Assembly Bill A8841

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Makes the port authority of New York and New Jersey subject to certain freedom of information laws

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8841 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6593
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §86, Pub Off L; add §1 Art XV-B, Chap 154 of 1921

2013-A8841 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes the port authority of New York and New Jersey subject to certain freedom of information laws.

2013-A8841 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8841

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 19, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, BRENNAN, ENGLEBRIGHT, BUCHWALD, SCARBOR-
  OUGH,  GALEF,  OTIS,  CAHILL,  CLARK,  COLTON,  DINOWITZ,   GOTTFRIED,
  GUNTHER,  JAFFEE,  ROSA,  SIMOTAS,  SKOUFIS, STECK, TITONE, ZEBROWSKI,
  MONTESANO, BORELLI, FITZPATRICK, LUPINACCI,  McKEVITT,  RA  --  Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BRAUNSTEIN, CAMARA, COOK, DenDEKKER,
  GLICK, JACOBS, McDONOUGH, MOSLEY, SCHIMEL, SWEENEY, THIELE, WEISENBERG
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to amend the public officers law and chapter 154 of the laws of
  1921 relating to the port authority of New York  and  New  Jersey,  in
  relation  to  making  the  port  authority  of New York and New Jersey
  subject to certain freedom of information laws

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers law, as
added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
  3. "Agency" means any state or municipal  department,  board,  bureau,
division,  commission,  committee, public authority, public corporation,
council, office or other governmental entity performing  a  governmental
or  proprietary function for the state or any one or more municipalities
thereof, INCLUDING THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, except
the judiciary or the state legislature.
  S 2. Section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of  1921,  relating  to  the
port  authority  of  New York and New Jersey, is amended by adding a new
article XV-B to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE XV-B
  THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  NEW  YORK  PUBLIC  OFFICERS LAW SECTIONS 84-90, COMMONLY
KNOWN AS THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW, AND TO THE  PROVISIONS  OF  NEW
JERSEY  P.L. 1963, C.73 (C.47: 1A-1 ET SEQ.), COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE OPEN
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.
  S 3. This act shall take effect upon the enactment  into  law  by  the
state  of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
act, but if the state of New Jersey  shall  have  already  enacted  such
legislation,  then  it shall take effect immediately; provided, however,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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