 tial addresses if such lists would be used for solicitation or fund- 8 raising purposes; 9 3. (a) Each entity subject to the provisions of this article, within 10 five business days of the receipt of a written request for a record 11 reasonably described, shall make such record available to the person 12 requesting it, deny such request in writing or furnish a written 13 acknowledgement of the receipt of such request and a statement of the 14 approximate date, which shall be reasonable under the circumstances of 15 the request, when [such request will be granted or denied] a response 16 will be given, including, where appropriate, a statement that access to 17 the record will be determined in accordance with subdivision five of 18 this section. 19 (b) An agency shall not deny a request on the basis that the request 20 is voluminous or that locating, generating or reviewing the requested 21 record or records or providing the requested copies is burdensome 22 because the agency lacks sufficient staffing or on any other basis if 23 the agency may engage an outside professional service to provide copy- 24 ing, programming or other services required to provide the copy, the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11801-01-7A. 8255 2 1 costs of which the agency may recover pursuant to paragraph (c) of 2 subdivision one of section eighty-seven of this article. 3 (c) An agency may require a person requesting lists of names and 4 addresses to provide a written certification that such person will not 5 use such lists of names of natural persons and residential addresses for 6 solicitation or fund-raising purposes and will not sell, give or other- 7 wise make available such lists of names and addresses to any other 8 person for the purpose of allowing that person to use such lists of 9 names and addresses for solicitation or fund-raising purposes. 10 (d) If [an agency determines to grant a request in whole or in part,11and if] circumstances prevent an agency from notifying the person 12 requesting the record or records of the agency's determination regarding 13 the rights of access and disclosure to the person requesting the record 14 or records within twenty business days from the date of the acknowledge- 15 ment of the receipt of the request, the agency shall state, in writing, 16 both the reason for the inability to [grant the request] do so within 17 twenty business days and a date certain within a reasonable period, 18 depending on the circumstances, when [the request will be granted in19whole or in part] a determination regarding disclosure will be rendered. 20 (e) Upon payment of, or offer to pay, the fee prescribed therefor, the 21 entity shall provide a copy of such record and certify to the correct- 22 ness of such copy if so requested, or as the case may be, shall certify 23 that it does not have possession of such record or that such record 24 cannot be found after diligent search. 25 (f) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require any entity 26 to [prepare] create any record not possessed or maintained by such enti- 27 ty except the records specified in subdivision three of section eighty- 28 seven and subdivision three of section eighty-eight of this article. 29 When an agency has the ability to retrieve or extract a record or data 30 maintained in a computer storage system with reasonable effort, it shall 31 be required to do so. When doing so requires less employee time than 32 engaging in manual retrieval or redactions from non-electronic records, 33 the agency shall be required to retrieve or extract such record or data 34 electronically. [Any programming necessary to retrieve] The retrieval of 35 a record or data maintained in a computer storage system and [to] the 36 transfer of that record to the medium requested by a person or to a 37 medium that would allow the transferred record to be read or printed 38 shall not be deemed to be the [preparation or] creation of a new record. 39 [(b)] (g) All entities shall, provided such entity has reasonable 40 means available, accept requests for records submitted in the form of 41 electronic mail and shall respond to such requests by electronic mail, 42 using forms, to the extent practicable, consistent with the form or 43 forms developed by the committee on open government pursuant to subdivi- 44 sion one of this section and provided that the written requests do not 45 seek a response in some other form. 46 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.