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S07842 Summary:

BILL NO	S07842
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	FELDER
COSPNSR	BIAGGI
MLTSPNSR
Amd §87, Pub Off L
Allows the public to photograph, videotape or otherwise electronically transcribe an image of records accessed through a foil request without charging a fee.

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S07842 Actions:

BILL NO	S07842
02/26/2020	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
03/03/2020	1ST REPORT CAL.540
03/04/2020	2ND REPORT CAL.
03/10/2020	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
12/28/2020	COMMITTED TO RULES

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S07842 Committee Votes:

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S07842 Floor Votes:

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S07842 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7842
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 26, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in  relation  to  allowing  the
          public to photograph records accessed through a FOIL request
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 87 of the public officers  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
     3    (c)  Each agency shall allow a person who has been granted access to a
     4  record to photograph, videotape or otherwise  electronically  transcribe
     5  an image of such record, without charging a fee for such transcription.
     6    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     7  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14774-01-0

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